Breaking: Pendleton High School Principal Dutcher resigns\u00a0<\/p>\n
Published 9:20 pm Friday, June 26, 2026<\/p>\n
PENDLETON \u2014 Pendleton High School Principal Patrick Dutcher is leaving his job.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is with a full heart and a great deal of emotion that I share with you that I will be resigning my position as Principal of Pendleton High School effective July 1,\u201d Dutcher announced the morning of Friday, June 26, on ParentSquare, the Pendleton School District\u2019s communication app.<\/p>\n
He said he is taking the job as lead principal at his alma mater, Sprague High School in the Salem-Keizer School District.<\/p>\n
\u201cEven with this opportunity ahead,\u201d according to Dutcher, \u201cleaving Pendleton High School is incredibly hard.\u201d<\/p>\n
Soon after Dutcher\u2019s message, school district Superintendent Michelle Jensen on ParentSquare confirmed Dutcher accepted a new leadership position.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhile we are saddened to see him leave, we also are excited for him and his family as they begin this next chapter,\u201d Jensen posted. <\/p>\n
She also said Dutcher \u201cworked diligently to strengthen systems, foster a culture centered on Buckaroo Pride, and support the continued growth and success of Pendleton High School.\u201d<\/p>\n
Dutcher in the message said the five years as PHS principal has been the best of his administrative career and an honor, and he gave credit to the students, staff, families and community for their support of the school.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have always believed that the goal is to leave a place better than you found it,\u201d Dutcher\u2019s message continued. \u201cI can say with confidence that we did that together.\u201d <\/p>\n
Jensen also explained the district was moving to hire a new principal and in the next 10 days will recruit candidates with July 13 as the tentative date for the first round of interviews. A second round will follow mid-week, and by the end of that week the district aims to announce Pendleton High School\u2019s next principal. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Breaking: Pendleton High School Principal Dutcher resigns\u00a0 Published 9:20 pm Friday, June 26, 2026 PENDLETON \u2014 Pendleton High…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":728653,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4,450,451,3,452,453],"class_list":["post-728652","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking-news","tag-breaking-news","tag-breakingnews","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/728652","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=728652"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/728652\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/728653"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=728652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=728652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=728652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}