Dr. David Sharp, Lee’s Summit West High School principal, was named 2015 Missouri High School Principal of the Year by the Missouri Association of Secondary School Principals (MASSP) during early February.
  MASSP will officially present the award during the annual MASSP Spring Conference at the Lodge of Four Seasons, Lake Ozark, on March 30.  Dr. Sharp was awarded the recognition based on his impact in the areas of collaborative leadership; curriculum, instruction and assessment; and his personalization of the learning environment. The selection was made from more than 600 high school principals from throughout Missouri.

Dr. Sharp served as assistant principal at Lee’s Summit West from 2004 through 2006 and was the director of Summit Technology Academy before he was named principal at Lee’s Summit West High School. MASSP sponsors the High School and Middle School Principal of the Year programs. Dr. Sharp will be in the running to represent Missouri in the 2016 National Association of Secondary School Principals’ High School Principal of the Year program. To read an expanded article about this, visit our website.