(KNZA)--A new Hiawatha High School principal has been hired.
The USD 415 Board of Education in a special meeting Monday evening unanimously approved hiring Rhonda Wright as principal for the 2024-25 school year.
She will begin work next July.
Superintendent Lonnie Moser said Wright has a varied and considerable background in Kansas schools. She has served as a teacher, counselor, assistant principal and principal.
Wright currently serves as assistant principal at Arkansas City High School USD 470.
She holds degrees from Fort Hays State, Emporia State, and Kansas State.
Wright will replace Lori Fordyce, who is resigning at the end of the current school year after serving as principal the past five years.
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