Transferring from Edison High School is Sanderson. She began working at the tender age of 8 in her father’s restaurant, peeling potatoes, and has been working ever since. 

“I wanted to have a much bigger impact,” she said. “That’s why I decided to become an administrator,” explained Sanderson, nodding in great satisfaction with her title. 

Former Edison student Anthony Curtiss, sophomore, is grateful to have Sanderson here. And he added that she is nicer here than she was at Edison. 

Sanderson is loud and bubbly, and even when she must scold a student for failing to wear their student identification card or for using improper language, she still wears a smile on her face and wishes them a good day. 

A rollercoaster would best describe Sanderson. There’s always the huge, unexpected dip that causes the stomach to leap with the excitement from the rush of adrenaline. 

For instance, she’s a quilting scrapbooker who loves to cook, and also a sports type of gal and a mighty fiend for wrestling, and there’s that sudden dip…

She also enjoys photography, traveling, and listening to classical music. But Sanderson is also one who takes pleasure in jamming to pop and 80’s music. 

Sanderson is a unique character. Very open minded, and seems to brighten up a room with her smile and huge hearted laugh.

  Thom is quite different from Sanderson. Some describe him as out of this universe, definitely his own person.

He transferred from Franklin High School. Thom also happened to be an English teacher here at Stagg in R-7 for six years way back when. 

After graduating from University of the Pacific as an English major, he wasn’t yet satisfied with his accomplishments. He then became a teacher at Fremont Middle School, but with the urge to make a bigger impression on students, he became an administrator.

  “I want to be able to give back. I want to get kids to make better decisions.”

Thom has not always been an educator. In fact, he loves to bake. His previous jobs include bakeries, coffee shops, and Chinese restaurants. Not only did he bake for work, but he now bakes just for fun, and claims to be pretty good at it, too. 

As a vast lover of the rush of life Thom enjoys four-wheeling and backpacking through the Sierra Foothills. Yet he still has an ever so passionate love for sleep.

As a child Thom’s house was under construction for about two years. His solution to avoid living with the power drills and hammering was to move out and into a teepee in his backyard. He lived in the 20 foot tall teepee for about two years with five others. 

Getting away from the construction wasn’t his only motive for living in the teepee; it was also just for the fun.

He can be spontaneous, too. “I once won a watermelon eating contest!” he blurted out.

Chris Goodwin, last year’s assistant principal, who also has a past with Thom, confirmed that Thom has always been unique and probably always will be. Goodwin told of the nine earrings Thom had in his left ear.

Thom and Sanderson have goals for Stagg; both are very determined to accomplish them. “I’m not here to just punish people, that’d be boring,” Thom said.

These goals include: getting all students to wear their ID’s, getting students motivated to be a part of Stagg, making improvements on school spirit and freshmen behavior, getting sophomores to pass the exit exam, getting juniors to have all of their credits and getting all seniors to graduate on time. 

But above all these goals, the new administrators want to get a much wider sense of unity within the student body.

They each have an ideal retirement for after they finish their time as educators. 

Sanderson envisions herself on an island with her family, living carefree. 

While Thom describes his as “on an island, playing golf with Mr. Goodwin, far away from suspensions and Mrs. Hawley,” with a mischievous grin and Martha Hawley just four feet away.