New CHS principal will be from Sorensen or Fernan

The search for a new principal for Coeur d’Alene High School is down to two finalists, both leaders at downtown elementary schools.

Jim Gray, Sorensen Magnet School principal, and Warren Olson, principal at Fernan Elementary will meet Thursday with CHS staff, faculty, and some parent and students.

An interview committee will consider feedback from Thursday’s meetings before making a final recommendation to Superintendent Hazel Bauman on June 1.

“All five candidates were very accomplished and had superb interviews. We are fortunate to have had such quality candidates,” wrote Bauman, in a memo distributed Tuesday to CHS staff.

Randy Russell, now principal  at CHS, announced in April that he accepted the superintendent's position at Freeman School District in Eastern Washington. Russell has been in his position at CHS for five years.