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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.

Education ‘a family thing’ for new interim superintendent

Lowell Beth Heinen Bell

Nate Fowler is the new interim superintendent for the 2020-2021 school year at Lowell Area Schools. School News Network sat down with the lifelong educator to get to know him better in this edition of Meet Your Administrators...

Wedding singer, home renovator, intentional leader

Forest Hills Morgan Jarema

Kristen Pennington is the new Knapp Forest Elementary principal. SNN gets to know her in this edition of Meet Your Principal...

Sports enthusiast, music fan, family man

Kelloggsville Phil de Haan

He played three sports in high school and the bass trombone, and says when it comes to music, 'if it gets the blood pumpin, I could probably make it work'...

She got her start at Kent ISD’s Early Childhood Program after a ‘practice interview’

Kent ISD James Harger

Ashley Karsten is the new director of Great Start Readiness Program at Kent ISD...

Enthusiast of sports, students and the outdoors who won’t stop believing

Grand Rapids Charles Honey

Aaron Roussey is the new Union High School School principal...

Childhood sports nut, always ready to rise up for children

Meet Your Administrators Charles Honey

Mindy McGinn is the new Lakes Elementary School principal. SNN gets to know her in this edition of Meet the Principal...

From digging swimming pools to stupid human tricks, this admin has a looong list of talents

Kenowa Hills Cris Greer

Luke Scholten is the new Kenowa Hills director of special education and early childhood education...

Kevin Philipps joins Kent ISD as new financial chief, likes education’s collaborative approach

Kent ISD James Harger

After spending the last 13 years as an administrator at East Grand Rapids Schools, Kevin Philipps is the new Assistant Superintendent of Administrative Services at Kent ISD...

Shoe salesman and mashed potato maker comes back to his roots

Kenowa Hills Cris Greer

He wasn’t drawn back just because he went to school there, but also because they teach using personal mastery and competency-based education...

When you empower students, ‘they will amaze you’

Caledonia Hannah Lentz

Caledonia High School’s new principal moved up from the assistant...

Most important thing we do is ‘have a belief in our own bright future’

Grandville Hannah Lentz

On the road with family or in the stands with fellow Cubs fans, this new school chief is a Yooper who wants students to shine in their own best way...

Two new leaders for GRPS

Grand Rapids Charles Honey

Laura McCloud is the new supervisor of Special Education for Grand Rapids Public Schools. Tammi Jenkins is the new principal at East Leonard Elementary...