Mundelein School District 75 names new middle school principal

On Feb. 27, the District 75 board approved the hiring of Dr. Andrew Vondran to serve as the next principal at Carl Sandburg Middle School.

Vondran will begin at CSMS on July 1, following the retirement of longtime CSMS Principal Mark Pilut. He was selected following the feedback of both staff and students who asked that the new principal be approachable, trustworthy and knowledgeable of middle school learners.

“We are very thrilled Dr. Vondran has all of those characteristics,” said Dr. Sarah Cacciatore, deputy superintendent for Districts 75 and 120. “He will be a great fit for the school and our community.”

Currently in his seventh year as an assistant principal at Hubble Middle School in Wheaton Warrenville School District 200, Vondran also spent six years teaching middle school math and social studies.

He earned a bachelor’s degree from Eastern Illinois University in 2006, a masters of education degree from Aurora University in 2010, a general administration masters degree from the University of St. Francis in 2013 and a Doctorate in Education from Northern Illinois University in 2023.