Administrative Staff
Michael Kimbrough
Principal
My name is Michael Kimbrough and I’ve been in the Weld Re-8 School District for 4 years. I started my journey here as the District Technology Coach in August 2020, helping our staff, students, and families navigate the first steps back after the pandemic. During the 2020-2021 school year, I recognized that some students and/or families wanted their students to learn in an alternative setting. With this information, I was tasked with creating the Weld Re-8 Online Academy program for the District. For the past three years, this program has continued to serve our students who need an alternative setting to the traditional school model, and this program will become an official school starting in the Fall of 2024. Before being employed in Weld Re-8 School District, I worked as a teacher in Westminster Public Schools, beginning in 2012.
My educational experience is as follows. I graduated from Colorado State University in 2004 with a B.A. in Business Administration with a concentration in Finance. After several years in the private sector, I decided to follow my passion for working with kids and got my Master’s in Elementary Education from the University of Phoenix in 2010. In 2018, I received my Master’s in Educational Leadership from Regis University, and in May 2024 I completed the classes necessary to obtain my Superintendent’s license from the University of Northern Colorado.
Fort Lupton has become my second home. My wife is employed as a teacher and my daughter attends Fort Lupton High School as well. I also have two other sons who are 23 and 21. In addition, in collaboration with Gaby Rivera, my family has hosted coat drives in October at the district office and looks forward to continuing to give back to the community.
In my free time, I enjoy all things athletics. I love going to sporting events and playing recreational sports. I also enjoy traveling and listening to music in my spare time.
Michael Kimbrough
Fort Lupton High School Principal / Online Academy Administrator
Office: (303) 857-7293
Fax: (303) 857-3219
Google Voice: 720-928-1070
Jim Roedel
District Wide Athletic Director
My name is Jim Roedel and I am the "new" but old Athletic Director. I served as Fort Lupton High School’s Athletic Director and Assistant Principal from 2015 thru 2021, and then had the privilege of serving as Weld Re-8's first ever Chief Operations Officer for the past 3 years. However, my heart has led me back to the high school where I will serve for the 2024-25 school year and hopefully beyond. For those that don’t know my journey, I was born and raised in Fort Lupton and graduated from Fort Lupton High School in 1993, I then attended Mesa State College where I played college football, graduating in 1998 with my Bachelors of Business Administration. I then obtained a Master of Business Administration in Technology Management in 2002, while I was working with General Electric Company. I spent 15 years working for GE in their Transmission and Distribution business, where I got an opportunity to travel the world and establish new products and services globally. I completed my Masters of Educational Leadership in 2017, and have been in the Weld Re-8 School District now for the past10 years, where I have also coached Boys Basketball at FLHS for the past 17 years.
I truly bleed blue and look forward to working with the Weld Re-8 Community to support our students reach their goals in life.
I have been married for 26 years and have 2 sons, 21 and 23 who both graduated from Fort Lupton High School. I enjoy all things sports and usually will spend any free time that I have with my family or golfing.
Jim Roedel
Fort Lupton High School
District Wide Athletic Director
530 Reynolds Street
Fort Lupton, CO 80621
Phone: (303) 857-7105
Office Hours: 7:30 AM - 4:30 PM
Cell: (303) 898-9464
Sarah Murchie
Dean of Students