New Principals Appointed at MDUSD Board Meeting

Lots of changes tonight. If you twitter, follow: @TunedToTheresa

https://twitter.com/TunedToTheresa

On Monday, Theresa Harrington (CC Times education reporter) wrote about the administrator appointments and principal vacancies : A few resigned, leaving holes the district had to fill. The board expects to vote on the appointment of 25 administrators Tuesday, including the promotion of five principals to district office administrators, the appointment of eight principals and a continuation high school administrator, and the appointment of four vice principals.

Theresa Harrington (CC Times education reporter) is tweeting from the "standing room only" meeting tonight and has updated us on the following appointments tonight:

Board approved:
Cynthia Goin as principal of Wren Ave Elem (former Strandwood Principal)
Rhys Miller as principal of Valle Verde Elem (from district office)
Sandy Bruketta Hidden Valley (from district office)

Diane Sargent as Meadow Homes site based program specialist
Linda Hayes as Vice Principal of Northgate HS
Spoogmai Habibi as Principal of Ayers Elem (from district office)

Previously announced:
Nancy Baum as Principal at Delta View Elem
Nancy Klinkner as Principal at Bel Air Elem

There are even more appointments that may be (or may have been made) tonight per the agenda item 16.2 tonight . If you know, post them here in the comments! If you want to see all the administrative vacancies slotted to be discussed tonight, see this LIST.

Other vacancies (not on the list for tonight) include at Shore Acres, Highlands, Mt. Diablo Elementary, Sequoia Middle School and Monte Gardens Elem.

Theresa has also include a scorecard of sorts on her blog to keep track of all the Principal comings and goings:

http://www.ibabuzz.com/onassignment/2010/06/21/plentiful-principal-replacements-in-mt-diablo-district/

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Walnut Creek School Board Says No to Boundary Changes

See the CC Times for the latest on the ongoing story.

http://www.contracostatimes.com/news/ci_10367441

The Walnut Creek School Board voted today to oppose the petition that would transfer several MDUSD schools to the Walnut Creek School District.

The Acalanes School District is voting (tomorrow) Weds (9/3) on their position as Acalanes would be taking on Northgate High should this transfer come to reality. It is said that the Acalanes staff recommendation is that the Acalanes board also oppose the petition/boundary change as well.

So stay tuned as the story develops . . .

From the Times: "The county hearing on the petition will be at 4 p.m. Sept. 10 at Acalanes High School, 1212 Pleasant Hill Road in Lafayette."

So if you are keeping track, the following entities have said no to this transfer/ boundary change:

**City of Concord
**City of Clayton
**MDUSD School Board
**Walnut Creek School Board
**Concord neighborhoods including Walnut Country/The Crossings, Limeridge and Crystyl Ranch have joined to fight the transfer and they even have their own website: http://sos94521.org/index.html
**Acalanes School Board (?)

As advocates for the transfer, the Walnut Creek Schools Together Now site http://www.npft.org/ offers a countdown to the County meeting on their front page and notes the meeting on September 10th is the "most important event of the year."