Claggett Creek principal cited as top middle school leader in Oregon

Robin Buckingham, principal at Claggett Creek Middle School, didn’t begin her business economic degree at Willamette University intending to become an educator. 

That decision came in her final semester of the program.

Buckingham, who grew up attending Salem-Keizer schools, said her parents were educators and her father became a school administrator. Her decision to enter the field was prompted by a desire to invest in and create opportunities for others.

“I’ve always had people…