NEW SUPERINTENDENT LEAVES AFTER ONE YEAR.Byline: KAREN MAESHIRO Staff Writer LAKE HUGHES -- After only a year on the job, Hughes-Elizabeth Lakes Union School District Superintendent-Principal Dean Bentley has resigned to take a superintendent job in Bakersfield. Trustees have approved spending $4,000 to hire a superintendent search firm that specializes in working with small school districts. ``We are hoping to find a well-qualified superintendent who will stay a while,'' board President Lola Skelton said. Bentley's last day was June 30. He started working at the 415-student, one-school district in the foothills between Santa Clarita Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, and 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 in July 2005. His annual salary was more than $100,000 and he was hired on a two-year contract. ``He was happy here, we were relatively happy. It was just life circumstances. This is what worked better for him,'' Skelton said. Bentley has a home in Bakersfield, where his wife works, Skelton said. Bentley replaced former Superintendent Penelope Mertens, who retired. The district is seeking someone who can fill the dual role of superintendent and principal. ``What we need is a superintendent-principal because being a one-school district and a very small school district, that's what we need,'' Skelton said. Bentley was a former cop, hardware store clerk and Wisconsin dairy farmer. Before coming to the Hughes district, he worked last as an interim administrator at two districts. He was interim superintendent during the first semester se·mes·ter n. One of two divisions of 15 to 18 weeks each of an academic year. [German, from Latin (cursus) s of 2004 at Borrego Springs 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. in San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. County, and as interim superintendent-principal at Allensworth Elementary School elementary school: see school. District in Tulare County in 2005. Prior to that, he worked as superintendent of the El Tejon Unified School District in Lebec for five years and as superintendent-principal of the Nuestro Elementary School District in Sutter County in Northern California Northern California, sometimes referred to as NorCal, is the northern portion of the U.S. state of California. The region contains the San Francisco Bay Area, the state capital, Sacramento; as well as the substantial natural beauty of the redwood forests, the northern for three years. |
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