Carol Dowsett

Carol Dowsett works in her Colonel Wright Elementary office.

Carol Dowsett grew up in Occupied Japan with her military family, but about every four years, they came home to stay at her grandparent’s house in The Dalles, which, she said, was “my vision of America.”

So when she saw an opening for a principal job here, Dowsett jumped at the chance, and relocated here from Texas to become principal at Colonel Wright Elementary, replacing Sharon Bonderud, who retired.