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Las Lomitas district names superintendent By Renee Batti Almanac News Editor
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isa A. Cesario, an assistant superintendent of the Santa Clara Unified School District, will pick up the reins at the Las Lomitas School District as its new superintendent on July 1. The school board voted unanimously on May 21 to hire Ms. Cesario, culminating a search that began in December, when Eric Hartwig announced his retirement after serving as the two-school district’s superintendent since 2007. Ms. Cesario, 48, has served as assistant superintendent of educational services in the Santa Clara district for six years. Before that, she was the district’s director of educational services. In her current position, she directly oversees three middle schools and two elemenLisa Cesario tary schools, she said in an interview. But she also works with administrators of all 24 schools in the K-12 district, she said. Earlier in her career, Ms. Cesario taught third-, fifth-, and sixth-grade students, and was an elementary school principal for six years. She also served a three-year stint as a K-12 coordinator of curriculum and instruction. Except for one year of teaching in a private school, Ms. Cesario has spent her entire career with the Santa Clara district, she said. “It’s very exciting to me that (the Las Lomitas district) is small, (which) will allow me to be in classrooms, at school sites, at events,” she said, adding that her connection with the schools “will be more than just a drive-by.” School board President Maria Mascaro Doktorczyk said in an interview that she and the other board members believe Ms. Cesario will be a “terrific fit for us” as the district embarks on implementing its new strategic plan. That plan, she said, addresses the “what” of student learning, including a curriculum with “a focus on 21st century skills.” During her tenure as superintendent, Ms. Cesario will also help implement the second phase of the strategic plan, now Continued on next page
16 N The Almanac N TheAlmanacOnline.com N May 30, 2012