Wrangell Sentinel -

The Wrangell district has hired a new elementary school principal.

Jamie Wollman, principal at the Hooper Bay Charter School in the western Alaska coastal community, is moving to Wrangell for the 2024-2025 school year.

"I like to go to places that present a different challenge," Wollman said. "I love when people share that want to do exciting things for students."

She was hired in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic to start up the charter school. It's open to students in grades 4 through 8 in the Lower Yukon School District, and the curriculum centers around applying scientific topics or concep...