After an extensive national search, Angus Mairs has been hired as the new Executive Director of K-12 Curriculum Design and Alignment. Mr. Mairs has been in K-12 education for the past 20 years, as a math teacher, educational technology consultant, university researcher, and central office administrator. For the past few years, he has been deputy director of the High School Transformation Project in Chicago, with a focus on instructional design. He will begin in Highline officially on March 3 and is eager to get out to schools to talk with teachers and principals.