Mascoutah schools named assistant superintendent

The board of Mascoutah School District 19 has appointed Mascoutah High School Principal Brandon Woodrome as assistant superintendent beginning in the 2022-2023 school year.

Woodrome will take over for Cindy Presnell, who is retiring at the end of this current school year.

In September, Woodrome was recognized as High School Principal of the Year from the Illinois Principals Association Southwest Region.

The district also learned that US News and World Report released its first-ever rankings of public elementary and middle schools, with Mascoutah Elementary, Scott Elementary and Wingate Elementary earning a Best Elementary Schools badge and Mascoutah Middle School earning a Best Middle School badge, because they placed among the top 30 percent in Illinois.

Mascoutah High School has been ranked for the past several years, with new rating due out in the spring.