At this week’s Pella School Board meeting, a discussion was held about changing the administrative structure in the district. Superintendent Greg Ebeling says while they initially planned to hire a new Early Childhood Learning Director and combine some of those roles with others in special education, the district will instead shift some of the latter responsibilities to current building leaders – which will allow the new hire to focus on develop programming for the new expanded preschool options coming with the facility under construction east of Madison Elementary.

Pella Middle School Principal Josh Manning will now oversee special education in the district, and Scott Tjeerdsma will now serve as a full time Middle School Dean of Students — expanding on his current duties. Lincoln Elementary Principal Margaret Kirkwold will now also oversee special programs in the district, including ELL, 504, and Talented and Gifted, among others.