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Transitions ACSA was saddened to learn of the passing of former ACSA Executive Director Allan Petersdorf , May 24 in his hometown of Danville . He was 93 years old . Petersdorf is survived by his wife Kathe , a son and daughter , six grandchildren and three great grandchildren . Petersdorf joined the Marines at age 17 and fought in Guadalcanal during World War II . Afterward , he started a career in education in Oregon
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, moving to California public schools in 1956 . He served as a teacher , assistant principal , principal , director and assistant superintendent , before serving as superintendent of Monterey Peninsula SD from 1970-73 , then leading San Ramon Valley SD from 1973-86 . At that point he left to become the executive director of
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ACSA from 1986-94 . A celebration of his life is planned for June 23 at 2
p . m . at the Blackhawk Automobile Museum in Danville . In lieu of flowers , donations
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are requested to the Allan Petersdorf Memorial Scholarship , c / o the Assistance League of Diablo Valley , 2711 Buena Vista Ave ., Walnut Creek CA 94597 .
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Winton School District has announced Joe Torres will be the next principal at Sybil Crookham School . Torres previously served the district as a Teacher on Special Assignment for Crookham . Torres is replacing Ka Vang , who is returning as principal at Frank Sparkes . Vang was the principal at Sparkes five years ago when the school was named a Blue Ribbon School .
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Kristi Boesch has been selected as the new principal at Winfield School . Boesch previously served as the vice-principal at Winton Middle School . Ta Thao has been selected as the vice principal at Winton Middle School . Thao previously served as the TSA for Sparkes .
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ACSA-member news for Transitions can be submitted to EdCal Editor Cary Rodda at crodda @ acsa . org .
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nouncement , the vice presidents of legislative action began moving forward in the endorsement process for several legislative races throughout the state . ACSA Governmental Relations helped to narrow the field of legislative races by identifying the most important and potentially influential races .
After assessing 80 Assembly seats and 20 Senate seats , Governmental Relations brought 11 races to the VPLAs . Ultimately , they recommended five legislators for endorsement .
In ACSA Region 1 , Assembly member Brian Dahle is up for re-election . Due to a recent change in leadership in the Republican party , Dahle is now the minority leader of the Assembly . ACSA members in Region 1 have had good relationships with
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Dahle and agreed that a recommendation of an endorsement in the 2018 Primary should go to the board . ACSA ’ s board approved the endorsement of Dahle , and Minority Leader Dahle will move into the November election after earning 65 percent of the vote in the June primary .
In Region 9 , Assembly member Anna Caballero is running for state Senate . Over the last decade , voter registration has slowly changed from red to blue in her district , making the election of a Democratic senator a real possibility . Caballero has a good working relationship with ACSA , and the Region 9 VPLA agreed on recommending an endorsement of Caballero to the board . The board approved the endorsement , and ACSA is happy to report that she will move forward into the November election having received 41 percent of the vote .
San Benito County Supervisor Robert Rivas is running for Assembly . The clear
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fundraising leader , and a well-respected county supervisor , Rivas was the only candidate in his district to complete and return an ACSA questionnaire .
ACSA Region 10 noted that Rivas has a strong history of past collaboration with educators in the region . Rivas also indicated on his questionnaire that he looked forward to working with ACSA on teacher tenure and probationary issues . The ACSA board approved the endorsement of Rivas , and he wound up receiving 44 percent of the vote in the Primary , which moves him forward to the November election .
Newhall Board President Christy Smith is running for Assembly again , after narrowly losing to her opponent in 2016 . ACSA endorsed Smith in 2016 . Smith was ultimately the only candidate from Assembly District 38 to completed an ACSA candidate questionnaire and her responses were closely aligned with ACSA ’ s Legislative
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Platform , as they were in 2016 . Region 15 strongly agreed that Smith was an easy endorsement recommendation to the board . Following the endorsement and having received enough votes in the Primary , she will move into the general election in the fall .
Finally , in Region 16 Maria Elena Durazo is running for the state Senate . Durazo is the leader in this race . She is also the only candidate to return an ACSA questionnaire in her district . Most experts agree that Durazo is a shoe-in for this seat , and it was an easy choice for ACSA to endorse her in this race . ACSA is pleased to report Durazo will easily move into the general election in the fall .
If you have any questions about the ACSA endorsement process or would like to be more involved , please reach out to ACSA ’ s Sarah Monte at smonte @ acsa . org .
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