With approval by the school board, all personnel assignments will take effect on July 1
Administrative changes have been announced in the Battle Ground School District that will take place for the 2024-25 school year. With approval by the school board, all personnel assignments will take effect on July 1.
Battle Ground High School
Principal Charbonneau Gourde will transfer to Prairie High School, where he will serve as an assistant principal. He will be replaced by Heather Ichimura, who is currently the principal at Tukes Valley Middle School.
Assistant Principal/Athletic Director Kirsten Talbott will move to Tukes Valley Middle School to become the assistant principal. Her position will be filled by Trevor Person, who is currently an associate principal/athletic director at Pacific Middle School in Evergreen Public Schools.
Prairie High School
Assistant Principal Erin Thompson will move to Pleasant Valley Middle School, where she will become the school’s assistant principal.
Tukes Valley Middle School
Current Tukes Valley Middle School Assistant Principal Ben Ziegler has been named principal at TVM for next school year.
Pleasant Valley Primary
Mari Schauer, a multi-tiered systems of support coach, will be the school’s new assistant principal. She takes over for Craig Morgan, the school’s interim assistant principal, who is retiring.
More administrative changes
Co-Director of Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment Dave Cresap is retiring at the end of the school year. His position will not be filled.
Information provided by the Battle Ground School District.
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