Head of the class: KU graduate returns to Lawrence as CJHS principal

Anna Stubblefield USED TO BE an assistant principal in the Blue Valley School District; before that she taught special education and communication arts at Center High School in Kansas City, Mo. TWO-TIME JAYHAWK Stubblefield earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Kansas University; she holds an education specialist degree from the University of Missouri-Kansas City, and is pursuing a doctorate from St. Louis University. MARRIED to David, a teacher. They have three sons, Nate, 15, Desmond, 10, and Grant, 3. The life of a principal is hectic, but perhaps never more so than when starting a school year in a new place. Anna Stubblefield, who began serving as Central Junior High School’s principal in August, has met the challenges of being a principal head-on. The Kansas City, Mo., native and Kansas University graduate says her... [read full story]