River HomeLink principal named top administrator in state in alternative learning

Battle Ground — Mark Clements, principal of River HomeLink, is the Washington Alternative Learning Association’s administrator of the year. The Washington Alternative Learning Association supports the interests and needs of more than 200 alternative schools around the state. The recognition is based on service to school, community, state and the association. River HomeLink is an alternative learning program supporting home-schooled families in the Battle Ground Public Schools district. Clements has worked in Battle Ground Public Schools since 1998. Before that he was an administrator in several other Washington and Oregon schools. Clements said he is keen to give credit to those who help him in his work with River HomeLink. “I have such a wonderful team,” he said in a press release about the award.