Looking ahead to the 2020-21 school year, we are excited to announce the appointment of new Associate Principals, effective July 1. All of these well-deserved appointments are internal to Eden Prairie Schools.
Eden Prairie High School
Clayton Ellis will be associate principal at Eden Prairie High School. Mr. Ellis is currently associate principal at Oak Point Elementary. Previously, he was a middle school and elementary dean of students, an elementary school teacher and varsity track and field coach in Bloomington Public Schools.
In March, we announced that Meg Bennett will be associate principal for Eden Prairie High School beginning July 1. Ms. Bennett has been the school’s facilitator for multi-tiered systems of support (MTSS) since 2016 and has provided a variety of leadership to EPHS staff and students.
With the opening of Oak Point’s associate principal position, we have an opportunity to expand leadership capacity by providing four of our APs with new experiences. This allows us to continue to develop leadership from within, and strengthen our position to meet our mission outcomes. Oak Point, Cedar Ridge, Prairie View and Forest Hills elementary schools are welcoming current APs from within our district.
Elementary Schools
Oak Point
Stephanie Baker will be associate principal at Oak Point Elementary School. She has dedicated her career to Eden Prairie Schools, serving previously as QComp coordinator/instructional excellence coordinator, QComp coach/observer, and teacher. Currently, she is associate principal at Cedar Ridge.
Cedar Ridge
David Freeburg will be associate principal at Cedar Ridge Elementary School. He currently is associate principal at Prairie View. Prior to this, he was Eden Prairie Schools’ director of technology and digital curriculum. Mr. Freeburg previously worked in St. Paul Public Schools, Minnetonka Public Schools and Anoka-Hennepin Schools.
Prairie View
Brett Lobben will be associate principal at Prairie View Elementary School. Currently, he is associate principal at Forest Hills. Prior to that, he was research, evaluation & assessment coordinator, a Q-Comp coach/observer and teacher -- all within Eden Prairie Schools.
Forest Hills
Tom Walters will be associate principal at Forest Hills Elementary School. He is the associate principal at Eden Lake and prior to that, he was a vice principal and teacher in Eastern Carver County Schools. Mr. Walters has previous experience working for an education technology company and supporting technology integration for a school system in Colorado.
Eden Lake
Eden Prairie Schools will post a job listing for the position of associate principal at Eden Lake Elementary School.