The Principal Who Built Newport's High School Is Leaving
After four years, Prof. L. K. King — who organized the high school and won it State University accreditation — has been chosen from 150 applicants to superintend the Grangeville, Idaho schools.
Prof. L. K. King, principal of the Newport schools, has been elected to the superintendency of the Grangeville, Idaho, schools and will accept the position.
The new position carries with it a substantial increase of salary over what Newport has paid in the past, and is a promotion for Mr. King, as Grangeville is considerably larger than our town and has a more advanced school system. There were 150 applicants for the position.
During the four years that Mr. King has been at the head of the Newport schools, he has organized the high school and brought it to the point where it is accredited by the State University, accomplishing in four years' time what many other towns have been unable to do in a longer period. His individual efforts are largely responsible for the high standing of our schools, and the good work he has done will be more appreciated in later years, as a foundation has been laid for a further advancement. There will be many to regret that Mr. King is to sever his connection with the Newport schools.
“His individual efforts are largely responsible for the high standing of our schools, and the good work he has done will be more appreciated in later years.”
A small town losing its best school administrator to a bigger district for better pay is a story every rural community still knows by heart. The 150 applicants for one superintendency shows how competitive the education job market was even in 1910 — and how hard it is for a place like Newport to hold onto talent once it proves itself.
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