Ilicumna, Alaska. Rural, beautiful and peaceful. This is the land our superintendent came from and it looks like he landed in the same
type of location, just a different zip code! Randy Trani was born in Colorado, but as a toddler moved to Alaska with his family, living there until he departed for college in Bellingham, WA. While working on his degree, Randy met and fell in love with Diane. Today they are the parents of both Zach 12, and Aurora, 9. Having a passion for education, teaching and kids, Randy went on to get a Master's degree in Education Administration and just got his doctorate last year in Education. After landing in Sherwood, Or. with Diane and the kids, Randy got a call from his fellow Alaskan friend, Bob Dunton. There was going to be an opening at the Corbett High School/Middle School for a principle. Randy applied and interviewed for the position, and the rest is history! After commuting literally hours each week from Sherwood to Corbett, Randy and Diane knew they wanted their kids to have a great Corbett education, and they also wanted to be a part of the great community that Randy had come to fall in love with. After looking at numerous homes over several months, I had an epiphany. My Corbett pastor had built a beautiful home a few years earlier on his very private acreage and someday wanted to relocate and build on a different piece of land his family owned. I approached my pastor, and the next thing I knew, the Mueller's were moving out and the Trani's were moving in! Randy said the seclusion and beauty of the land are spectacular and it has been a great fit for his family. Randy has already built a half mile road with his tractor around the backside of his land, and the goal is to eventually build a road around the entire perimeter! Randy's favorite activities in Corbett include the basketball and volleyball games up at the schools. He said that the kids have become like his own, and he loves graduation each year because he is seeing "his kids" close one chapter and look forward to opening yet another.
