09/14/2026
Meet Our Principal!
If you've walked the halls of Woodruff, you've probably seen Mr. Bennett doing his favorite thing, being right there with our students. He's been our principal since January 2018 (nearly nine years!), following a 20-year career as a special education teacher across elementary, middle, and high school. A short stint at the district office taught him one thing fast: he missed being in a school with kids every single day.
Ask him his favorite part of the job and the answer is simple. It's the students. Getting to know them, chatting in the hallways, and watching them learn and grow is what brings him back each morning. A close second? The faculty and staff who live out our Woodruff motto every day: "We do whatever it takes."
His goal this year is to keep making Woodruff a place where every student is challenged, supported, and knows there are adults here who believe in them.
Outside of school, family is everything. He and his wife have four children and nine grandkids, who lovingly call him "Pops." He's a lifelong sports fan (Pirates, Bears, Jazz, and Real Salt Lake) and these days you'll most likely find him on the pickleball court three or four times a week.
In his words: "I want our families to know that we truly care about their children, and every day we will do whatever it takes to help them feel safe, valued, supported, and successful at Woodruff."
