“I feel like I am literally living the dream,” said Bobbi Lee Simpson, reflecting on her journey from Madison Metropolitan School District (MMSD) student to principal of one of its schools.
Simpson is in her first year as principal of Ada Deer Elementary, formerly Conrad A. Elvehjem Elementary. Although she graduated from MMSD, her path into education began in Minnesota, where she moved in the 1990s. There, she enrolled in a local community college’s Urban Teaching Program to become a paraprofessional, marking the start of her career in education…