Board Names New Middle School Principal

Piedmont Middle School will have a new principal next fall — Ryan Fletcher, currenty a assistant principal at Jane Lathrop Stanford Middle School in the Palo Alto Unified School District.

Fletcher's appointment was announced Wednesday night at the meeting of the Piedmont Unified School District Board of Education. The appointment is effective July 1.

According to a PUSD press release,  Fletcher holds a Multiple Subject Teaching Credential and a Professional Administrative Services Credential. He is a graduate of the University of Vermont, with a B.S. in elementary education. He also holds an M.S. in education, from Santa Clara University. 

Fletcher’s professional background includes four years as an assistant principal at J.L. Stanford Middle School in Palo Alto and two years as the summer school principal at both Palo Alto High and Henry M. Gunn High School in the Palo Alto Unified School District. He also served as a classroom teacher for seven years, teaching math and science at the middle school level and grades 3, 4, and 5 at the elementary level.