Successor to the current Kennewick School District sUperintendent was the Idaho manager this year and began his education career. a SpanisH and mathematics teacher.
Kennewick Board of Education voted feb. 7 Provide a role for Lance Hansencurrent Lewiston Independent School District #1 Idaho #1, According to the release. Pending contract negotiations will begin in the district on July 1st, when current KSD principal Traci Pierce retires.
Hansen was one of six candidates in Washington, Idaho and Indiana.ff The past few weeks.
Mr. Hansen is a teacher, construction manager, district manager, and sUperintent. His passion for students was clear from the start,” the board said. pResident Gabe Galbraith at release. “The board looks forward to the positive impact his leadership will have as we continue to grow and strengthen our school.”
Hansen is currently in his fourth year as a manager. At Lewiston. He has been in the district for 18 years. assistant director; Lewiston High School Principal and Assistant Principal; Assistant principal at Sakajaware Junior High School.
Before working at Lewiston, Hansen was a mathematics teacher at Moscow High School in the Moscow School District and a Spanish and mathematics teacher at Emmett High School in the Emmett Independent School District.
He was recently named the state’s highest high school principal of 2025 by the Idaho School Administrators Association. He has a bachelor’s degree‘s Spanish degreeWith minors in mathematics at the University of Idaho Master‘s in Educational Leadership A degree in Educational Leadership Education Specialist.
Pierce has been leading Kennewick Schools since January 2020. Salary for the 2022-23 academic year, the latest year of available salary data from the Washington State Financial Information Database, was $299,445.
