Elementary school building open on Tuesday, May 12
At a Special School Board Meeting on Monday, May 11, 2015, the Orcas Island School Board accepted the resignation of Kathy Page, full-time elementary K-6 Elementary Principal and Special Ed Director, effective June 30, 2015.
Kathy Page came to the Orcas Island School District as Elementary K-6 Principal in the fall of 2013.
The School Board also approved opened the K – 6 Elementary Principal and Special Services Director for the 2015-16 school year. The approximate annual cost for the position is $129,000.00; which includes a 32% benefit allocation.
In other news, the elementary school will be open on Tuesday, May 12; it was closed on Monday after weekend flooding.
A major loss to our educational community. Kathy will be missed! We wish her well in her upcoming move!
Orcas has benefitted from her experience and positive approach to education. I wish her the best in her future endeavors!
It is so hard to find the long-term matches for a quirky community. It is a high-risk pairing that sometimes just needs to evolve once in place. I do not know any details about this resignation, so I speak with utter neutrality. I can list on my index finger the successful, executive import I am familiar with. Passers-through add their value–for sure!–but the acquisition overhead is killer.
Extremely well-said, Paige.