Who Might Leave Seattle Schools for Kent School District?

 Just tossing this out there to put on your radar.

Over the last couple of years, several senior SPS staff left to become superintendents in other parts of Washington State. They include Flip Herndon, Michael Tolley, Wyeth Jessee and Clover Codd. 

Now the beleaguer superintendent of the Kent School District, Calvin Watts, is leaving for a gig in an Atlanta-area district. 

I think there could be a couple of senior staffers still at SPS who might be considering applying. 

Maybe Keshia Scarlett, the Chief Academic Officer. I venture she might be happier with Brent Jones as SPS superintendent but she also filed a public complaint against Director Chandra Hampson and Director Zachery DeWolfe for acting in a racist manner towards her and mistreating her. DeWolfe may be going away come December but Hampson could still be a problem for her.

Maybe Sarah Pritchett, a former Executive Director but now a newly-appointed co-Deputy Superintendent with Carri Campbell for the new Office of Strategy Deployment and Responsiveness. I think she also is probably happy with Jones but hey, a gig all for her? Perhaps. 

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Anonymous said…
It would not be a loss to students, families, the school community to lose a single one of the folks you mentioned.

Hire away, Kent!
-uber
7/22/21, 2:08 PM
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