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Ritenour Welcomes New Administrators for the 2024-2025 School Year

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Administrators began in new roles at several Ritenour schools and buildings for the 2024-2025 school year. 

Dr. Phil Pusateri takes the helm as chief financial officer for the Ritenour School District. He comes to Ritenour with nearly 20 years of administrative experience in St. Louis-area schools, most recently as CFO for the Jennings School District. 

Dr. Pusateri

Dr. Rich Wilson is Ritenour’s new director of technology. He brings 24 years of experience as a technology administrator in school districts in the St. Louis area, most recently as the director of technology at Francis Howell School District. 

Rich Wilson

Dr. Matthew Schuler is the district’s new director of data and student information system. He brings 15 years of educational leadership experience. He has most recently served RHS as the associate principal.  

Matt Schuler

Buder Elementary welcomes Dr. Melisha Mack as its new principal. Dr. Mack brings 17 years of administrative experience, most recently as an elementary school principal in the Jennings School District.

Iveland Elementary welcomes Rebecca Williams as its new assistant principal. For the past two years, Williams has been a classroom teacher, interventionist, and instructional coach at Kratz Elementary. 

Kratz Elementary welcomes Orianna Moccio as assistant principal. She served Ritenour High School as an assistant principal for the past two years.

At Marion Elementary, Lisa Broadbent has been promoted to principal after serving as interim principal last school year.  Melissa Crowley is Marion’s assistant principal after being in the interim role as well.  

Dr. Kelsey Bodie and Kayla Case are the new leadership team at Wyland Elementary. Dr. Bodie, who served Wyland as assistant principal for the last two years, takes over as principal. Case brings 10 years of teaching and leadership experience and most recently served as principal at Momentum Academy in St. Louis.

Ritenour Middle School welcomes Seneca Allen as an assistant principal. He served as an assistant principal at Iveland Elementary during the 2023-2024 school year. 

Ritenour High School (RHS) welcomes two new assistant principals: Declan FitzPatrick and Austin Ferguson. FitzPatrick comes to RHS with 16 years as a central office school district administrator, most recently in the Kirkwood School District. Ferguson comes to RHS from the Hancock Place School District as an assistant principal.