Farewell Another year passed another administrator leaving
By Leah Pope
Executive Editor
Assistant Principal Diane Lashinsky will be leaving Terrace in June to serve as the new principal of Durango High School in Durango, CO.
The Durango School District Board of Education confirmed LashinskyÕs appointment on Tuesday, and Lashinsky informed the staff at Terrace on Wednesday.
Durango High School is part of the school district by the same name where Lashinsky will replace Greg Spradling, who resigned effective the end of this school year. Durango has approximately 1,500 students, but Lashinsky will head up an administrative staff larger than TerraceÕs, including three assistant principals, a dean of students and an activities/athletics coordinator.
According to Lashinsky, Durango High staff and students are looking for someone to break their schools into units along the lines of smaller learning communities. Lashinsky has served as assistant principal at Terrace since 2003, when the small schools project first came into play.
ÒOne of the things I think theyÕd like to see in a principal is someone who is more visible.Ó Lashinsky said.
Durango is a small, single-high-school town, so Durango High School serves as a sort of center for the community. Lashinsky said that she is looking forward to living in a smaller city, ÒI like walking down the street where you know peopleÉ I tend to be a quiet, private person, but I do believe in the community being involved in the high school.Ó
Lashinsky and her husband lived in the Southwest, on the Navajo Indian Reservation, in the 1990Õs and have wanted the move back for a while. The Four Corners area is less populous than the Pacific Northwest, with fewer schools, so when a position opened up at Durango, Lashinsky recognized it as a rare opportunity.
In anticipation of LashinskyÕs imminent resignation, Edmonds School District will soon begin the process of finding someone to fill her place next year. Staff will put applicants through a screening process, and select students will be invited to help interview.
With LashinskyÕs replacement, Schwab will be the most senior of TerraceÕs three administrative principals with just three years at MTHS under his belt. It marks a complete turnover in principals since the installment of smaller learning communities.
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