KIPP ENC has announced changes in school leadership at KIPP Halifax College Preparatory School. 

Andrew Allen, former KIPP Gaston Middle School assistant principal, will be the middle school leader. 

Joseph Lofstedt, former KIPP Halifax primary assistant principal, will be the primary school leader.

Allen is a native of Emporia and a graduate of Norfolk State University.

He spent many years volunteering in his community utilizing his abilities as a musician and speaker and has a passion for positively influencing youth, in particular, young men.  

He has worked at KIPP Gaston College Preparatory at the middle school level for more than 15 years in various capacities. 

Lofstedt grew up in New York, studied early childhood and primary education in Scranton, Pennsylvania and earned his masters degree from the University of Houston. 

Since moving to North Carolina, he has been a founding first- and third-grade teacher at Gaston College Preparatory Primary School. 

In 2017, he transitioned to KIPP Halifax College Preparatory as the assistant principal.