A current teacher at Mid-Prairie High School has been selected to fill one of the open principal positions. At Monday’s meeting, the Mid-Prairie School Board approved the hiring of Marc Pennington as Middle School Principal.

Pennington is a special education teacher at the high school, has previously worked at the elementary level, has his undergraduate in elementary education and will receive his Masters in Education Administration in May from the University of Iowa.

According to Superintendent Mark Schneider, Pennington has been with the district for nearly a decade. He adds interviews for the two elementary principal positions are scheduled for the first two weeks of May.