Sault Area Schools announces principal for new combined elementary school

SAULT STE. MARIE — Carl McCready is going to beryllium the main of the recently established Sault Area Elementary School.

Sault Ste. Marie Area Public Schools precocious announced the caller main and adjunct main for the recently established simple school, which volition beryllium located successful the erstwhile mediate schoolhouse building.

McCready is the existent main of Lincoln Elementary, 1 of the district's 2 simple schools that volition beryllium closing. The 2 schools volition harvester their students and unit into 1 gathering adjacent year.

Sean Stark, the existent adjunct main astatine Sault Area Middle School, volition beryllium staying successful the gathering arsenic adjunct principal. Stark has been adjunct main astatine the mediate schoolhouse since 2024.

Superintendent Amy Kronemeyer said Stark had occurrence successful the past schoolhouse twelvemonth with overseeing unit and schoolhouse operations astatine the mediate school.

McCready has been moving astatine Sault Area Schools for implicit 20 years, archetypal arsenic main of the precocious schoolhouse and past aboriginal astatine Lincoln. He was chosen to beryllium main of the caller combined schoolhouse by the schoolhouse committee due to the fact that of improvements successful pupil accomplishment and grades seen portion helium was principal.

McCready has degrees successful acquisition administration, acquisition exertion and a master's of arts from Central Michigan University, arsenic good arsenic a bachelor of subject successful secondary education, majoring successful mathematics, from Ferris State University.

Sheri McFarlane, the existent main of Washington Elementary, volition beryllium retiring, marking the extremity of her Sault vocation that began successful 1995.

"I americium highly excited to pb the district's kindergarten done 5th grade," said McCready. "By eliminating question clip for specialized unit members, we are creating opportunities for them to dedicate much clip and vigor to supporting students directly, ensuring a much impactful acquisition experience. Personally, I americium honored to beryllium asked to pb the gathering that educates our youngest students."

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More: Sault Area Schools to determination guardant with gathering consolidations

These changes travel arsenic a effect of the district's precocious announced consolidation plan.

Beginning successful the autumn of 2025, Washington and Lincoln simple schools volition adjacent and the existent mediate schoolhouse volition go Sault Area Elementary School. This gathering volition location each students successful grades K-5.

Middle schoolhouse students successful grades 6-8 volition determination into the existent precocious schoolhouse building.

Malcolm Alternative School and the district's online alternate program, Virtual Blue, volition enactment grades 7-12. The Malcolm field volition besides location the Sault Alternative Innovative Learner programme from the mediate school.

District officials said the consolidation is indispensable owed to declining enrollment, rising acquisition costs and concerns astir infrastructure needs. Both Lincoln and Washington schools are successful request of extended and costly renovations, if the territory chose to proceed utilizing those buildings.

Officials added that by consolidating buildings onto 1 campus, determination volition beryllium savings successful question costs, gathering attraction and safety.

— Contact Brendan Wiesner: [email protected]

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