Camas School District superintendent named new head of Vancouver schools

Camas School District Superintendent Jeff Snell has been named the new superintendent of Vancouver Public Schools. 

Snell, who had served as the deputy superintendent of Camas schools since 2011, replaced retiring superintendent Mike Nerland in 2016. Since then, Snell has led the district through the implementation of the district’s $119.7 million construction bond, the opening of three new schools — Odyssey Middle School in 2016 and Lacamas Lake Elementary School and Discovery High School in 2018 — an $8 million budget shortfall in 2019 and a yearlong pandemic that has forced Camas educators and families to rethink everything they knew about “going to school.”