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| Written by Doug Carder | |||
| Friday, 20 March 2009 08:00 | |||
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Dave Tappan will begin the 2009-10 school year with a new title — principal of Louisburg High School. At a special meeting Wednesday morning, the Louisburg USD 416 Board of Education voted 7-0 to hire Tappan as Sally Lunblad’s successor at LHS. Tappan currently serves as the school’s assistant principal. Lundblad announced earlier this month that she plans to retire at the end of this school year. Board President Jimmy Allen said the district was fortunate to have an “excellent candidate” already at the school. “Dave has been an integral part of the advancements we have made at the school. I think he will continue the good work Sally Lundblad has done and push us to continue making improvements, while bringing his own management style and personality to the job,” Allen said. “We feel very good about having Dave as our new principal.” Tappan will become the second principal to walk the halls of Louisburg High School since the building opened seven years ago. He joined the district the same time the new high school opened in 2002 as its assistant principal and activities director. “I think Dave has grown a lot as an administrator in the past seven years,” said Jim Vallacqua, board vice president. “The thing I like so much about Dave is that he is very proactive. I think he’s going to do a great job.” Tappan said Wednesday morning he was excited about taking on the challenges he will face as the school’s top administrator. “I’m grateful for the opportunity, and I understand the challenges that come with it,” he said. “We have a lot of good programs already in place at the high school. We need to refine some programs and look to continue making improvements.” Allen said Wednesday that Tappan’s salary was still being negotiated. “A lot of that is going to depend on our new budget, and we don’t have those numbers yet.”
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