It should come as no surprise that former teachers Brad Pollitt, Steve Triplett, Wade Norton and Jason Curry have been selected for new administrative roles in the Sedalia 200 district — Heber Hunt Elementary Principal Bill Betteridge currently is the district’s only building administrator who didn’t rise from the ranks of one of its classrooms.
The Sedalia district has a history of “growing its own” administrators. Assistant Superintendent Pollitt, who on July 1 will take over as superintendent from the retiring Harriet Wolfe, said cultivating leaders is a common practice in larger districts.
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