FAIRIBAULT COUNTY REGISTER — Little did the Blue Earth Area School District know when they were looking to hire a new elementary assistant principal there was already someone out there looking for them.
Conan Shaffer ’12 ’19, his wife Melissa and their family, were living in the St. Cloud area but were interested in relocating.
“We wanted to be in a small community and had researched the southern part of the state from Rochester to the South Dakota border,” Shaffer says. “Blue Earth was on the top of our list.”
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“I worked at the correctional facility in St. Cloud and went to school at St. Cloud State University,” he says. “I got my bachelor of science degree in special education in December of 2012. I also am licensed in emotional and behavioral disorders.”
He achieved his masters degree in special education in 2018.
