The Los Angeles Unified School District has hired an administrator with ties to the charter movement, as the new executive director of the Charter Schools Division.
Jose Cole-Gutierrez of Los Angeles takes over for Greg McNair, who will rejoin the district's legal team. In his post, Cole-Gutierrez will oversee 125 existing independent public schools and the review and approval of new ones.
He is a former general manager of the California Charter Schools Association and adjunct professor at Cypress College. He earned a bachelor's degree in history from Stanford University and master's in education from Harvard University.
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