Former Kentucky commissioner of education Jason E. Glass has been named the next superintendent of the Palo Alto Unified School District in California. Glass has led three other districts: Laguna Beach USD in California, Jeffco Public Schools and Eagle County Schools in Colorado.
Glass also served as Iowa’s chief state school officer. “Palo Alto has built something genuinely rare, and it is also a community that has been through a great deal,” Glass said in a statement. “I intend to listen carefully, be present in the schools, and build connections as my first priority.”
Also in California, leadership consultant and former Old Adobe Union School District superintendent Sonjhia Lowery was chosen as Pittsburg USD’s new leader. Santa Rosa City Schools’ next superintendent is Monica Thomas, the deputy chief of continuous improvement for Oakland USD. Long Beach USD promoted Assistant Superintendent David Zaid, a lifelong employee of the district, as its next superintendent.
Across the country in New Jersey, Jamil Maroun, the superintendent of Manville Public Schools for the past five years, will take the helm of Franklin Township Public Schools in September. Ariel Lajara, an assistant superintendent in The School District of Philadelphia, was selected to lead Vineland Public Schools.
Superintendent Steve Hall is moving to Surry County Schools after leading Elkin City Schools in North Carolina for three years. Hall began his career in Surry County Schools as a custodian and bus driver.
Indiana’s Plymouth Community School Corporation picked Pamela Campbell as its new leader. Campbell previously served as superintendent of the Columbia School District in Michigan for 11 years.
More new hires
- Ian Crossland, Manson School District (Washington)
- Kerri Levine, Frewsburg Central School District (New York)
- Anthony Limoges, Livermore Valley Joint USD (California)
- Angela McAndrews, Houston Public Schools ISD 294 (Minnesota)
- Beverly Meagher, Germantown Central School District (New York)
- Robert S. Montgomery, Onondaga Central Schools (New York)
- Kathleen Scholand, SAU #13 (Maine)
- Keith Taverna, Andover Public Schools (Massachusetts)
- Jeffrey Trapp, Stockbridge Community Schools (Michigan)
- Josh Yonts, Letcher County Public Schools (Kentucky)
