Sean C. Morgan
Sweet Home Charter School’s new principal aims to inspire students to learn.
Jeff Tompkins says he learned how important that was early in his career while teaching rural north Alaskan children.
Tompkins, 38, started teaching at Sweet Home Charter School four years ago.
Born and reared in Eugene, he graduated from Churchill High School in 2000. He earned his bachelor’s degree in education at Pacific Lutheran University in 2004 and a master’s…