Wrangell will lose both school principals this year

Ann Hilburn is leaving her job as elementary school principal in Wrangell at the end of the school year when she will move to Tok in Alaska’s Interior to serve as special education director.

This was Hilburn’s second year as principal after serving a year as special education teacher at the high school and middle school.

The new job with the Alaska Gateway School District in Tok “will provide the opportunity to combine what I enjoy most, serving in special education, with the administrative piece of my educational tenure,” she said in an email.

The Wrangell district started advertising for Hilburn’s replacement last week.

The district is also looking for a new middle and high school principal to replace Jackie Hanson, who is leaving the same as Hilburn at the end of the school year.

Hanson is taking the job as superintendent for the Craig City School District. Most of her family lives in Craig.

Hanson was the third principal for the middle and high schools in the past three years; each served just one school year.

In confirming her departure from Wrangell, Hilburn said she would miss the students. “Your smiles warm my heart even on the coldest days. I have seen you grow and learn in every area, not just reading and math. I am proud to have been your principal.”

 

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