CHANNAHON – N.B. Galloway Elementary School Principal Angela Stallion has resigned to accept a principal position at a Hinsdale elementary school.

Stallion had worked for the Channahon district for nine years, at one point as principal of both Galloway and Pioneer Path schools. The Channahon School District 17 school board accepted her resignation Monday.

“She brought a lot to us, especially with curriculum and data,” School Board President Joe Pope said. “Our teachers were really distraught at the news. She meant a lot to us and was definitely an asset.”

“We know we’re losing a good principal,” Superintendent Nick Henkle said.

Stallion is serving as principal at The Lane School, a
Hinsdale kindergarten through fifth grade school. She already started her new position and said she is enjoying Lane and at the same time missing Channahon.

“It was a really hard decision for me,” she said. “I will miss Channahon terribly – the people, the teachers and most of all the students. I have so much love and respect for that community. It is a really special community.”

Stallion said she made the decision to accept the new job because of upcoming changes in her family, most importantly the transition of her oldest daughter from school to a center for adults with disabilities.

She said her family will continue to live in Channahon for at least a year while her son begins his senior year at Minooka Community High School.

With the beginning of school quickly approaching, the school board began its search for a new Galloway principal. Pope told the board Monday the district already has received 26 applications for the spot, which is being advertised as a one-year position, and should have a final candidate by Aug. 1.

The school board is in discussions as whether to close one of the district’s schools to compensate for decreasing student enrollment. The choice could be to close Pioneer Path, led by Principal Laura DuBois, and then send most of its students to Galloway.

If Pioneer Path is closed, it’s possible DuBois would be made principal of Galloway, or the newly appointed Galloway principal would continue in that position. With the issue of school closure undecided, Henkle said the decision for a one-year appointment of a new principal was appropriate. The board is expected to discuss the possibility of the school closure this fall.

The board also gave approval Monday for Henkle to represent the district in the Joliet Chamber Education Committee. The committee’s representative and Troy School District 30C Board President Mark Griglione will be asked to present information about the committee at the next District 17 school board meeting.

The board then approved to declare several older computers as obsolete and to recycle them through Integrity Electronics Recycler at no charge to the district. According to Finance Director Michael Schroeder, Integrity will refurbish some of the computers and allow the district to offer them at a nominal charge to some of the district’s students who do not have computers in their households.