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Meet Your Administrators

Get to know the new leader in your school: This series captures the passions, personalities and goals of new administrators.

New Crestwood principal a familiar face in Rockford

Rockford Allison Poosawtsee

Meet Kyle Avink, Crestwood Elementary’s new principal approved by the Rockford Board of Education, after he spent much of the school year as the school’s interim head...

A fifth-grader at heart

Cedar Springs Beth Heinen Bell

Sam Becker joined the Cedar Springs community last fall as the new principal at Cedar View Elementary. SNN gets to know him in this edition of Meet Your Administrator...

She has a love for growing plants, students and staff

Caledonia Alexis Stark

Camela Diaz is the new director of secondary education, a brand new position for Caledonia Community Schools...

Former umpire is now making calls at Rockford High

Rockford Allison Poosawtsee

A veteran teacher in Rockford Public Schools is now an assistant principal at Rockford High School...

Elementary administrative team off to strong start

Sparta Jane Lally

SNN gets to know the heads of Ridgeview and Appleview schools...

A lifelong love of education

Sparta Jane Lally

Ridgeview Elementary assistant principal Kelley VanVliet always loved school...

‘We take care of one another’

Byron Center Alexis Stark

Kris Vydareny is the new principal at Marshall Elementary School...

‘I am here for them through it all’

Forest Hills Carol Lautenbach

Fix helps students feel known, valued, and accountable by checking in, a lesson she learned when she was a middle school student...

She brings balance, laughter to dean position

Kelloggsville Sean Bradley

Marissa Lanser is Kelloggsville Middle School’s newest dean of students...

‘This is where I’m supposed to be’

Cedar Springs Beth Heinen Bell

“I’m all about being visible and welcoming people in,” says Cedar Springs High School’s new principal...

Former Chuck E. Cheese mouse brings the magic of relationships to school

Cedar Springs Beth Heinen Bell

Eddie Johns is the new assistant principal for Cedar Springs High School. SNN gets to know him in this edition of Meet Your Administrators...

Baton twirler, flautist wants to make students’ days

Forest Hills Carol Lautenbach

The new Central High assistant principal says teachers helped challenge her, helped her find her voice...

‘We’ve got to elevate the profession’

Kent ISD Joanne Bailey-Boorsma

Dave Rodgers’ excitement about his new position at Kent ISD is tied to a concern for those who teach...

These two champions for students ‘feel the love’

Cedar Springs Beth Heinen Bell

Courtney MacDonald and Shelly Alvarez are the new middle-level assistant principals for Cedar Springs Public Schools. SNN gets to know them in this edition of Meet Your Administrators...