Pleasantview Principal Heading to Saudi Arabia [AUDIO]
[/caption]SAUK RAPIDS - A Sauk Rapids principal and his family are about to embark on an adventure of a lifetime. Pleasantview principal Nate Swenson has taken a one-year leave of absence from the district so he can be a principal at a middle school in Saudi Arabia.
Swenson's wife is a teacher in the Big Lake school district, she'll also be teaching at the Saudi Arabian school. They have a nine-year-old daughter that will be going along with them.
Swenson has been the principal at Pleasantview for two years, and prior to that he was at the school in Rice.
Click on the audio player and listen to our full interview with Nate Swenson:
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