Vancouver Public Schools welcomes the following new staff members, whose employment was approved at the July 13 school board meeting:

  • Tamara Anderson, special education–learning support, Jason Lee and McLoughlin middle schools
  • Celise Armstrong, first-grade Dual Language teacher, Harney Elementary
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  • Colin Costantino, math teacher, Fort Vancouver High School Center for International Studies
  • Andrew Distad, special education teacher, Skyview High School
  • Misty Distad, school psychologist, special services department
  • Kierstin Eaton, itinerant teacher of the deaf and hard of hearing, special services department
  • Arran Fagan, science teacher, Skyview High School
  • Leslie Halliburton, science teacher, Skyview High School
  • Elyce Harris, school psychologist, Heights Campus
  • Emma Hodges, graphic design/coding teacher, Fort Vancouver High School Center for International Studies
  • Jillian James, school psychologist, special services department
  • Jennifer Johnson, English/AVID teacher, Columbia River High School
  • Elizabeth Magargal, music teacher, Harney and Washington elementary schools
  • Nicholas McCarthy, special education teacher, Columbia River High School
  • Signe Olson, fourth-grade teacher, Eisenhower Elementary
  • Angel Pantoja, digital arts/graphic design teacher, Vancouver School of Arts and Academics
  • Taylor Rochelle-Stephens, special education–learning support, Hudson’s Bay and Columbia River high schools
  • Dinora Sandoval, kindergarten teacher, Washington Elementary
  • Patricia Sprenkel, special education teacher, GATE
  • Jill Taylor, speech language pathologist, special services department
  • Chelsea Tipton, third-grade teacher, Washington Elementary
  • Sharon Walchak, school nurse, Hudson’s Bay High School
  • Shayna Weimer, special education–learning support, Hudson’s Bay High School