By NewsLine Staff
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Kyle Dresback, principal of Allen D. Nease High School has been selected to be the Associate Superintendent of Student Support Services. His nomination will be presented to the St. Johns County School Board at their January 10 meeting by incoming Superintendent Tim Forson who will assume his position on Jan. 1.
Dresback will replace current Associate Superintendent of Student Support Services Cathy Mittelstadt, who has been selected to serve as the Deputy Superintendent for Operations. This nomination will also be presented to the School Board on Jan. 10.
Employed with the St. Johns County School District since 1996, Dresback has served as the principal of Nease since 2009. Prior to this, he served as principal of Switzerland Point Middle School for more than two years. He was also an assistant principal at St. Augustine High School, the district’s director of Purchasing, the registrar at Nease and a math and computer science teacher at Nease.
“I am honored by the opportunity to take on this new position,” said Dresback. “I am excited to work with the Student Support Services team to expand and grow our assistance to students.”
Dresback holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of North Florida and is working on his doctorate at the University of Florida.
Mittelstadt has been the Associate Superintendent for Student Support Services since 2015 and has also served as interim-principal of First Coast Technical College. She began her career in Apopka High School in 1993 and joined the St. Johns County School District in 2003. She served as the assistant principal at Pedro Menendez High School, principal of R.J. Murray Middle School and principal of St. Augustine High School.
Mittelstadt holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, a master’s degree from the University of Central Florida and an Educational Specialist degree from Nova Southeastern University.
“I am humbled and honored to serve in this capacity,” said Mittelstadt. “I look forward to expanding my knowledge and building relationships to support student success and growth throughout the district.”
The transition of Mittelstadt and Dresback will not take place until a new principal has been appointed for Nease. Forson will begin the process of gathering input from staff and the community in mid-January.
