Steve McCammon, Fife School District superintendent, gets a high-five from kindergartner Ocori Lemus on Tuesday, the last day of the school year, at Discovery Primary School in Fife. After 12 years on the top post in Fife schools, he has accepted a new job in Kentucky. (LUI KIT WONG/Staff photographer)

Fife schools’ longtime leader says goodbye

When Steve McCammon became principal of Fife High School in 1996, the Fife School District was recovering from a 37-day teachers strike the previous fall, which was a state record at the time.

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