Meet the Principal

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Todd Johnson, Principal

PLEASANT HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Todd Johnson is the new principal at Pleasant Hill Elementary School beginning with the 2024-25 school year. Johnson had served at Cowles Montessori School since 2017. Johnson takes his expertise to Pleasant Hill Elementary School where Des Moines Schools added Montessori programming. Johnson graduated from high school in Waukon, Iowa and obtained his bachelor’s degree at Wartburg College in Wavery, IA. He received his master’s degree in education administration from Grand Canyon University in Phoenix, AZ, and started his career as a teacher in Greenwood Village, CO, before moving back to Iowa to become part of DMPS in 2009.