The Sequim School District has named a new permanent School Superintendent. She’s Regan Nickels who currently serves as the superintendent of a school district in Hapden, Maine. She has a background as a teacher in Bremerton schools.  The Sequim School Board unanimously agreed to hire her during a special board meeting last night. The Sequim Gazette says she joined last night’s virtual meeting from Maine.  She says she was born in Maine and started her teaching career in eighth-grade mathematics and science before moving to Bremerton with her husband John where served in the US Navy as a submariner.  While in the Pacific Northwest she earned a master’s degree in educational technology from City University in Bellevue and her administrator certificate from Western Washington University in Bellingham.

The superintendent position became vacant after Jayne Pryne resigned late last year as interim superintendent, replacing Robert Clark.  He resigned after a complaint in October 2020 put him on administrative leave.  Regan Nickels will start her new job at the helm of the Sequim School District July 18.