New superintendent at Hood Canal schools
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September 1, 2022
Gordon Weeks
Jose-de-Jesus Melendez, the new superintendent of the Hood Canal School District, has been a teacher, principal, program director and superintendent in California, Colorado, Oregon and Washington.
The Hood Canal School District opens its doors Sept. 7 to about 335 students in prekindergarten through eighth grade, and with a new superintendent in Jose-de-Jesus Melendez.
Melendez - who grew up in a Mexican village of about 50 people in the state of Zacatecaz - replaces Nikki Grubbs, who was hired as assistant superintendent in the North Thurston School District. He has been a teacher, principal, program director and superintendent in California, Colorado, Oregon and Washington.
"My experience preparing for this school year as a superintendent has been a very busy one," he wrote in an e...
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