Pulaski Community School District announced the hiring of two new administrators this week.
Steve Linssen, current Gillett Secondary School principal, is a new associate principal at Pulaski High School. He replaces Nicole Borley, who has assumed the Pulaski Community School District’s director of Student Services position.
Linssen, an Oconto Falls native and seven-year Pulaski resident, earned his bachelor’s of science degree from the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay in 2002 and his master’s degree from Marian University in 2008. He has served as middle and high school principal at Gillett since 2013. He was a social studies teacher from 2002 to 2011 and associate principal from 2011 to 2013 in the Shawano School District.
When Linssen and his wife, Gina, to whom he has been married for 13 years, bought a home in Pulaski, they did so because of the school district. Now, he’s happy to work for the same district that his 4-year-old foster son will attend.
“I see myself as a collaborator — a team player — someone who is very passionate about providing what is best for kids and working collectively with students, staff and community to make that happen,” Linssen said.
Lara Kuchenbecker is the new associate principal for Glenbrook Elementary School and assistant student services director for the district.
Kuchenbecker, a Wausau native, earned a bachelor’s degree in elementary education and special education from the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh in 2004 and a master’s degree in education administration from Marian University in 2010. She holds principal and director of special education licensures. She was a special education teacher for Wisconsin Rapids Public Schools in 2004-2005 and a special education teacher at the K-5 Roosevelt Elementary School in the Oshkosh Area School District prior to taking the job in Pulaski.
“I am excited to be joining the Pulaski Community School District,” Kuchenbecker said. “I feel that both my relationship-building skills and leadership qualities will support many different families and the Pulaski community as a whole.”
Kuchenbecker currently lives in Neenah with her husband, Jared, and 1-year-old daughter, Evelyn.