Assistant Superintendent
Learning & Teaching

Terrie VanderWegen
Phone: (509) 228-5420
E-mail Terrie

Oversees K-12 Curriculum, Instruction, Assessment & Operations:

• Assessment   
• Special Services
• Special Programs
• Instructional Technology
• Curriculum Adoptions/Implementations
• Instructional Materials Committee (IMC)
• Committee for Learning & Teaching (CLT)
• Summer School
• Home-based Instruction
• Professional Development
  • K-12 Principals & Staff Development
• Administrative Interns
• Curriculum Library 
• Student Hearings

Secretary
Learning & Teaching

Patti Simmelink
Phone: (509) 228-5421
(7:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.)
E-mail Patti

Support for:

• Terrie VanderWegen and Bill Ash
• Curriculum Adoptions/Implementations/CLT/IMC
• Home-based Instruction
• Title II, Part A
• District and Staff

Executive Director - Elementary
Learning & Teaching

Tim Nootenboom
Phone: (509) 228-5433
E-mail Tim

Oversees Elementary (K-5) Curriculum, Instruction, Assessment &  Operations:

• Elementary Schools
• Elementary Choice
• Early Learning Center
• ABLES 
• SMART
• Elementary Specialists (Librarians/PE/Music/Counselors)
• Elementary Report Cards/Frameworks
• Principal Professional Development 

Secretary
Learning & Teaching

Lynn Cross
Phone: (509) 228-5425
(8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.)
E-mail Lynn

Support for:

• Tim Nootenboom and Mary Jo Buckingham 
• Title I, Title III, Title X, LAP
• Flyer Approval
• District and Staff

Executive Director - Secondary
Learning & Teaching

Jean Marczynski
Phone: (509) 228-5430
E-mail Jean

Oversees Secondary (6-12) Curriculum, Instruction, Assessment &  Operations:

• Secondary Schools
• K-12 Non-traditional Programs (SVLA/Summit School) 
• Secondary Choice
• Secondary Activities & Athletics
• Secondary Specialists (Librarians/PE/Music/Counselors)
• Middle School (6-8) Round Table
• SROs/Safe Schools Grant/Crisis Manuals
• Flight Team
• Student Responsibilities and Rights
• Principal Professional Development
• Career and Technical Education 

Secretary
Learning & Teaching

Jackie Holcomb
Phone: (509) 228-5435
(7:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.)
E-mail Jackie

Support for:

• Jean Marczynski and Susan Christenson 
• Career and Technical Education
• District and Staff

Director
Assessment & Program Evaluation

Bill Ash
Phone: (509) 228-5434 
E-mail Bill

Oversees:

• District & State Assessment Activities
• Surveys
• Assessment Training
• Science Kit Center

Director
Instructional Technology/
Career and Technical Education

Susan Christenson
Phone: (509) 228-5431
E-mail Susan

Oversees:

• Career and Technical Education
• Technology Services
• Carl Perkins
• Online Course Management Facilitation
• Plato
• United Streaming

Director
Special Programs

Mary Jo Buckingham, Ph.D.
Phone: (509) 228-5426
E-mail Mary Jo

Oversees:

• Grant Development and Management
  • Title I:  Improving Basic Programs
  • Title IIA:  Teacher Principal Training & Recruiting 
  • Title III:  English Language Development (ELD) Programs
  • Title X:  Immigrant and Homeless Programs
  • LAP:  Learning Assistance Program (LAP)

Curriculum Library

Colette Seubert
Phone: (509) 228-5423
(8:30 a.m.-2:00 p.m.)
 *After hours by appointment
E-mail Collette

• Curriculum Library Operation (K-5)
• Support for:
  • Learning & Teaching

Science Kit Center

Sandy Galloway &
Cathy Sturman
Phone: (509) 228-5436
(7:30 a.m.-3:00 p.m.)
E-mail Sandy & Cathy

• Science Kit Center Operation (K-5)
• Support for:
  • Assessment