Reedsport School District 105 has selected Cathy Knapp to replace Dave Tisler as principal of Highland Elementary School when he retires at the end of the school year. Knapp, 36, has been principal of Brockway Elementary School in the Winston-Dillard School District for the past seven years. She also serves as the district’s assessment coordinator and chairman of the district’s math committee.
After an “extensive process” of reviewing applications and interviewing candidates, reported Superintendent of Schools Ike Launstein, “the interview committee determined Cathy Knapp was the very best choice to lead the Highland staff in serving the students and community. I am extremely pleased to be able to have hired a top-notch educator from an outstanding field of candidates.”
Before accepting her current position as principal at Brockway, Knapp spent one year as an elementary assistant principal after teaching fifth grade for four years — all in the Winston-Dillard District. She also serves as her school district’s assessment coordinator and the chairman of the math committee.
Knapp grew up in Roseburg, where both her parents were educators. She graduated from Roseburg High School in 1992, and went on to earn a Bachelor of Science degree from Western Oregon State University, and then a master’s degree and Continuing Administrative License from the University of Oregon.
Although she doesn’t officially take over the job until July 1, Knapp said she plans to start spending lots of time in Reedsport beginning in April, and is excited to start looking for a place to live.
“I spent a lot of time with my family at the bay and in Reedsport during summer months, so it’s a place I’ve always really been drawn to,” Knapp said during a phone interview Friday. “It was great to meet everybody when I interviewed there. Reedsport seems like a very welcoming community.”
Beginning in April, she said, she will be working with other school administrators on Highland’s annual school improvement plan, focusing on the changes and gains she hopes to see made in the school’s core subjects of reading, writing and math.
The hiring process
The Reedsport School District received 33 applications for the position of Highland’s new principal. The six-member screening committee included school board member Kevin Van Syoc, teachers Cathy Holmgreen and Jeff Mason, school secretary Sharon Fegles, district administrative assistant Robyn Mead, and Great Afternoons director Chris Marsh.
After reviewing the applications, that committee selected 10 of the 33 applicants for interviews.
Scott Hall was the school board member on the eight-person interview committee, which included Launstein, math and reading coach Julee Noel, teacher Amanda Rice, Reedsport Community Charter School principal Laura Davis, Highland office manager Theresa Bunch, maintenance supervisor Bill Brown, and Susie Chaney, a parent whose child attends Highland Elementary.
This group then interviewed several candidates from Oregon, from out-of-state, and even from outside the United States, Launstein said. A three-person committee traveled to two schools as part of the background reference process, before offering the position to Knapp.
After an “extensive process” of reviewing applications and interviewing candidates, reported Superintendent of Schools Ike Launstein, “the interview committee determined Cathy Knapp was the very best choice to lead the Highland staff in serving the students and community. I am extremely pleased to be able to have hired a top-notch educator from an outstanding field of candidates.”
Before accepting her current position as principal at Brockway, Knapp spent one year as an elementary assistant principal after teaching fifth grade for four years — all in the Winston-Dillard District. She also serves as her school district’s assessment coordinator and the chairman of the math committee.
Knapp grew up in Roseburg, where both her parents were educators. She graduated from Roseburg High School in 1992, and went on to earn a Bachelor of Science degree from Western Oregon State University, and then a master’s degree and Continuing Administrative License from the University of Oregon.
Although she doesn’t officially take over the job until July 1, Knapp said she plans to start spending lots of time in Reedsport beginning in April, and is excited to start looking for a place to live.
“I spent a lot of time with my family at the bay and in Reedsport during summer months, so it’s a place I’ve always really been drawn to,” Knapp said during a phone interview Friday. “It was great to meet everybody when I interviewed there. Reedsport seems like a very welcoming community.”
Beginning in April, she said, she will be working with other school administrators on Highland’s annual school improvement plan, focusing on the changes and gains she hopes to see made in the school’s core subjects of reading, writing and math.
The hiring process
The Reedsport School District received 33 applications for the position of Highland’s new principal. The six-member screening committee included school board member Kevin Van Syoc, teachers Cathy Holmgreen and Jeff Mason, school secretary Sharon Fegles, district administrative assistant Robyn Mead, and Great Afternoons director Chris Marsh.
After reviewing the applications, that committee selected 10 of the 33 applicants for interviews.
Scott Hall was the school board member on the eight-person interview committee, which included Launstein, math and reading coach Julee Noel, teacher Amanda Rice, Reedsport Community Charter School principal Laura Davis, Highland office manager Theresa Bunch, maintenance supervisor Bill Brown, and Susie Chaney, a parent whose child attends Highland Elementary.
This group then interviewed several candidates from Oregon, from out-of-state, and even from outside the United States, Launstein said. A three-person committee traveled to two schools as part of the background reference process, before offering the position to Knapp.
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