Finalists named for superintendent
By Terry Murry on Wednesday, March 23rd, 2022 in Columbia Basin News More Top Stories
PENDLETON – The Pendleton School District Board of Directors has narrowed its search for the next superintendent to two candidates. They are Grandview High School Principal Kim Casey in Washington state and West Park Elementary Principal Kevin Headings in Hermiston.
Community members are welcome to meet the candidates from 3:30-5:15 p.m. in the training room of the district offices at 107 N.W. 10th St. The candidates will be given 45 minutes each to introduce themselves to those in attendance. Questions from those in the audience are welcome.
The next superintendent will officially begin work on July 1. The board expects to make a decision by April 1.
Additional background:
Kim Casey:
Ms. Kim Casey is currently the principal of Grandview High School in Grandview, Washington. Grandview High School has a student enrollment of 1,128. She has held this position since 2015. She began her administrative career in 2013 as the principal of Compass High School, an alternative high school also in Grandview. Ms. Casey spent the first eight years of her career as a high school business education teacher. She has taught adult education classes at Yakima Valley College and was an adjunct professor at Eastern Washington University. Ms. Casey is a 2003 graduate of Central Washington University with a bachelor’s degree in business education. She completed her master’s program at Central Washington as well in 2006. She holds an MBA from the University of Phoenix and is currently working on her superintendent credential from Washington State University.
Kevin Headings:
Mr. Headings is currently the principal of West Park Elementary School in Hermiston, Oregon, a position he has held since 2013. West Park has an enrollment of 550 students. He served as the superintendent/principal in Stanfield between 2009 and 2013. He began his administrative career as the K-6 principal in Stanfield in 2005. Mr. Headings began his educational career in Hayesville, Kansas as a middle school teacher and coach. From there, he spent two years as a teacher and director of middle school education at Western Mennonite High School in Salem. Prior to moving to administration, he taught grades 4-6 in the Lebanon School District for nine years. Mr. Headings earned his bachelor’s degree in education from Bethel College in Kansas. He holds a master’s degree in educational leadership from the University of Oregon (2003).
