New Principal Announced in Grace

Superintendent Jason Moss released a statement to the Grace School district which read in part: “I want to thank everyone who participated in our Grace High School principal selection process, especially the principal selection committee, who put in a lot of hours looking though applications, selecting candidates to interview, selecting finalists for the public forum, and helping select the new principal.  I also want to thank all those community members, parents, teachers, staff, and other patrons who attended the forum in-person or online, and completed the survey. 

 After much deliberation, pondering, and carefulness, we have chosen Bryan Jensen, a resident of Grace School District, to be the new principal.  Bryan taught in Grace many years ago, has been a principal and teacher for multiple years in Soda Springs, and now will be the educational leader for the junior high and high school.  Please welcome Mr. Jensen with warm arms.  He is ready to work together to re-brand the high school and school district for the
future.”

The Enterprise is arranging to speak with the new principal as he prepares to take on his new duties.

Moss also reported on the results of a district-wide survey:  “As most of you know, the district sent out a survey link during the month of February.  This survey had questions regarding the future planning of Grace School district.  The survey was created and stored off-site.  We have officially received the results from our consultant.  There are some items that the School District needs to address in order to continue to offer an exemplary education to our students.  Some of you volunteered to be part of our Strategic Planning Committee.  We are working through the list and will be calling individuals to serve on this committee.  The purpose of this committee will be to review the data from the survey, as well as official demographic data, district contextual data, and district achievement data.  This will give the committee what it needs to complete a draft of a strategic plan and present it to the School Board for review.  The Board can then decide to accept it as-is, or make appropriate changes.

Also, from the survey we received feedback regarding what stakeholders perceive to be the vision moving forward for the superintendent, as well as actions we need to prioritize, and hopes for the future.  This will include a budget committee.  Thank you to those who volunteered for this committee, as well.  We will strive to educate those on the committee, so they can help share how the district is operating.  We will be reaching out to some of the individuals who shared their contact information soon.  One additional detail we noticed was that overwhelmingly patrons want to receive communication from the district through text.  We will work on doing that more.  Thanks for the feedback!”