CPS names Samantha Adams as new Locust Street Expressive Arts Elementary principal
Ryan Shiner
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
Samantha Adams will be the next principal at Locust Street Expressive Arts Elementary School, Columbia Public Schools announced in a Friday press release.
The release says that Adams is currently the principal at Mill Creek Elementary School and will replace Julia Coggins, who is becoming the assistant principal at John Warner Middle School.
“Ms. Adams brings a wealth of experience to the position and will be a wonderful and engaging leader for the school,” interim Superintendent Chris Belcher said in the release. “She will continue to inspire innovative thinking and creative expression through the arts as well as support Locust’s educators in developing engaging, imaginative, and rigorous learning experiences that help our students achieve and succeed.”
Adams has a bachelor of science degree in education, a master’s degree in curriculum and instruction and an educational specialist in education leadership and policy analysis from the University of Missouri, the release says.
The release says that she has more than 16 years of experience in education and started her career as a teacher at CPS. She then served in various roles at Parkade Elementary School, the release says.
“After nine years at Parkade in various roles, she moved into a district instructional mentor role for three years and worked with five elementary schools within the district: West Boulevard, Grant, Fairview, Paxton Keeley, and Parkade elementary schools,” the release says.
She was also the assistant principal at West Boulevard Elementary for three years, the release says.