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Former Wolf now running the Marauders

Posted in Administration, tagged , , , , on April 5, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Jon Atkins

He’s movin’ on up.

Former Coupeville football coach Jon Atkins is now the Athletic Director at Mariner High School in Everett.

That’s a 4A institution which plays in Wesco.

Atkins, who is also an Assistant Principal at Mariner, made the job change public on Facebook Friday afternoon.

“Athletics has been a huge part of my life and now I get to serve in my dream job!” he wrote.

Atkins, who was also a girls’ basketball coach in Oak Harbor, worked the gridiron sidelines at Coupeville High School from 2016-2017.

He will be best remembered by Wolf Nation for posting a perfect record against archrival South Whidbey, leading Coupeville to back-to-back wins in the annual Bucket Game.

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Superintendent candidates coming to a forum near you

Posted in Administration, tagged , , , , on March 30, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Live and in color.

The four finalists to become the next superintendent for the Coupeville School District will be front and center early next month.

There will be public forums April 8 and 9, with both held in the Coupeville High School Performing Arts Center.

Community members will have a chance to meet each of the finalists and ask questions.

As you enter the PAC that night, 3×5 cards will be available at the door for people to write down said queries.

If you go Barbara Walters on us and ask, “If you were a tree, what kind of tree would you be?” you will be applauded … and ejected from the room.

And now I’m being informed I may have misunderstood the rules…

Anyways, the lineup:

 

April 8:

Dr. Jim Shank (6:10-7:00 PM)

Tim LaGrange (7:05-7:55 PM)

 

April 9:

Shannon Leatherwood (6:10-7:00 PM)

Scott Peacock (7:05-7:55 PM)

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Four finalists vie for Superintendent gig

Posted in Administration, tagged , , , , , , on March 27, 2024| Leave a Comment »

It’s final four time.

While the NCAA basketball tourney still has a way to go to chop its teams down, the Coupeville School Board has cut candidates for superintendent to that magic number.

The decision was announced Wednesday morning and comes on the heels of interviews the day before.

The finalists to replace the departing Steve King are Dr. Jim Shank, Shannon Leatherwood, Scott Peacock, and Tim LaGrange.

Shank previously worked as Coupeville Superintendent from 2013-2018, while the other three would be newcomers to Cow Town.

The fab four will have a final round of interviews April 8-9, with each candidate participating in a “full day of focus group discussions, school tours, a board interview, and a community forum.”

Information on the forums will be announced soon, said School Board President Morgan White.

 

To read bios on the finalists, pop over to:

https://www.coupeville.k12.wa.us/Page/334

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Six remain in play for superintendent gig

Posted in Administration, tagged , , , on March 22, 2024| Leave a Comment »

And then there were six.

The Coupeville School Board narrowed its list of candidates to replace departing Superintendent Steve King after holding an executive session Thursday night.

Who are those six? That part is hush-hush, for a logical reason.

With many of the candidates currently working in other districts, the search consultant firm being used by the school board recommended keeping names private through the early rounds.

It is believed that helped to increase the applicant pool, School Board president Morgan White said in a statement.

The six candidates still in play will be interviewed during another private meeting Tuesday, Mar. 26, with the three finalists publicly announced by Mar. 29.

The final trio will tour the Coupeville School District and meet with staff and community between Apr. 8-10.

A detailed schedule of stakeholder meetings will be released next week, with opportunities to meet candidates and provide feedback.

The current plan is to hire a new superintendent in April, with that person starting the job in July.

Whichever of the six candidates wins the top spot, school board members are looking forward to the positives they will bring to the job.

“We are hopeful about the future of our district,” White said. “And we are grateful for wonderful candidates who are eager to serve Coupeville Schools.”

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Break the bank for Shank!!

Posted in Administration, tagged , , , , , on February 23, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Dr. Jim Shank, enjoying a moment of Zen in the CHS gym while sitting beneath his beloved “Sad Coyote” painting. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

The biggest potential free agent on the market is still out there, Cow Town. Get this thing done!

As the Coupeville School District conducts a superintendent search, no name delivers the same pizazz as Dr. Jim Shank.

And now, with the Longview School District choosing a different candidate Friday to fill its own open position, the dapper doctor could be back in play for a return to Whidbey Island.

Dr. Karen Cloninger, who is coming from Spokane, was chosen over two other finalists who both graduated from Longview-area schools — Shank and John Hannah.

So now the buzz gets going again.

Does Dr. Shank remain with the North Beach School District in Grays Harbor County?

Or will he consider bouncing back to reclaim the top seat in a Coupeville School District he led to great success from 2013-2018?

Will the lure of “The Sad Coyote” bring him back to Cow Town??

I’m asking you, for I do not know the answer.

School board members are notoriously tight-lipped and ultra-professional about stuff like this, and I haven’t been able to electronically bug all the district offices … yet.

But I know what I want, and that’s to see the man who gave us a new stadium, a new track oval, and both new bleachers and the Wall of Fame in the gym, come ambling back down Main Street.

Only time will tell how this story plays out, but I got a crisp fiver here to help sweeten the pot.

Don’t go for a single or try to leg out a double, Coupeville. Swing for the fences on this one.

Break the bank (if need be) for Shank!

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