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News Release
Grandview School District selects final three superintendent candidates - 06/01/23

The Grandview School Board has officially narrowed down their pool of candidates to fill its open superintendent position. After two nights of preliminary interviews, the board selected three final candidates – Assistant Superintendent of Burlington-Edison School District Dr. Bryan Jones, Acting Grandview Superintendent Jose Rivera and Yakima School District Deputy Superintendent Dr. Rob Darling.

Jones is currently serving as the assistant superintendent of Burlington-Edison School District. Prior to that he served as the district’s executive director of equity and learning from June 2018 to June 2019, he was the district’s direct of equity and assessment from July 2015 to June 2018, and served as principal of Lucile Umbarger K-8 School from July 2010 to June 2015. He received his Doctor of Education from the University of Washington in 2015. He has also served on the board of directors for the Boys and Girls Clubs of Skagit County and the Burlington Chamber of Commerce.

Rivera is currently serving as the acting superintendent of Grandview School District. Prior to that he served as the district’s assistant superintendent of teaching and learning from 2017 to 2023, the principal of McClure Elementary School from 2005 to 2017 and assistant principal of McClure Elementary School from 2004 to 2005. He is currently an Educational Doctorate Candidate and is expecting to earn his PhD in June 2023. He has also served on the board for the Extra Mile Student Center and the Yakima Valley Community Foundation.

Darling is currently serving as the deputy superintendent for the Yakima School District. Prior to that he served as the district’s assistant superintendent of teaching and learning from 2019 to 2021, he was an elementary principal in the Selah School District from 2013 to 2019 and has served as an adjunct professor for Seattle Pacific University, CityU of Seattle and Heritage University. He received his Doctorate in Educational Leadership in 2016. He has also served on the Central Washington Equity Leadership Network and as a regional representative on the Washington Association for Bilingual Education.

The three will now move onto the final interview process, which will take place Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, June 6, 7 and 8. One candidate will interview each day, with Jones interviewing on Tuesday, June 6, Rivera interviewing on Wednesday, June 7 and Darling interviewing on Thursday, June 8. During the process each candidate will spend the day meeting with various groups throughout the district, they will then meet in Executive Session with the board from 5:15 to 6:15 p.m. on each night respectively. There will be community meetings each night at 7 p.m. in English and 7:50 p.m. in Spanish at the District Learning Center. The community is invited to come and ask questions. The board is then expected to announce their final selection on Friday, June 9.

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