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Aberdeen’s co-Superintendents Lynn Green and Traci Sandstrom are under contract through the 2027 school year following a unanimous decision by the Board of Directors at its meeting Tuesday, Nov. 19. Superintendents Green and Sandstrom, longtime administrators in the district and lifelong friends who grew up on Grays Harbor, were recruited to the position last March on an interim basis following the mid-year resignation of previous superintendent Jeffrey Thake. Thake was put on paid leave pending an investigation in late April to evaluate a complaint involving a matter that occurred at a school. Thake, originally from Illinois, last served as chief of the Williston Basin School District in North Dakota, and served as Aberdeen superintendent since the school board selected him unanimously in March 2022. A month later in late May Thake asked for his resignation from the district. In June, it was agreed by the board to pilot their co-superintendent model. The School Board has concluded that the shared model is proving to be a good fit for Aberdeen and the one-year contract is now a three-year contract. “The Board wants to share that we believe this contract is a win for our students, our staff and our community,” President Jennifer Durney said. “These two superintendents could work anywhere and they choose Aberdeen. Their professional careers, their commitment to schools, students, the community and their personal lives embody what it means to be a Harborite.” President Durney also shared the School Board’s belief that the co-superintendent model maximizes the 61 years of combined experience that Green and Sandstrom bring to the office. Superintendent Green will remain as the district’s CTE director and Superintendent Sandstrom will remain as the district’s Teaching, Learning and Technology director. Green has specialized in secondary education while Sandstrom’s experience is predominantly elementary and technology. Each will receive half of the superintendent salary and half of their former positions, resulting in a neutral impact on the budget. “That’s the definition of a two-fer,” President Durney said. “We are very excited about the future of our schools.” The two superintendents grew up together in Hoquiam, graduating in 1988. They earned their administrative credentials from the same program at Seattle Pacific University in 2006. Superintendent Green has been Aberdeen’s CTE director since 2000. Superintendent Sandstrom has been the Teaching and Learning and Technology director for Aberdeen since 2017 after more than 20 years in Hoquiam as a teacher, elementary principal and teaching and learning director. Both superintendents noted the many opportunities and challenges ahead as Aberdeen works to improve student achievement while taking part in the state’s seismic planning process that could see new schools built and others retrofitted to withstand catastrophic events. “We really appreciate the Board’s faith and confidence in the shared model,” Superintendent Green said. “These past few months have shown us that we are stronger together and we look forward to serving our schools and community in this position.” Superintendent Sandstrom agreed. “I am excited about the work going forward on both our facilities and our mission, vision, values and goals that are embedded in the Portrait of a Graduate and we are very appreciative of the Board’s involvement and support in this process,” she said.A nine-year-old child who was the subject of an Amber Alert on Wednesday afternoon was found safe and sound. Sûreté du Québec (SQ) posted the update to social media about 40 minutes after the alert was issued. The child was missing from Marieville, in the Montérégie region about 30 kilometres southeast of Montreal, and was found in Montreal. The SQ says the investigation continues and thanks the public for their cooperation. They did not provide further details.
Moms for Liberty co-founder Tiffany Justice weighs in on President-elect Donald Trump's proposal to end the federal Department of Education and how the department could be improved if kept in place. Sonny Hostin may have unveiled the real reason why the Democrats lost the election, but she had it all wrong. She recently said on "The View," that "What we did not have is white women, who voted about 52% for Donald Trump – uneducated white women is my understanding." One of the realities of why the Democrats lost this election in the landslide is thinking they have a monopoly on defining what being " educated " means in America today and here’s the reality of what this word means in America today. Let’s examine this. The Latin root of the word educate is "ex-ducere": to lead out of. The idea is that the educational process leads you out of your former self into a new self: more knowledgeable, more skilled, wiser, and more experienced. Nowhere in this definition does it say that if you get a diploma, especially a college diploma, that you are more educated. But the democrats have increasingly defined the notion of being educated in America to be inextricably linked with getting a four-year college education. Mind you, that America has plenty of educated derelicts and plenty of kids who graduate college without a clue what they want to do and end up being a Starbucks’ barista while they figure it out. I'M A BLACK PH.D. AND HERE'S WHY I LEFT ACADEMIA What does being educated really mean? There are four buckets. Formal Education Reading, writing and arithmetic, some would say. Getting a formal education involves following a curriculum designed to impart knowledge, develop skills and instill values across various disciplines. Formal education equips individuals with foundational academic and professional competencies and some would argue college is more important to learn how to ‘adult’ on your own than the actual courses themselves. Formal education serves as a pathway for personal growth and career opportunities for many. Street Smarts Street smarts are about practical intelligence and survival skills honed through real-world experience. This form of smarts involves quick thinking, resourcefulness and the ability to navigate challenging or unfamiliar environments. Street-smart individuals excel in making snap judgments, solving problems on the go and handling difficult situations. They may lack academic credentials but often have strong instincts and the ability to read people and situations accurately. Street smarts are particularly useful in unpredictable, high-pressure scenarios. There are many entrepreneurs in America who never graduated college and many who didn’t graduate high school, yet they have built multi-million dollar businesses, creating jobs, giving back to their communities and helping the tax base. Their education in some ways may be much more pragmatic some would argue vs. getting a college diploma. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FOX NEWS OPINION Social intelligence Social smarts focus on interpersonal skills and understanding human behavior. People with social smarts excel in communication, empathy and building relationships. They are adept at reading social cues, resolving conflicts and fostering teamwork. Social smarts are essential in roles requiring collaboration, leadership and influence. Unlike book or street smarts, social intelligence bridges cognitive and emotional domains, making it crucial in both professional and personal settings. Adversity Quotient This is fourth area of education many people never talk about in America. It’s in part why Donald Trump won the election, because he excels in overcoming adversity. Adversity Quotient (AQ) refers to an individual’s ability to face, endure and overcome challenges or difficult situations. It measures how well someone responds to adversity, including their resilience, adaptability and capacity to persevere in tough circumstances. This type of education is a learned skill and one that we would often define with the term ‘develops character.’ CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP All of this makes you wonder, has the Democratic Party become one that is largely and disproportionately steered by liberal college-educated people? And what’s the consequence we saw in this election with this demographic shift? The liberal and progressive college-educated dominance over the Democratic Party agenda alienated at least some socially conservative working-class nonwhites, thereby driving a small but electorally consequential subset of them into the arms of Republican Party candidates and into the arms of winning this election. Buyer beware, being educated in America isn’t defined by a diploma. Ted Jenkin is CEO and co-founder of Oxygen Financial and president of Exit Stage Left Advisors.