A few personnel changes were announced at the Centinela Valley School District Board of Education meeting last night.
Raul Carranza, a former principal at a south Los Angeles charter school, was
named to the top post at Leuzinger High School and Damon Dragos was named as Lawndale High School's new principal.
Dragos, the former principal at La Cañada High, replaces Vicente Bravo, who
was named Director of Curriculum and Instruction for the district.
Bravo was principal at Lawndale for three years and replaces Debbie Johnson,
who has left Centinela Valley.
Diane Fiello, assistant superintendent of educational services at the
district, was dismissed from her position by the board during the
long-delayed meeting.
After being pushed back a day, the public portion of the meeting was delayed
an additional three hours while board members sat in closed session.
Once the meeting got underway, board members apologized for the long wait.
"I would say we wasted your time by making you sit here for four hours -
although we did have a lot of business to attend to," board member Rudy
Salas said, pausing. "I can only chalk it up as strategy."
Board members Sandra Suarez and Rocio Pizano also apologized. The meeting was scheduled to begin at 5 p.m. - it started at 8:05 p.m. Many of the seats in the room were full by 5 p.m., with a group of students and adults waiting with yellow speaker cards in hand. By the time 7:30 rolled around, many had left.
*For more information check out the story that ran in the Daily Breeze today.
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