SHAFTER, Calif. - Shafter high students learned that they will be saying goodbye to their principal as the Kern High School District announced today that Connie Sack will be leaving following the 2014-2015 school year.
Sack's next move will be to serve in the newly-formed Educational Services Division, assisting with instruction in Technology and Career Technical Education.
You can read more from the announcement by the Kern High School District below.
After nearly three decades of dedicated service to the students of Kern County, the principal of Shafter High School, Connie Sack, has announced her retirement, effective at the end of the 2014 - 2015 school year. Mrs. Sack has had an accomplished and distinguished career in education. She joined the Kern High School District in 1990 as a science teacher at East Bakersfield High School and since then has held various classroom and administrative positions within the District, most recently serving as the principal at Shafter High School for the past five years.
For the remainder of this school year, Mrs. Sack will lend her expertise and knowledge to the District by assisting the newly-formed Educational Services Division at the District Office, under the leadership of Assistant Superintendent Dr. Dean McGee. Mrs. Sack will focus on assisting the Division with its projects in Instruction Technology and Career Technical Education. Mrs. Sack will begin her new assignment on October 6, 2014.
Superintendent Dr. Bryon Schaefer said, “The students and the District will greatly benefit from Connie’s commitment to assisting the Educational Services Division in its technology and career-based programs. We are excited about the contributions she will provide to the new division and how those efforts will enhance the educational experience of our students for years to come. Mrs. Sack is a valued and respected administrator, and her service to the students of the Kern High School District has been commendable. ”
The recommendation for naming a new principal at Shafter High School will be presented to the Board of Trustees on October 6th during the regularly scheduled Kern High School District Board meeting.