Brenda Dougan to Assume Superintendent Position at NEN

On Monday, Brenda Dougan will assume a new role as NEN Superintendent. She said she wanted to keep doing what they were doing with good students and staff at the school.

She said she took the job to get closer to home. “This is a good, small school,” she said. She said her favorite teacher at Worth County was Paul Niece, one of her basketball coaches.

Dougan is a Worth County grad and the daughter of J.W. & Clara Harding of Allendale. She said she learned from them the lessons of work ethic, commitment, and how to get along in a large family.
Brenda went to Northwest, where she got a degree in Elementary and Early Childhood Education.

She went to Jefferson, where she was a paraprofessional for three years. She went to Worth County for one year, and then went to NEN for ten years, where she was a second grade teacher at the old Parnell building and a Title teacher for one year. She went to North Nodaway for seven years, where she was the Elementary Principal at Pickering, and then went to Ridgeway for five years, where she was the Superintendent there.

She is married to Randy Dougan; they have three daughters, Taylor, Shayna, and Jaysie.