i said apply. >> reporter: you might think a close-knit community like clymer would be standoff-ish toewcomers. but parents and students quickly embraced a hands-on mr. reed. his eldest daughter, caitlin. >> greeted the kids in the morning, coming off the bus, he talked to them during the day he was in the hallways. he really loved teaching and working with kids and he was wonderful at it. >> reporter: new superintendent had three grown daughters and a painful divorce behind him. but he'd never let life's difficulties distract 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: and the old family snapshots, hiking in hawaii, disney world, all the christmases seemed to show a dad over the moon with 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. yeah. everyone could. >> reporter: her dad was in a long-term relati