Meet the Principal

Michelle Hurlburt, Principal

Michelle Hurlburt became principal at The Downtown School at Central Campus at the start of the 2024-25 school year. Hurlburt has been serving at Wright Elementary since 2015 when she returned from the Waukee Community School District, where she was the assistant director of curriculum and professional learning. Hurlburt graduated from Lincoln High School and started working at Moulton Elementary as a 3rd grade teacher before moving into academic intervention and the International Baccalaureate coordinator role at Hubbell Elementary School. Hurlburt has a master’s degree in educational leadership from Viterbo University in La Crosse, WI, (West Des Moines Campus) and two bachelor’s degrees, one in psychology and another in elementary education from Simpson College in Indianola.