Marquette Names New Principal

Ottawa Marquette has a new leader to take them into a transition from being a high school to an academy.

Brooke Rick was appointed today as principal of Marquette Academy.  She’s the current assistant principal at Marquette along with being a volleyball coach.  She replaces Ron Spandet who is retiring.

Beginning the same day Rick changes jobs, Marquette will become an academy instead of a high school.  The academy will be K-12^th grade with high school aged kids going to the Marquette building, middle school and elementary students going to the St. Columba building and early childhood programs being at St. Patricks.

A new board is also being selected to govern the academy instead of the current pastors’ board.