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Selah School District
105 W. Bartlett,  Selah,  Washington 98942
phone: (509) 697-0706    fax: (509) 697-0823

Key Contact People


Superintendent’s Office:

Dr. Steve Chestnut – Superintendent

Phone: 702

  • Chief Executive Officer
  • Budget and Finance Oversight
  • Supervision of District Office Administrators and Principals
  • School Board Secretary
  • School Board Policy Development
  • Community Relations

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Crystal West – Administrative Assistant

Phone: 701

  • Board clerk: agendas, minutes, meeting highlights
  • District policies/procedures
  • Home school information
  • Enrollment numbers/ethnic breakdown
  • Student appeal hearings
  • Home Hospital

Business Office:

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Chris Scacco – Assistant Superintendent for Business & Personnel

Phone: 705

  • Employee bargained agreements
  • Affirmative action/civil rights issues
  • Budget and finance issues
  • Insurance coverage – liability, student insurance, volunteers and student teacher coverage
  • District hiring oversight
  • Other personnel issues (if not resolved through building principal or immediate supervisor)
  • Food service issues (if not resolved through the food services supervisors)
  • Transportation issues (if not resolved through the Transportation Director)
  • Maintenance issues (if not resolved through the maintenance department)
  • Tech issues (if not resolved by the Tech Director)
  • Professional certification
  • NCLB Highly Qualified requirements oversight

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Chris Smith – Accounting Technician                                                               

Phone: 713

  • District imprest checks
  • Building financial reports/budget changes
  • Receipting of funds – ASB and general funds
  • ASB accounts payable
  • NSF follow-up
  • Grant claims
  • 1099's

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Shirley Davis – Accounts Payable Technician

Phone: 711

  • General fund/capital projects/transportation fund accounts payable
  • Purchase orders/procedures
  • Travel requests
  • Travel/meal reimbursements
  • Transcripts provided
  • Order paper/supplies
  • Copy machines supplies/repairs
  • Billing

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Georgia Reyer – Human Resources Technician

Phone: 719

  • Credits/new clock hours approval forms
  • Issuance of contracts
  • Transcripts
  • Immunization forms
  • On-the-job injury
  • Fingerprinting/drug screening
  • Certification
  • Personnel files & reports
  • Substitutes
  • Temporary employees
  • NCLB qualifying processing
  • On-line application
  • On-line reference scoring
  • New employee
  • Seniority

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Mary Karel – Payroll Technician

Phone: 707

  • Salaries/hourly rates/supplemental hours
  • Payroll deductions (annuities, union dues, Health Care Authority, tax exemptions)
  • W-4 forms/W-2 forms
  • Dental, vision, medical benefits/salary insurance/COBRA
  • Retirement reporting and information
  • Change of address/change of name
  • Direct deposits
  • Employment verifications
  • VEBA/sick lease cash out
  • Quarterly taxes

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Cindy Luckey – Payroll Technician, Volunteer Coordinator

Phone: 709

  • Staff leave requests
  • Time sheet processing/sub sheets
  • Optional days
  • Maintenance emergencies/scheduling subs
  • Volunteer Coordinator
  • Inventory/surplus sale
  • Payroll vendor processing

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Heidi Diener – Public Relations/HR Technician

Phone: 708

  • Press releases
  • Media contacts
  • Information (story ideas) for Education Report/119 @ A Glance
  • Activities Calendar information
  • Photo opportunities
  • District-wide training
  • Job descriptions
  • Annual reports
  • Invitations
  • Best of the Best
  • Years of Service Awards
  • Processing Coaches and Coaches Contracts
  • On-line job application

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Rosie Taylor – Receptionist / HR Assistant

Phone: 706

  • On-line job application
  • Facility use
  • Mail/UPS service
  • Staff directory
  • Student releases
  • Guardianship/custody issues
  • HIV/First Aid-CPR/Internet training

Teaching and Learning Office:

Shane Backlund – Executive Director for Teaching & Learning

Phone: 703

  • District Literacy & Math Facilitators
  • Vertical Teams
  • Curriculum Adoptions
  • Powerful Teaching and Learning
  • District Improvement Processes
  • Highly Capable Programs
  • BEST (Beginning Education Support Team)
  • State and district assessments
  • Professional Development
  • Alternative Programs
  • HomeLink
  • Title I/LAP
  • School Counselors
  • Nursing Services /li>

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Pam Temple – Teaching & Learning Secretary

Phone: 704

  • District committees secretary
  • Curriculum adoption processing
  • State and district assessments
  • Summer school/after school programs

Technology Office:

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Greg Sugden – Director of Technology

Phone: 740

  • Computer issues/repair
  • Phone issues/repair
  • Printer issues/repair


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Brian Johnson - Computer Technician, Phone Tech

Phone: 745

  • Computer issues/repair
  • Phone issues/repair
  • Printer issues/repair


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Mike Smith - Computer Technician, "The Mac Guy"

Phone: 737

  • Apple Computer issues/repair
  • Phone issues/repair
  • Printer issues/repair


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Ken Newkirk - Web Master

Phone: 738


Student Support Services Office:

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Dana Jones – Student Support Services Director

Phone: 716

  • Special Education
  • Title IX
  • Bilingual Eductation
  • Early Childhood Program
  • School Counselors
  • Title III
  • Section 504
  • Equity Education
  • Home Hospital
  • Homeless Education

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Kim Cruzen – Coordinator for Special Programs

Phone: 723

  • Special Education
  • Bilingual
  • Early Childhood Program

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Sheryl Fairchild – Student Support Services Secretary                                    

Phone: 714

  • Special Education
  • Title I
  • Bilingual
  • Section 504

Facilities/Maintenance Department:

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Don Szolomayer – Director of Maintenance & Facilities

Phone: 698-0320; cell 728-1848


Food Service Department:

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Jayne O’Hare - Food Service Co-Supervisor

Phone: 409



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Kari Oppliger - Food Service Co-Supervisor

Phone: 409



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Cheryl Prokop - Food Service Secretary

Phone: 417


Transportation Department:

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Debbie Heide - Transportation Director

Phone: 510



To Be Announced - Transportation Secretary

Phone: 599


District Nurse:

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Sharon Conrad – District Nurse    

Phone: 694





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