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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