CUSD selects three principals at board meeting

The Claremont Unified School District board selected three principals at its Thursday night meeting at the district offices.

-Julie Olesniewicz, who earned a bachelors degree in communication at Cal Poly Pomona, a master's degree in educational administration at Cal State San Bernardino and her doctorate of education at USC, was chosen for the Chaparral Elementary School. 

Olesniewicz was most recently elementary principal at Rolling Ridge Elementary in the Chino

Valley Unified School District since 2008. 

There were 63 applicants for the position and six were selected for an

interview.

-David Stewart, who earned a bachelor's of science degree in elementary science at Eastern Michigan University, a master of arts degree in public administration at the University of Michigan and a master's of arts degree in educational administration at Cal State San

Bernardino, was picked for Vista del Valle Elementary school. 

Stewart was most recently an elementary principal at Mesquite Trails Elementary in the Hesperia Unified School District since 2006. 

There were 65 applicants and 10 were selected for an interview.

-Scott Martinez, who earned a bachelor of arts degree in social science from Azusa Pacific University and a master of arts degree in educational administration also from APU, was

selected as principal for El Roble Intermediate School.

Martinez was most recently a middle school principal for South Pointe Middle School in the Walnut Valley Unified School District since 2009.

There were 51 applicants for the position and eight were selected for an interview.