During a closed session on Monday, March 9, the Sedalia School District 200 Board of Education approved the promotion of Smith Cotton High School Assistant Principal, Stacy Curry to the position of Principal at the Junior High.
Curry, a Smith-Cotton High School graduate, earned a bachelor of science degree in Secondary Education-Earth Science/Biology in 1991 from the University of Central Missouri in Warrensburg. She also holds a master’s degree in Education and Administration (1999) from William Woods University in Fulton. She taught one year in Warrensburg before returning to Sedalia for the 1993-94 school year as a science teacher at the middle school. She transferred to S-C High as a science teacher in 1997. Curry has been an assistant principal at Smith-Cotton High School since 2015, with a primary focus on the Freshman Academy.
Superintendent Steve Triplett praised Curry by stating she has solid foundations in curriculum and administration. He went on to say that experience at the high school has prepared her well for this new challenge, which he knows she will take on with professionalism and a student-centered mindset.
Curry expressed her gratitude for the opportunity to support students who are in transitional years in their lives.
She replaces SCJH Principal Jason Curry, who recently was promoted to assistant superintendent.