Following the retirement of Randy Smasal, Edina Public Schools announced Nate Swenson as the new Assistant Superintendent of School Excellence and Innovation. Swenson, inspired by his parents’ career in teaching, decided to become an educator himself. After studying to receive a Bachelor of Applied Science from the University of Minnesota Duluth and a Master’s in Education from Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota, Swenson went on to become a middle school science teacher in the Osseo Public School District.