New assistant principals at Einstein have been here before

Laura Ploudre'

Bill Killien and Laura Ploudre will share the assistant principal position at Einstein Middle School for the 2012-13 school year, Superintendent Sue Walker announced. The appointments are subject to approval by the Shoreline School Board.

This will be Bill’s second stint as assistant principal at Einstein. He was a math teacher at Morgan, Hull and Kellogg from 1973 to 1988, then moved to Einstein as assistant principal. 

He left Shoreline in 1991 to become principal at Northshore Junior High in Bothell. He went into private business before returning to Shoreline as part-time administrative support at Shorecrest last year. 

Laura served as principal of Parkwood Elementary for 11 years until leaving that position in June to pursue an advanced degree in educational psychology. 

Bill Killien

During her years at Parkwood, the school was honored with two Washington Achievement Awards for overall excellence. The school received the State Title I Academic Achievement Award and was honored as a School of Excellence in Arts Education earlier this year. 

Bill and Laura succeed Cindy Watters, who left Shoreline to accept a position as principal of Hamilton International Middle School in Seattle.

“We are excited to have Bill and Laura as part of the Einstein team and are looking forward to having them work with our staff, students and families,” said Einstein Principal Stephanie Clark.