West Seattle schools: Lafayette meets new principal Shauna Heath

At left is Lafayette Elementary‘s incoming principal Shauna Heath, with assistant principal Karmen Nordhougen. We photographed them toward the start of tonight’s meet-and-greet event for Heath. It was her first official chance to mingle with the school’s community since her hiring was announced three weeks ago (three months after current principal Jo Lute-Ervin had announced she wasn’t coming back for a second year). As Heath told WSB during a followup interview, she is an Admiral resident, looking forward to biking to work, after two years of commuting to Kent to lead an elementary school there. Her letter to the Lafayette community, looking ahead, is in the newest PTA newsletter (viewable as a PDF, here).

N.A. Neighbor June 13, 2012 (7:17 am)

Actually, Ms. Heath is to the left. She was so engaging and sharp. We’re really excited about her coming to Lafayette!

WSB June 13, 2012 (7:27 am)

Directional typo, sorry, thanks – fixing!

Mary June 13, 2012 (9:19 am)

Ms. Heath was very informative last night. She seems excited to be at Lafayette and really committed to the community. We are looking forward to a great year next year!

Athena June 13, 2012 (11:00 pm)

We are VERY excited to have Ms Heath as the new principal at Lafayette. She was well spoken, very informed, personable and enthusiastic. The hiring team did an amazing job finding such an excellent candidate. Can’t wait to see her in action next year! I think she will be very good for the school.

(Was a little disappointed that we didn’t have a larger turnout to welcome her to the school though).

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