Educational Service District 123

ESD 123 is proud to recognize Andrea Zimmermann, a paraeducator at Highland Elementary School in the Clarkston School District, as the 2026 ESD 123 Regional Classified School Employee of the Year.

Educational Service District 123 is proud to announce that Kori Cannon, kindergarten teacher at Westgate Elementary School in the Kennewick School District, has been selected as the 2027 ESD 123 Regional Teacher of the Year.

Preschoolers in ESD 123 ECEAP classrooms at Virgie Robinson Elementary in Pasco learned in both Spanish and English through a new early learning dual-language program.

The Educational Service District 123 Board of Directors is now seeking applications to fill its Director District 1 vacancy.

Three school districts in the ESD 123 region - College Place, Finley, and Kiona-Benton City - have been recognized by the Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) with the inaugural State Superintendent’s Award for Educational Excellence.

ESD 123 is proud to announce that the Washington Association of School Administrators (WASA) has named Michelle Whitney, Superintendent of the Pasco School District, as the 2026 Washington State Superintendent of the Year.

We are proud to announce that Gabriela Whitemarsh, bilingual mathematics teacher at Pasco High School, has been named the 2026 Washington State Teacher of the Year.