PLEASANT LAKE — Students and staff at the Metropolitan School District’s Pleasant Lake Elementary School will have a new principal as they start the new school year.

Valerie Priller has been named as the new Pleasant Lake Elementary School Principal. She replaces Rosie Brandt, who took over as principal at Hendry Park Elementary for the retiring Lisa Bauer.

Priller comes from Elkhart Community Schools where she has worked since 1995 where she taught fifth and sixth grade. She became the assistant principal in 2006, moving into the principal’s position in 2011.