Last month, Spokane Public Schools lost one of its most dedicated public servants, Greg Forsyth, who died in his sleep on April 8 at the age of 64. Forsyth spent more than two decades with the district, first as a math teacher and later as capital projects director with hands in each construction project the district completed.
Forsyth came from a family of educators so it’s no wonder he ended up in the same field. His sister and both of their parents were teachers, and his daughter, Ali Daschbach, followed in those footsteps, too. However, his move into the school district’s administration was something no one could have expected decades ago.
“My dad and I are the only Forsyths to approach the administrative side of education. But he always said he didn’t mean to do the administrative side, so his experience didn’t really count,” Daschbach, the assistant principal of University High School, says with a chuckle…