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The Pajaro Valley Unified School District Board of Trustees announced today their selection of a new Superintendent. After a statewide search, Dorma Baker was selected as the right match for our district. Currently Ms. Baker serves as an Assistant Superintendent in the district.

Interim Principal Deb Dorney received a phone call this morning from State Superintendent Jack O'Connell informing her that Rio del Mar Elementary School in the Pajaro Valley Unified School District has earned the state's top honor: 2008 Distinguished School.

By now, I am sure that all of you have heard of the state’s fiscal crisis. On January 9, the Governor presented his education budget proposal for the 2008/09 school year.  District staff reviewed the proposal, heard analyses from our county, and identified the impact of the Governor’s proposal on PVUSD.

The final DRAFT copy of the English Learner Master Plan is going to the Board for approval at the Wednesday, June 11, 2008 Board meeting.  Final revisions were made by Elena Fajardo, Sylvia Mendez, Chris Lopez Chatfield and members of Cabinet.  The final draft was completed on Thursday June 5th, 2008 just in time for submission to the Board of Trustees.  This final draft of the Master Plan is now available for your review in PDF format. Please click on the link below to see the plan.  

Thursday, 3:25PM - The Pajaro Valley Unified School District will be closed on Friday due to the unpredictable nature of the Sant Cruz Mountains wild fires and air quality issue.

On Wednesday, March 26, the Board of Trustees met in closed session to review applications for the position of Superintendent.  The meeting was facilitated by California School Boards Association (CSBA), Executive Search Services.

In an effort to curb high student suspension rates in Pajaro Valley schools, “Rock On With Our School, Where Following the Rules Is Cool,” an assembly that uses music and humor to show the importance of following school rules and dealing with bullying, is being taken to the schools.

Rich Buse, Director of Purchasing was approved by the CASBO State Board of Directors as an incoming State Director.  The article appears on Page 6 of the California School Business news February 11, 2008.

First, we would like to thank the current Grand Jury for informing us in a timely manner regarding the press conference and the release of this final document. The district was not able to be present at the original press conference that released the report as the district neither received the advance notice nor the advanced copy as required by legal guidelines. We also would like to thank the Grand Jury for including the district’s entire response.