Serving Whitman County since 1877
Serving Whitman County since 1877
David Gibb, new Colfax Jr./Sr. High School principal, speaks to the school board Monday.
The Colfax School District board met Monday night for a mid-summer meeting and approved a budget for the 2019-20 school year, hirings from new teachers to a new volleyball coach and the resignation of Nathan Holbrook as P.E. teacher and athletic director.
The board was introduced to a series of the newly-hired, including Michael Dorman, social studies teacher, a Colfax resident who has spent the last 12 years teaching at Washtucna; Joey Reed, a 16-year middle/high school teacher at Oakesdale, who will join the Colfax junior high staff, and new principal David Gibb, who arrives from Selah, replacing Carrie Lipe, who resigned after three years in June.
Brandy Brown will be the new volleyball coach, hired in Colfax after 13 years total coaching Oakesdale and Tekoa/Oakesdale, winning her most recent state 1B title last fall.
"I'm super-excited with who we've hired," said Jerry Pugh, district superintendent.
The board also approved a conditional teaching certificate for Henry Stinson to adjust his art teaching next year from three periods to two.
The board approved a 10-cent price increase for breakfast and lunch, due to state changes in funding.
Also, $2,000 anonymously donated to the Colfax FFA program was approved by the board.
The board also viewed a demonstration by the Palouse Area Robotics Team, the Sciborgs.
Garth Meyer is a former Whitman County Gazette reporter.
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