WALLA WALLA -- Walla Walla Public Schools Deputy Superintendent Bill Jordan has announced he will be retiring June 30 at the end of the school year.
Jordan was hired June 12, 2004, to direct the district's personnel department.
School board members have hired Northwest Leadership Associates to lead a comprehensive search for a new superintendent. John Fotheringham will serve as the lead consultant. Fotheringham is the former executive director of the Washington Association of School Administrators and a former superintendent of the South Central (now Tukwila) School District.
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Walla Walla voters to decide school levy renewal
Walla Walla voters to decide school levy renewal
WALLA WALLA -- Area residents are being asked to continue paying for existing programs of Walla Walla Public Schools through a four-year levy.
The 2012 Educational Programs and Operations Replacement Levy maintains money provided from the previous levy, approved in 2008. That levy expires at the end of 2012.
The local levy represents about 20 percent of the Walla Walla School District's operating budget, or about $10 million a year.
SPORTS: Tri-City schools to form new league
SPORTS: Tri-City schools to form new league
The longtime athletic league joining Class 4A and 3A schools in the Tri-Cities, Walla Walla, Sunnyside, Yakima, Moses Lake and Wenatchee will be no more.
SPORTS: Tri-City schools officially pull out of CBBN
SPORTS: Tri-City schools officially pull out of CBBN
As expected the Tri-City high schools and Walla Walla officially submitted a letter to the Columbia Basin Big Nine to withdraw from the league at the end of the school year.
The Tri-City schools and Walla Walla High School will form a new league, featuring four Class 4A schools and four Class 3A schools.
The athletic directors and principals will meet next week to begin discussing playoffs, bylaws, schedules and a new name for the league.
School Achievement Award winners listed
School Achievement Award winners listed
The Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction and Washington Board of Education announced the winners of the third-annual Washington Achievement Awards earlier this month.
Kiona-Benton City High School was recognized for overall excellence and excellence in language arts, along with several other schools in the Mid-Columbia Basin. The awards are determined by a scoring rubric and the past three years of achievement data from the schools.
Here's a breakdown of other schools and education programs that were recently recognized by state education officials.
Superintendents decide fate of CBBN on Tuesday
Superintendents decide fate of CBBN on Tuesday
A meeting of school superintendents next week in Yakima will determine the fate of the Columbia Basin Big Nine conference.
Ten superintendents, representing the 15 schools in the CBBN, have been invited to attend a meeting scheduled for 8:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Yakima School District main office.
Mike Colbrese, the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association executive director, has also been invited.
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