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Shelton High School principal resigns after five years
Deyette: ’ltg felt the time to do 50’ '
By Gordon Weeks
gordon@masoncounty.com
The Shelton, School Board on Tuesday evening
accepted the resignation of Shelton High School
Principal Jennifer Deyette.
Deyette worked for the district for 27 years, the
last five as principal at the high school.
In an email exchange with the Shelton-Mason
County Journal on Tuesday afternoon, Deyette said
her resignation was “a tough call,” but added, “it felt
the time to do so.”
“As of now, I am job hunting and believe that an
incredible opportunity is available and waiting for
me,” she wrote. “That may still be in the Shelton
School District. I am keeping my options open.”
Deyette added, “I love what I do the students,
staff, events, my alma mater, the community.”
Deyette’s resignation was passed as part of the
school board’s consent agenda during Tuesday’s
meeting, conducted via Zoom. None of the school
‘ After five years at the helm, Jennifer Deyette has
resigned as the principal of Shelton High School.
She worked for the Shelton School District for
27 years. Journal photo by Gordon Weeks
board members, who were speaking from their
homes, mentioned Deyette.
Deyette’s resignation is effectively immediately.
Deyette grew up in Shelton, and attended Bor—
deaux Elementary School and Shelton Middle
School. At Shelton High School, she was a class
and ASB officer, was a member of the Honor So-
ciety, and played on the volleyball and baseball
team. On the track team, she was one of the mem-
bers of the relay team that captured the state title
in 1986.
After graduating from Shelton High School in
1989, Deyette moved to Ellensburg to attend. Cen-
_ tral Washington University. She had a career in
mind when she enrolled: teaching math. And that’s
what she did after graduating in June 1993, sign-
ing on as the eighth-grade math teacher at Shelton
Middle School.
For 21 years, Deyette kept that position at the
middle school, and then Oakland Bay Junior High.
She was interim principal at Oakland Bay for a
year, and then spent a year at the district office as
the director of state and federal programs.
Before the 2015-16 school year, new Superinten-
dent Alex Apostle asked Deyette if she was inter-
ested in being the high school principal.
SCHOOL BRIEFS
School board
changes policies
on closure actions
The Shelton School Board on Tues-
day passed a resolution that allows the
district to suspend some policies in or-
der to take quick action during school
closures caused by the coronavirus.
School Board President Sandy Tarz-
well said the Washington State School
Directors’ Association recommended
the resolution. None of the other board
members commented on the resolution.
The resolution allows the district to
suspend “provisions of its board poli-
cies and/or whole policies, as identified
by the District Superintendent or des-
ignee, if such suspension is necessary
to implement written guidance from
the (state Office of the Superinten-
dent of Public Instruction) relating to
containing COVID-19 for the duration
identified in the Governor’s order of
March 13, 2020 and a subsequent or-
der of school closure.”
With the resolution, the superinten-
dent is authorized to close any school
facility without further action by the .
school board;
“Such closure shall continue during
the emergency created by the COV-
ID-19 pandemic until such time as the
superintendent, in consultation-with
appropriate health and government
authorities, deems it in the best inter-
ests of the district and its students to
open schools,” the resolution states.
Pioneer School
District employee
wins honor
Pioneer Elementary School em-
ployee Kirsten Tratnick was named
the 2020 Regional Classified School
Employee of the Year.
As a classified support specialist,
she works with students who need
extra support to meet schoolwide be-
havior expectations. Tratnick’s room,
known as “Eagles Landing,” provides
a space for students to relearn these
expectations, take a break from class
or “cool off,” according to a news
release from Capital Region Educa-
tional Service District 113.
Tratnick is one of the nine people
chosen by their respective educational
service districts, and one of them will
be chosen the Washington State Clas-
sified School Employee of the Year.
The state Office of Superintendent of
Public Instruction will select the win-
ner and make the announcement this
spring. ‘ '
Tratnick implemented a peer sup-
port system for older students to work
with younger students who need sup-
port. The number of students who
require “reteaching” has dropped dra-
matically as a result of her work. She
has served as’a union representative
for 14 years, and is a leader among
the classified staff at Pioneer.
“She brings new ideas to the field
and is able to adjust instruction or
management as needed for each in-
dividual child,” Pioneer Elementary
School Principal Amy Koster said in
the news release.
“Kirsten is set apart from her
peers, not only by her ability to lead,
but by her knowledge of students
and their development,” said Pioneer
Elementary School teacher Hannah
Pease.
“Students know that Mrs. Tratnick
will treat them with unconditional
positive regard and they leave filled
with hope for a better tomorrow,” ’said
Pioneer Elementary School counselor
Lori Watkins.
I Compiled by reporter Gordon Weeks
Matters: Staying informed and voting protects ballots
continued from page A-7
on a card, we scan and save
the image of your signature '
oath with your registration
information.
When you vote, you put
your ballot on the inside and
sign on the outside and then
return the envelope to us. My
staff has been trained by the
State Patrol on signature ver-
ification and one of them com-
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pares the signature on the
outside of the envelope with
the signature in your voter
record. There is no automated
process, a trained election
worker checks every signa-
ture. If they match, we know
it’s you and will move your
ballot through the process
to be counted. If it doesn’t
match, you get a letter and a
phone call from my staff say-
ing that there is a problem.
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The problems we see are
almost always the same, ei-
ther an old voter registration
where the voter’s signature
has changed over time or a
couple where they each sign
the other’s ballot. In either
caSe, we send out a form, ask
the voter to sign it updating
their voter registration signa-
ture and then save that with
their voter record. If that
matches what’s on the enve- ~
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People unfamiliar with vote-
by—mail question its security.
To steal your ballot, I’d have
to have access to your mailbox,
have the ability to replicate
your signature and rely on
the fact that you don’t know
or care that there is an elec-
tion going on. If I do manage
to steal yOur ballot out of your
’ mailbox and forge your signa-
ture, when you call the elec-
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tions office and say that you
didn’t get your ballot, all of my
work is worthless because they
will issue you a new ballot and
cancel the one I stole.
The best way to protect
your ballot and your vote is
to stay informed and vote in
every election.
I Paddy McGuire is the Ma-i
son County auditor. He can be
reached at 360-427-9670, ext. 468.
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