Final Head of School candidate visits campus
September 19, 2021
On Monday, Sept. 20, and Tuesday, Sept. 21, Head of School candidate Luis Ottley is set to visit the SPA campus. In an email from the Board of Trustees President Tim Welsh, he wrote:
Dr. Ottley is currently Head of School at St. Martin’s Episcopal School, a private day school for 650 students in preschool through Grade 8 in suburban Atlanta. He has served as St. Martin’s leader since 2017; previously, he served as Head of School at Marin Horizon School in Mill Valley, CA, for six years. He has led two Middle Schools, serving as Middle School Principal at Ethical Culture Fieldston School in the Bronx (NY) and as Middle School Director at University Preparatory Academy in Seattle. He has also held multiple administrative, classroom, and coaching roles at the Shipley School (PA); the Bullis School (MD), and West Nottingham Academy (MD). He holds a B.S. from Allegheny College (PA), a M.B.A. from Johns Hopkins University (MD), and an Ed.D. from the University of Pennsylvania. He is currently working towards a Master of Divinity degree from Church Divinity School of the Pacific (CA).