(News release) — The St. Joseph School District has selected Mindi Richardson as the next assistant principal for Oak Grove Elementary School.

Richardson is currently working as a Title Instructor at Amazonia Elementary School in the Savannah R‐3 School District.

Before joining the team in Amazonia, Richardson spent more 13 years in the Maysville R‐1 School District where she held various positions including Title reading and math instructor, classroom instruction and homebound instruction.

Richardson earned a master’s degree in Elementary Administration from William Woods University. She also has a bachelor’s degree from Missouri Western State University in Elementary Education with a reading emphasis.

She was hired to replace Leah Richardson, Oak Grove’s current assistant principal, who is taking over the role of principal at Humboldt for the 2017‐18 school year.

Oak Grove also recently announced the school’s new principal for the 2017‐18 school year when the
Board of Education approved the hiring of Natalie Arnold. Arnold is replacing the retiring Mike Otto.
The Board of Education approved Mindi Richardson’s employment during executive session on April 24, 2017.