Heidi Hanssen spent five years as the principal of an elementary school in Spain before coming to Ridgway. Courtesy photo
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New principal returns to mountain town life
After five years working as a principal in Europe, Heidi Hanssen is happy to have landed at her new job – at the helm of Ridgway Elementary School.
It’s not the first time she’s lived in the Colorado mountains, and she’s glad to be back to a small-town, rural atmosphere.
On Monday, she’ll greet students on the first day of school and start getting to know her new community.
“Being back in Colorado, and being in a mountain town was a priority and being in Ridgway, wow, th...