A Central Washington principal is one of six being considered for the national Principal of the Year award. His school serves one of the highest-poverty student bodies in the state.
Trevor Greene, principal of Toppenish High School on the Yakima Indian Reservation, has been named a finalist by the National Association of Secondary School Principals, the organization announced today.
The school serves a 95-percent minority population and nearly all students there qualify for free and reduced-price lunch, a measure of poverty.
Greene grew up on the reservation, according to the announcement.
The NASSP chose Greene as a finalist because he “established high-profile engineering and biomedical programs, implemented an advisory program, expanded opportunities for special education students, and formed invaluable community partnerships,” according to the announcement.