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School board confirms new superintendent
By Hugh McMillan
KP News
The Peninsula School District Board
of Directors in March hired Terry Bouck as the new
superintendent. Bouck currently is the Tacoma schools’
assistant superintendent of middle schools, has been a
local resident for 15 years and lives in the Wauna area
of the Key Peninsula. Of his three children and two
stepchildren, three have attended schools in the
Peninsula School District and his youngest stepson, Kyle
Anderson, will graduate from Peninsula High School this
year.
Bouck’s wife, Kristy, is an elementary school teacher in
the South Kitsap School District.
Among his many experiences in the
education field, Bouck served as superintendent of the
American International School in Lagos, Nigeria, as part
of an exchange program with the Tacoma School District.
He was principal of Jason Lee Middle School when the
Dale Chihuly Glass Arts program was launched. During his
tenure there, student enrollment that had been on the
decline because of the school’s poor reputation, made a
marked turnaround and almost doubled.
Former state senator, now teacher
at Jason Lee, Bill Smitherman and his wife, Karen, also
a teacher in Tacoma schools, have long known and worked
with Bouck, and according to Karen, know him to be a
very hard-working, dedicated professional who gets
things done.
Assistant Superintendent of
Peninsula Schools Bob Connelly said, “I really haven’t
had a chance to get to know him yet but can say that
I’ve heard nothing but good things about him. He is
student-centered and community oriented.”
Bouck’s secretary in Tacoma,
Phyllis Mjorud, described him as “energetic, honest, a
man of his word, trustworthy, and people oriented.”
Before the School Board’s
confirmation, Bouck told the audience in the forum, “I’m
a hard worker because I love what I do. If I get the
job, I intend to be in the schools, the classrooms, with
the teachers and parents. The paperwork will be handled
after hours and on weekends. I want to be with the kids;
that’s where I belong.”
Outgoing Superintendent Jim
Coolican said, “You’ll be very happy with Terry. He’s
strong, knowledgeable, committed to the students, and
will be very involved with his community.”
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