Oklee graduate Carl Dugstad new principal at Clearbrook-Gonvick
Tue, 08/28/2018 - 11:20am
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Carl Dugstad is settling in as the new principal at the Clearbrook-Gonvick School. He is excited for this year to begin. It is his 12th year in education. The previous principal Jeff Burgess had most of the things ready for the next school year. The master plan for the students schedule is done so he does not have to reinvent the wheel. Students in grades 7-12, schedules are available on Synergy. They can log in to check it out. He has been working on grants and financial items.
He comes from a family of teachers as his mother Connie (Berberich) Dugstad Bishop and step-dad Charles Bishop were teachers in the Red Lake County Central Schools. He has two step-sisters who are also teachers and one that is married to a teacher.
Carl is a 2002 graduate of the high school in Oklee and a 2007 graduate of Bemidji State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Secondary Education and Teaching. He received his Master of Education in 2015 from Bemidji State. He is officially licensed to be a K-12 Principal.
He started teaching in 2007 at Cass Lake-Bena High School as a Social Studies teacher for seven years and as the Head Basketball Coach. In the fall of 2014 he was a Social Studies Teacher and Head Basketball Coach until he became the Technology Coordinator at the Laporte Schools in 2016. He served as the Coordinator and as the high school principal.
Carl is married to Tiffanie (Malwitz) a 2004 graduate of Red Lake County Central in Oklee.
They have three children in their family. They first adopted their son Ty and in January of 2016 they became a family of four when they adopted a girl Devyn. Their family was not complete as in June of this year they welcomed their son Will into the family. They bought a house in Clearbrook, took a new position at the school and had a new baby to take care of, all at the same time. Many people helped to get their new house ready for them.
Carl stated, “the position is challenging as it has a lot of moving parts and he likes it.”