Pasco principals, students outline plans to unite culture across three high schools as Sage View opens

Pasco School District principals and student leaders presented plans to align campus culture across the district's three comprehensive high schools and to mark the opening of Sage View High School in August, emphasizing student voice, shared traditions and ongoing coordination among staff.

At a Pasco School District board study session, Principal Jaime Morales of Chiawana High School said the presentation would review the year’s work, explain how students’ voices were collected and used, and outline plans for the 2025–26 school year as the district moves to “one team, one dream.” Morales said the principals and student leaders aimed to use students’ input as the foundation for unifying activities and identity across the three schools.

The work has included three student summits in January, February and May at the Booth Building facilitated by the Association of Washington School Leaders (AWSL) to “elevate student voice,” Principal Veronica Machado of Pasco High School said. Machado and Principal Raquel Martinez of Sage View described collaborative staff work through a High School Guiding Coalition, joint professional development and program alignment meetings this year as…