>> reporter: you might think a close-knit community like clymer would be stand offish to newcomers but students and parents quickly embraced the hands-on reid. >> kids in the morning, greeted them. talked to them during the day, in the hallways. he really loved teaching and working with kids, and he was wonderful at it. >> reporter: the new superintendent had three grown daughters and a painful divorce behind him. but he'd never let life's difficulties district from his primary role, dad. megan is the middle child. >> he loved to have fun. he would always dance crazy with us, like pick us up in the air and slide us between his legs and throw us up. >> reporter: the old family snapshots, hiking in hawaii, disney world, all the christmases seemed to show a dad over the moon for his three girls. kaitlyn was a star volleyball player, an all-american, and knew without a doubt when her father was in the stands on game days. >> you could hear him? >> i could. i ruined him. >> reporter: her dad was in a long-term relationship with a single mom named kimberly roush. >> he had three daughters, i