While Shelagh Fehrenbach may be the new K-12 principal at Leland Public School this year, it’s hardly her first time on campus. The 2005 alumnus is back at her alma mater almost 20 years later after graduating, ready to serve in a district that she says feels a lot like “coming home.”
“I keep saying it feels like I’m working in a magical time machine; the new building is bright and beautiful and I love being in it, even though I still need a tour guide for some of the entrances and exits,” Fehrenbach said. “But there are also people and places that transport me right back to high school, and those memories give me so much joy too... I think that a lot of who I am today was built right here and that it is a really cool thing to be returning to.”
Fehrenbach said much of what she learned in the district as a student helped prepare her to pursue and work in education today. In high school, Fehrenbach was a Teacher Academy student with Career Tech Center (CTC), and she said she remembers working with several of the teachers as a junior and senior who are still with the district today.
