Sheree Gomez-Clark wasn’t planning on leaving her job as the principal at Washougal High School at the end of the 2021-22 school year. But, as she says, the universe sometimes works in weird and unexpected ways. It certainly did for her last month.
On June 24, less than two weeks after delivering the commencement address at the school’s graduation ceremony, Gomez-Clark interviewed for a position at the Camas School District. The next day, she sat down to write a pair of emotionally charged emails to her Washougal High staff members and families to let them know she was going to be moving on.