Jay Strickland will officially start as Mid-Prairie High School Principal this week, but he spent a lot of time in July preparing for his new position. Strickland, who came from Crawfordsville Middle School in Indiana, said he’s been spending a lot of time meeting his new administrative team, and they’ve helped make it a smooth transition. They’ll soon have an administrative retreat where Strickland says they’ll be planning the direction of the school moving forward.

He’s also looking forward to meeting with the other administrators and district leadership to start talking through some items of importance. He’s been able to meet some of the school board members already, and said that was helpful as well. He’s looking forward to meeting the rest of the board members at his first school board meeting on August 8th.