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By Gordon Weeks
gordon@masoncounty com
Like many people, Lance Gibbon did some reas-
sessing during the pandemic, and realized he want—
ed a school administration job where he knew the
names of all the students, which he might achieve
as superintendent ofthe Hood Canal School District.
About 325 students were expected to show up for
the first day of school yesterday.
“F or me, it was an opportunity to get back to what
was important, which is working more closely with
students,” said Gibbon, whose jobs have included
elementary school music instructor, assistant prin-
cipal, principal, assistant superintendent and su—
perintendent of the Oak Harbor School District on
Whidbey Island, and superintendent of the Sno—
qualmie School District.
Gibbon, a native of Lynnwood and Edmonds, said
he also wants to provide stability and continuity in a
district that last school year saw its new superinten-
dent, Jose-de—Jesus Melendez, resign in February
after seven months on the job to return to his family
in Oregon. According to the district at the time, he
was to complete the remainder of his contract on ad—
ministrative leave.
“I think there’s a lot of opportunity to provide
some stability,” Gibbon said. “There’s been a lot of
changes and turmoil.”
Gibbon’s family has rented a house near Twanoh
State Park. “I’m looking forward to being here for a
while,” he said.
With administrators regularly departing, the dis—
trict hasn’t had the chance to produce a long-term
plan, something the school board will do this school
year, Gibbon said.
The district’s building is paid off, and “right now,
we have the lowest tax rates in the area,” he said.
in February, the district’s building bond garnered
56%, short of the 60% super majority required. The
district will try again with a different proposal on
the Nov. 7 ballot.
The proposed $33.5-million bond includes a new
early learning center, an improved and expanded
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New Hood Canal leader wants to know your name
Lance Gibbon, the new superintendent of the Hood Canal School District,
discusses a concept plan
for expansion and upgrades to Hood Canal Schools in an almost
$33.5—million building bond that
would go before district voters Nov. 7. Journal photo by Gordon Weeks
playground, a building addition for middle school
classes, a new building to maintain and houses
school buses, and a new bus route that won’t re—
quire drivers to traverse the campus to pick up
kids. V
The district will seek comments from residents
before finalizing a proposal, Gibbon said. With the
current rate, the bond would cost property owners in
the district about $1.14 per $1,000 of assessed prop-
erty value, he said.
Gibbon said he is excited about strengthening the
relationship between the district and the Skokonp
ish Tribe. Tribal members donated the land for the
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at the school. About half of the students are connect-
ed to the tribe, Gibbon said.
Almost one-third of the district’s students at—
tended summer school, Gibbon said. The district im-
proved its Facebook page, and viewers can watch the
films created by summer school students. The dis-
trict served about 1,600 meals during the summer,
Gibbon said.
The district’s operating budget is $7.7 million this
school year. Winter break is Dec. 20 through Jan. 2,
and spring break is April 1—5. The tentative last day
of the school year is June 14.
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