Sandra Ehlers Named Principal of Davenport Ridge Elementary

Last night the Stamford Board of Education voted to approve the appointment of Sandra Ehlers as principal of Davenport Ridge Elementary School. Ms. Ehlers, whose  appointment is effective July 1, 2025, has been the interim principal at Roxbury Elementary School since July 2024.  

“Sandra is an accomplished educator and teacher leader, who for the past 11 years has supported three different elementary schools as an assistant principal and interim principal,” said Superintendent Lucero. “Her instructional leadership skills and extensive experience in managing school communities during times of significant change will be an asset at Davenport, which will begin the school year with its first new principal in 14 years. I am thrilled that the principal interview committees recognized Sandra as the right person to lead Davenport forward into a new era.” 

Ms. Ehlers joined Stamford Public Schools in 1997 as a special education teacher at Hart Magnet Elementary School. She was a special education teacher at Stillmeadow Elementary School from 1998 to 2011 and served as the IEP Compliance Teacher and later the SRBI Support Teacher at K.T. Murphy Elementary from 2011 to 2014. She moved into school administration as the assistant principal at Cranbury Elementary School in Norwalk in 2014, returning to Stamford in 2018 as the assistant principal at Toquam Magnet Elementary School. She has been at Roxbury Elementary School since 2021, first as assistant principal (2021-24) and then as interim principal (2024-25). She began her career as a teacher at Villa Maria Education Center, where she led a self-contained classroom for students with severe disabilities. 

She earned a Bachelors in Special and General Education from Providence College, a Masters in Early Childhood Special Education from Southern Connecticut State University, and a Certificate in Educational Administration and Supervision from the University of Bridgeport. She is certified in K-12 Intermediate Administration or Supervision (CT 092).

The Davenport Ridge Elementary School principal vacancy was filled through a competitive hiring process that attracted candidates from within and outside Stamford Public Schools. Committees of teachers, staff, parents, and community members conducted two rounds of interviews, and the final candidate also met with Superintendent Lucero and members of the Board of Education. 

 

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