There will be a change in the leadership for Saint Xavier School.

Principal Russell Swisher is stepping down after the current school year ends to become the principal at Northern Heights in Allen, Kansas. He will leave Saint Xavier after the end of the current school year. He has served four years at Saint Xavier, including the last three as principal.

Swisher will be succeeded in the principal’s job at Saint Xavier by Shawn Augustine, who has been serving as Assistant Principal and Athletic Director the last three years.

Augustine will be assume the principal’s post and also continue as athletic director, but he is quick to add with “support from staff.” He also stated, “So it will be a big undertaking. The nice thing is I would say that I already have a 75-percent idea of what’s going on in that Mr. Swisher is doing. There’s a few things that I’m going to have to learn as with any new undertaking.”

The assistant principal position at Saint Xavier School will not be filled.