These are the new principals and superintendents working in your kids’ school
Several metro-east schools are under new leadership this year.
Here are the new superintendents and principals who will be working in your child’s school:
Editor’s note: Schools not listed did not respond to requests for information by press time.
St. Clair County
Belleville 118
Westhaven Elementary Principal Kelly Harter
▪ Salary: $85,990
▪ Last post: West Junior High dean of students
Douglas Elementary Principal Geoff Schwalenberg
▪ Salary: $92,145
▪ Last post: Westhaven Elementary principal
Belle Valley 119
Belle Valley Elementary Principal Cindy Callahan
▪ Salary: $87,000
▪ Last post: Belle Valley Elementary assistant principal
▪ Salary: $122,000
▪ Last post: Bartelso Elementary 57 superintendent and principal
Brooklyn 188
Superintendent and Principal Ronald Ferrell
▪ Salary: $100,000
▪ Last post: St. Louis’ Confluence Elite Academy principal
Cahokia 187
Maplewood Elementary Principal Kristi Schroeder
▪ Salary: $87,962.49
▪ Last post: Cahokia High assistant principal
Central 104
▪ Salary: $107,000
▪ Last post: Central Elementary principal
Central Elementary Principal Jered Weh
▪ Salary: $98,970
▪ Last post: Joseph Arthur Middle School principal
Joseph Arthur Middle Principal Tron Young
▪ Salary: $92,000
▪ Last post: Centralia Junior High principal
Dupo 196
Superintendent Kelly Carpenter
▪ Salary: $131,000
▪ Last post: Collinsville 10 assistant superintendent
Bluffview Elementary Principal Victoria White
▪ Salary: $90,000
▪ Last post: Maplewood Elementary principal
East St. Louis 189
Lincoln Middle Principal Maria White-Burton
▪ Salary: $104,522
▪ Last post: Dr. Katie Harper Wright Elementary principal
Vivian Adams Early Childhood Center Director Tifani Brown
▪ Salary: $90,000
▪ Last post: Officer Elementary assistant principal
East St. Louis Senior High Principal Justin Moore
▪ Salary: $135,000
▪ Last post: St. Louis Public Schools’ Fresh Start Academy principal
Dr. Katie Harper-Wright Elementary Principal Kiaundra Smith
▪ Salary: $85,000
▪ Last post: Lincoln Middle assistant principal
Freeburg 77
▪ Salary: $111,300
▪ Last post: Freeburg High principal
Harmony-Emge 175
Emge Junior High Principal Dave Deets
▪ Salary: $89,177
▪ Last post: Ellis Elementary principal (Deets will continue serving as Harmony Intermediate Center principal in the 2017-18 school year.)
Ellis Elementary Principal Terri Kraemer
▪ Salary: $68,631
▪ Last post: Ellis Elementary assistant principal
High Mount 116
High Mount Elementary Principal George Wilkerson
▪ Salary: $82,500
▪ Last post: Red Bud Elementary assistant principal
Marissa 40
Marissa Elementary Principal Lacey Schmersahl
▪ Salary: $67,626
▪ Last post: Belleville 118’s Central Junior High dean of students
Mascoutah 19
Mascoutah High Principal Brandon Woodrome
▪ Salary: $100,000
▪ Last post: Mascoutah High assistant principal
Our Lady Queen of Peace
Principal Michelle Tidwell
▪ Last post: Our Lady Queen of Peace eighth-grade teacher
Shiloh 85
Shiloh Middle Principal Darin Loepker
▪ Salary: $84,000 (including 9 percent Teacher Retirement System contribution)
▪ Last post: High Mount Elementary principal
Shiloh Elementary Principal Tiana Montgomery
▪ Salary: $84,000 (including 9 percent Teacher Retirement System contribution)
▪ Last post: Alton 11’s North Elementary principal
Smithton 130
▪ Salary: $107,000
▪ Last post: St. Clair County assistant regional superintendent
St. Clare School
Principal Clarice McKay
▪ Last post: St. Clare School eighth-grade teacher
Madison County
Alton 11
North Elementary Principal Heather Johnson
▪ Salary: $87,072
▪ Last post: Lewis & Clark Junior High principal
Collinsville 10
Caseyville Elementary and Jefferson Elementary Principal Chelsea Clark
▪ Salary: $71,000
▪ Last post: Caseyville Elementary special education teacher
Hollywood Heights Elementary Principal Kari Karidis
▪ Salary: $86,103.48
▪ Last post: Collinsville High School assistant principal (Karidis will retain some of her duties as assistant principal in the 2017-18 school year.)
Edwardsville 7
Cassens Elementary Principal Tanya Patton
▪ Salary: $91,000
▪ Last post: Nelson Elementary principal
Columbus Elementary Principal Julie Matarelli
▪ Salary: $71,000
▪ Last post: Edwardsville High assistant principal
Nelson Elementary Principal Andrew Gipson
▪ Salary: $65,000
▪ Last post: Liberty Middle band teacher and administrative intern
Father McGivney Catholic High
▪ Last post: Belleville West High teacher, science department chair
This story was originally published August 17, 2017 at 2:13 PM with the headline "These are the new principals and superintendents working in your kids’ school."