Veltri ready for new journey and challenges in Mead

The Medical Lake School District will be saying goodbye to one of their longtime leaders.

In an email to school staff back in March, Superintendent Dr. Pam Veltri announced her resignation and explained that she will be taking a position as an assistant superintendent of curriculum and instruction with the Mead School District starting in July.

Veltri said Mead Superintendent Tom Rockefeller recruited her for the job. Although she will be going from a district with 1,800 students to one with 10,000, Veltri is excited about this new opportunity.

While this position presents a new road in her ca...