The Wheatland’s Principal Moving to East View Kindergarten Center

East View Kindergarten Center will see a familar face in the principal position next year.

Janet DeMont has worked in Oswego 308 for almost 20 years and now, after serving as principal of The Wheatlands since 2005 she has accepted the position of principal for East View Kindergarten Center.

Current East View principal, Kathleen Melton, will be transferring to Wheaton School District 200.

DeMont will start at her new principalship on July 1, after the board approved her position on April 22.

"I am really excited for this new opportunity,” DeMont said. “It is a bittersweet moment because I love The Wheatlands students and staff.  I am looking forward to being part of the East View family.” 

DeMont began her career in 1982 at neighboring District 204. After raising her family, in 1994 she was hired by District 308 as a music teacher at Boulder Hill Elementary.

In 2002, she moved up into a temporary administrative role covering an assistant principal vacancy at The Wheatlands Elementary. The following year she remained at the administrative level but split her duties between serving as the assistant principal at Fox Chase Elementary and as the district’s Staff Development Coordinator.

DeMont was awarded her own principalship in 2005 at The Wheatlands Elementary.

DeMont holds a bachelor's degree in elementary education and a master’s in educational leadership from Aurora University. She was named the 2003 District 308 Leader of the Year by her fellow administrators. Under her leadership, her school was the recipient of Illinois Academic Excellence Award, meeting the criteria of excellence for the past five years.

“Janet is a personable, respected and knowledgeable principal.  It is rewarding to have a person with a high level of character, coupled with unique abilities and talents as a veteran school leader, to serve as principal at East View,” said Superintendent Matthew Wendt.  

DeMont resides in Oswego with her husband, Mark, a former East View student. The couple has two grown children who graduated from the District 308 school system. 

The position for principal at The Wheatlands remains open.