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DeeDee Buckingham’s Leadership Under Fire | Seattle News
DeeDee Buckingham, Yelm Community Schools’ director of human resources, is being honored with a Distinguished Leadership Award for her extraordinary resilience and leadership during a brutal year for the district. While juggling her HR duties, she stepped in to lead the finance department for eight months, guided layoffs, navigated complex negotiations, and handled a flood of public records requests—all while steering the district through a state audit and a looming benefits audit. Superintendent Chris Woods praised her not just for the sheer scope of her work, but for her compassion…
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