Administrators

Principal: Dr. Andrew Hargis

Dr. Hargis came to Park Hill in 2019 as Chinn's assistant principal. Before Park Hill, he was an instructional coach in the Shawnee Mission School District, and a middle school teacher, principal intern and summer school principal in North Kansas City Schools. 

In 2023 and 2024, Dr. Hargis helped Chinn earn the Gold Recognition Award of Excellence from the Missouri Schoolwide Positive Behavior Support program. Dr. Hargis is most proud of partnering with families to meet each student's needs.

He received his doctoral degree from Baker University, master’s degree from Baker and bachelor’s degree from the University of Central Missouri. 

Assistant Principal: Sarah Shandy

Sarah Shandy is serving her first year as Assistant Principal at Chinn Elementary.

She was previously a language arts teacher and assistant to the principal at Walden Middle School. She began working in Park Hill in 2017 as a teacher at Southeast Elementary. With more than a decade of education experience, she previously taught in the Gardner-Edgerton and Lawrence (Kan.) School Districts before joining Park Hill.

She earned her bachelor’s degree from the University of Kansas, her master’s from Baker University and her specialist’s from Northwest Missouri State University.