{"id":14696,"date":"2024-05-24T11:15:10","date_gmt":"2024-05-24T16:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kusd.edu\/jeffery\/?page_id=14696"},"modified":"2026-07-08T16:14:56","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T21:14:56","slug":"meet-the-principal","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.kusd.edu\/jeffery\/information\/meet-the-principal\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the Principal"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-1872872165\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-259709450\" class=\"col medium-4 small-12 large-4\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16741\" style=\"border-radius: 20px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kusd.edu\/jeffery\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2026\/07\/principal-bkielar.jpg\" alt=\"Brian Kielar\" width=\"480\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kusd.edu\/jeffery\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2026\/07\/principal-bkielar.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.kusd.edu\/jeffery\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2026\/07\/principal-bkielar-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.kusd.edu\/jeffery\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2026\/07\/principal-bkielar-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Brian Kielar<\/h2>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: circle;\">\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 10px;\"><strong>Email:<\/strong> <a href=\"mailto:bkielar@kusd.edu\">bkielar@kusd.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 10px;\"><strong>Phone:<\/strong> 262-359-2201<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 10px;\"><strong>Bachelor&#8217;s degree:<\/strong> University of Illinois at Chicago \u2013 History Education<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 10px;\"><strong>Master&#8217;s degree:<\/strong> National Louis University \u2013 M.Ed.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Began career in education:<\/strong> 2003<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#col-259709450 > .col-inner {\n  margin: 0px 0px 0px 8px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-681236604\" class=\"col medium-8 small-12 large-8\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\" style=\"background-color:#f5f5f5;\" >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<h2><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-15611\" style=\"border-radius: 7%;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kusd.edu\/lakeview\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2024\/03\/principal-love-school.svg\" alt=\"Career highlights\" width=\"50\" \/>\u00a0Career highlights<\/h2>\n<p>Working with a team to earn a Blue Ribbon in 2019.<\/p>\n<h2><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-15609\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kusd.edu\/lakeview\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2024\/03\/principal-hobbies.svg\" alt=\"Hobbies\" width=\"50\" \/> Hobbies<\/h2>\n<p>Traveling, Golf, and Eating<\/p>\n<h2><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-15610\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kusd.edu\/lakeview\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2024\/03\/principal-subjects.svg\" alt=\"Favorite school subjects\" width=\"50\" \/> Favorite school subjects<\/h2>\n<p>Sociology and Engineering<\/p>\n<h2><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-15611\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kusd.edu\/lakeview\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2024\/03\/principal-love-school.svg\" alt=\"What I love most about LakeView\" width=\"50\" \/> What I love most about Jeffery<\/h2>\n<p>The way that the whole community warmly welcomed me when I took my position. The dedication and willingness of staff to try new ideas and doing what&#8217;s right for the students.<\/p>\n<h2><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-15612\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kusd.edu\/lakeview\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2024\/03\/principal-quote-mantra.svg\" alt=\"Favorite quote or mantra\" width=\"50\" \/> Favorite quote or mantra<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cCourage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.\u201d \u2013 Winston Churchill<\/p>\n<h2><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-15613\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kusd.edu\/lakeview\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2024\/03\/principal-sport-food.svg\" alt=\"Favorite sports team\" width=\"50\" \/> Favorite sports team<\/h2>\n<p>Chicago Blackhawks<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#col-681236604 > .col-inner {\n  padding: 10px 20px 10px 20px;\n  margin: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\n  border-radius: 20px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":13450,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-14696","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kusd.edu\/jeffery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14696","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kusd.edu\/jeffery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kusd.edu\/jeffery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kusd.edu\/jeffery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kusd.edu\/jeffery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14696"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.kusd.edu\/jeffery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14696\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16742,"href":"https:\/\/www.kusd.edu\/jeffery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14696\/revisions\/16742"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kusd.edu\/jeffery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kusd.edu\/jeffery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}