School district boss moves on

The Hood Canal School District announced Superintendent Nikki Grubbs has accepted a job as the assistant superintendent in the North Thurston School District.

Grubbs was hired three years ago and she will remain in her position until the end of June. The Hood Canal School District states it hopes to have the position filled by that time.

In a news release, the district announced, "The School Board is currently putting in place a search plan that will include opportunities for all key stakeholders (parents, staff, taxpayers, voters) to provide input to the Board about the characteristics they believe are essential to best serve the children of the community."

Before she came to Hood Canal, Grubbs was the executive director of teaching and learning in Educational Service District 105 in Yakima and principal at Harbour Pointe Middle School in Mukilteo. In March, she was named one of two finalists for the position of superintendent of the Aberdeen School District before that district selected Jeff Thake, who was a superintendent in Illinois and South Dakota.

The Pioneer School District is also seeking a superintendent to replace interim superintendent Doris Bolender. The public had the opportunity last week to meet the two finalists: Jeff Davis, the superintendent of the Onalaska School District, and Lisa Riggs, the superintendent of the Sweet Home School District in Oregon.