Branson Names New Principal

Press Release Stacie Thompson has been named principal at Cedar Ridge Intermediate for the 2021-2022 school year. She replaces Landon Gray who has accepted a position with the Sparta School District as superintendent.

Thompson has been assistant principal for Cedar Ridge Elementary and Intermediate since 2013. She also taught fifth grade for the Branson School District prior to being named assistant principal. Thompson earned an undergraduate degree from Evangel University, a master’s degree from Missouri Baptist University and she completed a doctorate program in educational leadership through Lindenwood University.

Thompson and her husband Brady, who is an elementary counselor for the district, have two sons and are Branson residents. She begins her new duties July 1.