Elizabeth Messler: moves from Coleytown El. Contributed photo
The Westport Board of Education tonight approved the appointment of Elizabeth (Beth) Messler, assistant principal of Coleytown Elementary School, as principal of Saugatuck Elementary School.
The appointment followed an extensive search to find a successor to Jullie Droller, who has served since 2011. It is effective July 1. Droller has been named the district’s new director of elementary education.
Messler, who has also served as assistant principal of Long Lots Elementary School in her 10-year career in the Westport school system, was named 2014 Elementary School Assistant Principal of the Year by the Connecticut Association of Schools.
“I am very excited by this opportunity,” she told the board. “I look forward to working with the Saugatuck community and getting to know the parents, students, and staff members over the next few months.”
Messler graduated from Union College in 1996 and went on to earn a Master’s Degree in elementary education from Manhattanville College and a sixth year certification from Sacred Heart University. She began her education career as a classroom teacher, then as a math and literacy coordinator and, ultimately, as an assistant principal.
