LEADER TO BE SOUGHT FOR ACTON-AREA SCHOOLS EXECUTIVE-RECRUITING FIRM TO BE USED.Byline: Sue Doyle Staff Writer ACTON - A search will soon be under way for a permanent superintendent of the Acton-Agua Dulce Unified School District A unified school district is a school district which includes both primary school (kindergarten through middle school or junior high) and high school (grades 9-12). In Illinois, these districts are called unit school districts. . School board members held a special meeting Monday night to review an executive employment service that could help with the quest to replace Linda Wagner, who left the district in October after she was hired as superintendent of the Keppel Union School District in the Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley . After Wagner left, the superintendent search was delayed until the new school board was voted in last November. Since then, board members have agreed on a direction they want to steer the district toward, and they will be looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. a superintendent who can support that vision, said Melissa Harnett, board president. ``It's important that the superintendent plays a role in that understanding and thinks the same way this new board does,'' she said. Harnett said the board wants to build a service-oriented atmosphere in which teachers and administrators recognize children and their parents as valued ``customers.'' She said that as long as people are treated well, children will continue to come to their schools, contributing to daily attendance that brings school funding to help with salaries and pay raises for teachers, she said. After a contract to search for the new superintendent is approved, the board will hold a meeting to hear what qualities the community wants in the person, Harnett said. John Hutak, who has served as interim superintendent since October, said at Thursday's school board meeting that he needs to return to his consulting business and to his clients awaiting his services at other school districts. He retired in December 2004 from Antelope Valley Union High School District The Antelope Valley Union High School District (A.V.U.H.S.D.) is located in the Antelope Valley area of California, in northern Los Angeles County. The district includes eight public high schools, one trade school, and two continuation high schools in the cities of Palmdale , where he had served as vice principal and principal of Antelope Valley High School Antelope Valley High School is located in Lancaster, California and is part of the Antelope Valley Union High School District. It was founded in 1912[1]. It is located in the Mojave Desert. and later as assistant superintendent Assistant Superintendent, or Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), was a rank used by police forces in the British Empire. It was usually the lowest rank that could be held by a European officer, most of whom joined the police at this rank. of personnel for the district. But Hutak isn't saying goodbye forever to the 1,900-student Acton-Agua Dulce Unified School District. He said he wants to continue working with the district in some fashion and will help the new superintendent get acquainted with the job. ``I have a lot of time invested and would like to continue to work on resolving issues that the board is faced with,'' he said on Monday. Taking over the rural school district will be no easy task. After three unsuccessful attempts to get voters to approve bonds for construction of a permanent Vasquez High School, the district has applied for hardship funding from the state. The high school is currently pieced together from modular buildings Modular buildings are sectional prefabricated buildings that are manufactured in a plant, and delivered to the customer in one or more complete modular sections. Modular buildings are considerably different from mobile homes. . Hutak will appear before the State Allocation Board on Feb. 23 to ask for about $13 million to help build the high school. The small school district has also experienced a decline in enrollment and, as a result, has closed Acton Elementary School elementary school: see school. since the fall of 2003. In addition, the district could face sanctions after failing to meet federal guidelines under the No Child Left Behind Act The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (Public Law 107-110), commonly known as NCLB (IPA: /ˈnɪkəlbiː/), is a United States federal law that was passed in the House of Representatives on May 23, 2001 for two consecutive years. Eight of the Antelope Valley's 12 school districts face the same consequences. Sue Doyle, (661) 257-5254 sue.doyle(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color in Verb 1. color in - add color to; "The child colored the drawings"; "Fall colored the trees"; "colorize black and white film" color, colorise, colorize, colour in, colourise, colourize, colour AV edition only) The Acton-Agua Dulce Unified School District board wants a successor for former Superintendent Linda Wagner. John Lazar/Staff Photographer |
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