School hires new principal

Paula Pederson, Northwood, will be the new elementary principal in Hillsboro next year.
Currently the superintendent at Northwood, Pederson agreed to a contract offer this week.
She was one of eight individuals interviewed for the job. The school received 29 applications.
Hillsboro Supt. Mike Bitz is confident the school hired the right person.
“She has experience as an administrator and she’s qualified to teach in the classroom. She’ll do really well here.”
All eight candidates interviewed this week were “strong candidates,” said Bitz.
Pederson started her teaching career at St. Thomas, N.D., where she taught first grade for one year. She was a 5th grade teacher at Thompson for five years.
Pederson has been associated with the Northwood School the last three years, two years as the school’s elementary principal and technology coordinator. She was named Northwood’s superintendent prior to the start of the 2006-2007 school year.
Originally from Grafton, she received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of North Dakota.
Pederson will replace Bill Schumacher, who resigned earlier this spring.