Dan Chappell of Cabool, Missouri has been hired as the new Superintendent of Schools for Thayer R-2. Mr. Chappell is currently the superintendent of Dora R-3 school District where he has served that community for the last 2 years. Prior to that position Mr. Chappell served the Cabool school district as an agriculture teacher and High School Principal. Mr. Chappell began his teaching career at the Lake Area Vocational Center in Camdenton, Missouri.
Mr. Chappell received his Bachelor of Science in Agriculture in 1981 at the University of Missouri, Columbia where he was a research assistant. In 1991 he earned a Masters of Education from the University of Missouri at Columbia and in 2008 he earned his Specialist Degree in Education Administration from Missouri State University in Springfield, Missouri.
The Thayer Board of Education had some outstanding candidates for the superintendent position and was pleased to find someone that has a strong understanding of public education in rural Missouri and the challenges rural schools face.
Mr. Chappell will begin his service with Thayer Schools on July 1. He will replace Superintendent Rod Priest who will be taking the position of Associate Superintendent of Business and Finance at his alma mater, Poplar Bluff R-1.
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