A Smith-Cotton High School alumnus who “bleeds black and gold” will be the school’s next principal, while S-C Junior High School students will see a familiar face move into that building’s top leadership position.
The Sedalia School District 200 Board of Education on Monday night approved promoting current junior high principal Wade Norton to be the high school’s principal; Jason Curry, currently a junior high assistant principal, will replace Norton as junior high principal.
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