Credit to Eashaan Patel

Head Principal Jeffery Fletcher waves goodbye

Teachers and administrators alike work to make North the best it can be. However, in just a few weeks time, FHN is going to lose one of its most prominent members.

“I’m going to the [Fort Zumwalt] district office to be an executive director of human resources,” head principal Jeffrey Fletcher said.

Although Fletcher’s departure is heartbreaking news to FHN staff and students, with this new promotion, he is moving on to bigger things in terms of his career.

“This will be the first time I’ve worked in education and I’m not in a specific building with kids every day, and so I’m taking more of an executive role,” Fletcher said. “That’ll be a big change for me, I’ll oversee a lot of hiring and recruitment for that district.”

The district is currently undergoing hiring procedures for a new building principal at FHN. Even though Fletcher’s role is a tough spot to recruit for, he has no doubt that North’s teachers, students and office staff will help the new principal feel at ease.

“We have a pretty amazing staff here and pretty amazing teachers,” Fletcher said. “They’re adaptable, they’re flexible, they’re also really good at what they do. So, no matter who’s sitting in this office, I think they’re always going to work to continue to do what’s best for our students here at North.”

Fletcher’s main worry as he plans to leave his position is North’s unfinished construction.

“I’ll probably always think next year, ‘Oh, I wonder, how’s the construction for the practice fields going?’ ‘Are the track and field events set up correctly?’” Fletcher said. “I just want to make sure that the actual, physical building continues to function in the best way for kids and teachers.”

Even so, he encourages staff not to worry.

“This is a great school,” Fletcher said. “It’s a great group of kids. It’s a great group of teachers. It’s a great overall community.”