Chippewa Valley Names New Principal for Huron Elementary School

With final approval granted by the school board in June, Tara Koch became one of Chippewa Valley’s newest principals, accepting a post at Huron Elementary School.

Koch came to the district in 2000 from East Detroit Public Schools and has since served as a special education teacher, special education supervisor, fifth-grade teacher, and assistant principal at –a wide variety of roles that Superintendent Ron Roberts said should provide her with “great skill" in her new position.

Koch succeeds longtime .

“I am so grateful this opportunity,” Koch said. “I’ve played school ever since I was a little girl and I’ve always wanted to be a teacher and then one day an administrator. This is a journey I’m very much looking forward to.”