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Three finalists have been selected for the position of superintendent of Sheridan County School District 2, and a community forum in which the public can meet the three is set for next week.
The finalists, chosen out of a field of more than 30, according to current District 2 Superintendent Craig Dougherty are Priscilla Hopkins, Scott Stults and Teresa Rensch.
Stults is an assistant superintendent for instruction/human resources for District 2. Hopkins is executive director of early education with the Denver, Colorado, public schools, and Rensch is director of education services for Konocti Unified School District in California.
ILWACO â Betty Lundquist passed away peacefully on Dec. 15, 2020, due to complications of stage four Colon Cancer, which she valiantly fought for five years. Betty was 80 years young.
Betty joins her husband, Richard E. Lundquist (Dick) in heaven, where she is celebrating her first Christmas with Jesus, her Lord and savior.
Betty was born in South Dakota, to Clarence and Esther Scotvold, who preceded her in death. Betty leaves her brother, Dr. Marv Scotvold of Yakima; her sisters, Donna Oatfield-Gillock, Long Beach and Gaye Rawlinson, Marysville.
Betty also leaves behind three children, Scott Stults of California, Jeffery Stults of Seattle and Cheryl Linke of Ilwaco. She is survived by seven grandchildren and many great-grandchildren. She also leaves behind two of her three step-daughters, Denise McDonald and Judy McLaren, while she joins Susan Coomler in heaven with Dick.
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Washakie County School District #1 in Worland is having a substitute shortage. But that s nothing new. It s always an issue. Most of the time we do pretty well, this year, the problems have been exacerbated primarily because we re having more staff out for longer periods of time due to quarantines, said Jack Stott, the district s business manager.
He said no role is spared. We re scrambling for every category of employee.
While he said no schools in Washakie #1 have had to close this year because of COVID-19 outbreaks, a lot of staff like teachers, bus drivers, and cooks are having to take time away from work because of positive COVID-19 cases or quarantines. As of December 8, fifteen school district staff members were out.