"I am really excited," Partee said Tuesday. "It's never been a big secret I enjoy working with the kids. I was going to be a teacher.

"This is right up my alley. It would only be for a job like this that would cause me to leave Quadra Technology because I thoroughly enjoy working with my dad," Dennis Partee.

Club Board President Marilyn Wyman said board members formalized their decision during a Tuesday meeting.

Partee's "skills," she said, "will complement those of the staff in order to further the work of the club for the children."