Redding BOE names new John Read Middle School principal FacebookTwitterEmail The Redding Board of Education unanimously appointed Meghan Ward as the next John Read Middle School principal. Ward, an assistant principal at Staples High School in Westport, is expected to begin July 1. The Joel Barlow alumna holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from Southern Connecticut State University in New Haven and a master’s in teaching and administrative certification from Sacred Heart University in Fairfield. Meghan Ward was unanimously elected as the new John Read Middle School Principal in Redding, Conn. on March 2.contributed by the Redding Board of Education