By Pepper Fisher

SEQUIM – Sequim High School principal Shawn Langston will return to his duties after being placed on leave in October pending an investigation into a complaint from school staff.

Acting Superintendent Jane Pryne issued a statement to families Friday saying Langston had met with her and the Human Resources Director to review the findings of the investigation. She said the result of that meeting was a commitment by Langston to “partner with a mediator to help bring reconciliation and healing to Sequim High School.”

Pryne, a former Superintendent of the Port Angeles School District, was appointed to the interim position after Superintendent Dr. Rob Clark was also placed on leave following the complaint. Clark’s fate is yet unknown. He declined KONP’s request for a statement during a recent phone call, and the District denied our Public Records Request for a copy of the complaint.

In her statement to families, Pryne said, “Langston will work with a District-appointed mentor to better equip him personally to lead the staff of Sequim High School and build trust where it is lacking, re-build trust that is broken, and create unity where there is division.

This is what has been asked of him, and this is what he has agreed to do. We are prepared to turn the page to a new chapter at Sequim High School in 2021.”