With the retirement of West Platte Elementary School principal Rebecca Henshaw looming at the end of the school year, the district has announced who will take her place.
Dr. Hayet Woods
Dr. Hayet Woods was hired last month to lead the elementary school next fall. Woods currently works as principal of Symington Elementary School in the Hickman Mills School District in eastern Jackson County.
Henshaw began her teaching career in West Platte in 1989 as an elementary school teacher. She also worked in the Smithville and Platte County R-3 school districts before returning to West Platte as principal in 2012.
Henshaw also worked as acting superintendent in 2014 after the tumultuous end of tenure of previous superintendent Dr. Jerrod Wheeler.