{"id":2456097,"date":"2020-03-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-21T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/?p=323045"},"modified":"2020-03-21T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-03-21T06:00:00","slug":"waaler-hired-as-basalt-elementary-school-principal-wheeler-del-piccolo-retires-after-22-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/waaler-hired-as-basalt-elementary-school-principal-wheeler-del-piccolo-retires-after-22-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Waaler hired as Basalt Elementary School principal; Wheeler-Del Piccolo retires after 22 years"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Basalt Elementary School will have a new principal for the first time in more than 20 years in August when Grant Waaler takes the reins from Suzanne Wheeler-Del Piccolo.<\/p>\n

Wheeler-Del Piccolo is retiring in what is her 22nd year at BES. Her last school year has been dramatically affected by the coronavirus. All Roaring Fork School District schools started spring break early and are out of class until at least April 17.<\/p>\n

Waaler was selected after the district used its established process for school leaders.<\/p>\n

\u201cAdult and student members of the interview committee commented about Waaler\u2019s leadership style \u2014 that he conducts himself knowing his leadership is always on display \u2014 and that it was evident how much Waaler likes kids and believes in their ability to meet challenges and exceed expectations,\u201d the school district said in an announcement. \u201cCommittee members also called out his philosophy of leading by example; his openness, approachability and willingness to truly listen to staff and students alike; his belief that continuous improvement should be driven by data; and his sense of humor and passion for education.\u201d<\/p>\n

Waaler has been teaching and leading in schools for more than 22 years, mostly in Colorado. He has extensive experience as an elementary school leader. Most recently, he served as principal of the Village School of Guatemala for three years. He has a master\u2019s degree in education and an advanced graduate degree in education leadership.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter spending three years in Guatemala, my family and I are thrilled to join the staff and families of Basalt Elementary School,\u201d Waaler said in a statement. \u201cI am looking forward to becoming a Longhorn and working together to bring out the best of our students.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Grant Waaler Basalt Elementary School will have a new principal for the first time in more than 20 years in August when Grant Waaler takes the reins from Suzanne Wheeler-Del Piccolo. Wheeler-Del Piccolo is retiring in what is her 22nd year at BES. Her last school year has been dramatically affected by the coronavirus. All […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2456097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-local-news"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-18 08:58:06","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSPN The Valley's Quality Rock","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2456097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2456097"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2456097\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2456097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2456097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2456097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}