The Urbana Board of Education has approved the appointment of Miniona Menuokuou Lungalang as the next Assistant Principal of Thomas Paine Elementary, effective August 6, 2025.
Lungalang joins Urbana in her first administrator role after 14 years as an educator. She has served as an educator in various Midwest communities since arriving in the United States from the North Eastern state of Nagaland. Lungalang has most recently served as an instructional interventionist in Champaign.
“I am extremely grateful for this opportunity to directly serve and positively impact the life outcomes of our most important stakeholders, the scholars/Tiger cubs of Thomas Paine, their families, their teachers and staff,” she said.
The Urbana School District welcomes Lungalang to Urbana School District 116.