Superintendent Ames reflects on first year at ML

It's been a pretty smooth first year for Medical Lake School District Superintendent Tim Ames.

At the end of 2013-14 school year, Ames took over for Dr. Pam Veltri, who left Medical Lake after 14 years to take a position as an assistant superintendent of curriculum and instruction with the Mead School District. Ames came to Medical Lake after nine years as the Wellpinit School District's superintendent, which helped him transition into Medical Lake.

"There are always changes with superintendents, personnel and discipline," Ames said. "During my nine years in Wellipinit, there were constant cha...