Logan Sampers Named New Principal at Alta-Aurelia High School

The Alta-Aurelia School Board has named Logan Sampers as the new principal of Alta-Aurelia High School, filling a vacancy created when his predecessor accepted a job in the Omaha, Nebraska area.

Sampers takes over for Ben Schekirke, who departed the Alta-Aurelia Community School District after accepting another position in the Omaha area. The transition places Sampers at the helm of the high school serving students from the Alta and Aurelia communities in Buena Vista County.

Sampers comes to the role with administrative experience in Northwest Iowa schools. River Valley Community School District, based in Correctionville, listed Sampers as its 6-12 principal as recently as May 2025, identifying him as the point of contact for district job applicants. A separate report noted that when Sampers took on his role at River Valley, he "emphasizes community, culture" as central priorities, and that he took on both middle and high school responsibilities there. He also grew up in Northwest Iowa, according to a biographical fragment published about his time at River Valley, though further details were not available.

The local papers covering Buena Vista and Cherokee counties, the Storm Lake Times and the Cherokee Chronicle Times, both carried the hire in their March 20, 2026 editions under the headline "Sampers hired as next A-A principal." The Storm Lake Times item began to quote Sampers directly, with the phrase "With a strong passion," before the full text fell behind the paper's subscriber paywall.

Schekirke's departure for the Omaha area leaves Alta-Aurelia navigating a principal search that appears to have concluded with a candidate already rooted in the region's school administration landscape.