Kennedy Middle School in Hays will close after the upcoming academic year.   Principal Lee Keffer won’t be there.  He’s moving across town to become the new principal of Roosevelt Elementary School.  This fall Keffer will replace Janci Kugler-Mills, who’s leaving for the superintendent’s job in Brewster.   Keffer has been at Kennedy for 20 years and started his teaching career at the elementary level.  There are about 250 students at Kennedy.  Roosevelt, Hays’ largest elementary school, has nearly 400 students.

An announcement is expected soon about who will lead Kennedy Middle School in its final year.  All Hays middle school students will be moved to Felten Middle School in fall 2012.