The Edgecomb School Committee is looking for a new principal at Edgecomb Eddy School. Ira Michaud notified the committee April 13 he is leaving at the end of the school year, after serving as principal for four years, to become the new principal at Nobleboro Central School. On April 21, Michaud told the Boothbay Register he accepted the job.

“The biggest reason for leaving is this is another wonderful school,” he said. “Also I missed working with seventh and eighth graders, and this is also the district where I started my administrative career.” Michaud’s wife teaches and three children attend school in Alternative Organizational Structure 93. 

Edgecomb Eddy was Michaud’s first job as a principal. He spent 13 years as a teacher in Gardiner and Benton prior to becoming assistant principal at Great Salt Bay Community School in 2014.  

In his first year at Edgecomb Eddy, he led a new pre-kindergarten program and worked on agreements with Alna and Westport Island to send their elementary age students to the school. Michaud praised the Edgecomb administrative, school staff and community for a productive three-year run as principal.

“The community is fantastic in their  dedication to their children,” he said. “The staff is a hard-working, generous, and creative group. Everyone goes above and beyond,, and no one does less than their full energy.”

Michaud reported the school committee is already advertising for his replacement. His advice for his successor is “Listen as openly as possible to all community stakeholders and be prepared for a really fun job with some tremendous people,” he said. His first day in his new job at Nobleboro Central School is July 1.