Mr. Bradham grew up in Webb City, MO. He has degrees from Missouri Southern State University and Northwest Missouri State University. This will be his 19th year in public education. He taught and coached at Antioch Middle School/Oak Park High School in the North Kansas City School District for 10 years. He was an assistant principal at Eastgate Middle School (NKCSD) for 4 years, and this will be his 5th year as principal at Liberty Middle School.

He loves to spend time with his wife, Jené, and 11 year old son, Jude (going into 6th grade). He has a passion to find ways to help students thrive. He said "I am very proud of how our staff, students and their families stuck together through the last couple of years, creating extraordinary learning opportunities for our students through very difficult times." He is excited for the upcoming school year and looks forward to making sure that all of our students know that Liberty Middle School is right where they belong.

Mrs. Kantola, the assistant principal, is originally from Topeka, Kansas. She began her teaching career in Kansas and came to Liberty in 2005 to teach 4th grade at Liberty Oaks. Mrs. Kantola has been at Liberty Middle School for 11 years. Our assistant principal has a twin, Sherry, and they are two minutes apart. They were both motivated to pursue careers in education after they had the best 6th grade teaching team. "They really connected with us and had great relationships with us. We are still in contact with them!" Mrs. Kantola's favorite hobbies are shopping and watching her nephews race motorsports.