KANELAND WELCOMES THREE NEW ADMINISTRATORS

BY AUDREY WALKER Editor and Co-Social Media Manager

Kaneland High School welcomed three new administrative staff members for the 2023-24 school year to replace outgoing administrators Adele Dalesandro, Carri Oslager and Joshua West. Noel Escamilla, Lawrence King and Nathan Schroll now hold the positions of Dean of Students, Assistant Principal of Student Services and Assistant Principal for Curriculum and Instruction, respectively.

Escamilla has 10 years of education experience; he spent eight years as a truancy officer at Kishwaukee Education Consortium and two years as an English Language Learner instructor at Sycamore High School. This experience, along with having four children of his own, has helped him realize that every student is different and that creating open communication is key to solving an issue, not just addressing it. He keeps a puzzle box in his office that he got on a trip to Budapest, which, similar to students, takes effort to open up.

“There’s a story in there, but you have to unlock it to get it,” Escamilla said. In his free time, he likes to hunt, garden, smoke meat and spend time at home with his family.

Although Schroll went to college for teaching, he didn’t start out as a teacher. He worked in group homes for a few years but then went to graduate school before becoming an English