Roettger replaces Clemens

Cheney Public Schools saw the beginning of a new era in 2016.

Dr. Deb Clemens resigned as superintendent, a post she held since 2013, in March to take up the superintendent position at the North Thurston School District in Lacey, Wash.

In May, the school board hired Rob Roettger, former superintendent of Lind and Ritzville Cooperative Schools, to replace Clemens, who had served the district in different roles since 1999. Clemens' departure and Roettger's transition into the Cheney superintendent job was No. 2 in the top news stories of this year.

Roettger, who is married with five children, ea...