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July 28, 2022
Renae McMurray

Washougal schools leader leaving to be closer to family business

Chris and Renae McMurray knew that they’d have to spend some time apart in order to achieve their career goals when they purchased an outdoor outfitter company in northern Wisconsin in 2019. Chris moved to the Badger State to run the business while Renae stayed behind in Washougal and continued to serve in her role as assistant superintendent for the Washougal School District.

July 7, 2022
Washougal School District facilities, maintenance and grounds manager Jessica Beehner took "before and after" photos outside Hathaway Elementary School's portable buildings to show what the area looked like "before," in 2021, (left) and after the district installed LED lights in 2022 (right). (Contributed photos courtesy of Jessica Beehner)

Washougal School District invests in brighter, ‘greener’ LEDs

During a Washougal School Board meeting earlier this year, Washougal School District facilities, maintenance and grounds supervisor Jessica Beehner clicked through a PowerPoint presentation that contained side-by-side photos of Hathaway and Gause elementary schools, Washougal High School and two other district locations, taken in 2021 and earlier this year.

July 7, 2022
Washougal High School Principal Sheree Gomez-Clark delivers a commencement address during the school's graduation ceremony on Saturday, June 11, 2022. (Doug Flanagan/Post-Record)

Washougal High School on the hunt for a new principal

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.