4 EDCAL November 5, 2018
Transitions
ACSA Emeritus member James “Jim”
Marinis has decided to pass the torch after
being of service to ACSA continuously since
its creation in 1971. He is now stepping
down from his final ACSA leadership post
as a delegate for the Retired Educational
Managers (REM) charter of his region.
Marinis has held many ACSA posts in
addition to his career as a principal in San
Bernardino USD. Besides being a member
of ACSA from its beginning, he held the
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Region 12 presidency during the 1980-
81 academic year, served on the ACSA
Retirement Committee for three years, the
SASS committee for nine years, and was
the Region 12 Consultant for 10 years. True
to his dedicated life, Marinis claims to have
only missed four days of work in his school
district career that spanned from 1962 to
1993.
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Romoland School District has named
Trevor J. Painton as superintendent.
Painton previously served as the district’s
assistant superintendent, Educational
Services.
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Centralia Elementary School District
Superintendent Norma E. Martinez is
pleased to announce the hiring of key cen-
tral office personnel. Centralia welcomes
Arvin Garcia as the new director of Special
Education and Stanley Anjan as the direc-
tor of Student and Parent Engagement.
In addition, Centralia welcomes Kristine
Cvar as assistant superintendent, Education
Services and Darrick Garcia as assistant
superintendent, Human Resources.
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Perris Union High School District
Superintendent Grant Bennett is pleased
to announce that Erika Tejeda has been
named principal of Heritage High School.
In addition, Amy Hall has joined the
administrative team as an assistant principal
at Paloma Valley High School.
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Antelope Valley Union High
School District first to receive
district WASC accreditation
In July 2017, the Antelope Valley Union
High School District elected to embark on
a pilot of the first WASC district accredita-
tion in California. In September 2018, ASC
WASC formally presented AVUHSD with
a six-year accreditation, making the district
the first to receive ACS WASC accredita-
tion.
Located in the high desert just an hour
north of Los Angeles, AVUHSD is the
largest geographical district in Los Angeles
County, serving approximately 23,000 stu-
dents and employing 2,300 faculty and
staff. The district encompasses eight com-
prehensive high schools, an early college
high school on the Antelope Valley College
campus, three alternative high schools, the
no cost charter Academy Prep Junior High,
an online education program and Antelope
Valley Adult Education.
The process, which took approximately
nine months, allowed the district and its
employees a structured way in which to
conduct a self-study that provides an analy-
sis of strengths and opportunities, much like
Opening Doors for
Women in School Leadership
December 5, 2018 | Ontario
January 15, 2019 | Sacramento
February 28, 2019 | Pleasanton
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A Day in the Life of
a Co-Administrator
December 14, 2018 | Victorville
February 7, 2019 | Sanger
REGISTRATION (and additional dates)
https://goo.gl/AHesT1
The Skillful
Certificated Evaluator
December 6, 2018 | Sacramento
February 27, 2019 | San Jose
April 25, 2019 | Salinas
More information about ACS WASC
accreditation, including how to get started, can
be found at www.acswasc.org.
ECC Symposium coming soon
The ACSA Student Services and Special Education Council is once again proud to
announce it’s Every Child Counts Symposium. This year’s theme is “See me, Hear me,
Teach me,” and is scheduled for Feb. 13-15 at the Anaheim Marriott Hotel.
The symposium is ACSA’s largest attended professional development event draw-
ing attendees from all over the state of California. For many years the symposium
was held in beautiful Monterey but in 2017 it moved to Anaheim where it grew
to a record number of attendees – 1,800 in all. With continued need for informa-
tion in the vital areas of special education, school safety, student attendance and
campus discipline we anticipate that the attendee number for the 2019 symposium
could top 2,000.
This year, the ECC Symposium is pleased to present two extremely high quality
keynote speakers. On Thursday, we will feature academy award-winning actress
Marlee Matlin. Marlee has never allowed her loss of hearing hold her back,
beginning with her theatrical career in children’s theater at age 7 and continuing
to the present. She said, “I have always resisted putting limitations on myself,
both professionally and personally.” Marlee promises to be a great inspiration to
all attendees.
Also keynoting will be well known speaker Brad Cohen. A teacher and school
administrator for more than 20 years, Cohen has overcome the challenges caused
by his Tourette Syndrome, having been named a state Teacher of the Year in his
home state of Georgia. Fortunately, he recorded his experiences in his book, “Front
of The Class,” which was made into a movie in 2008. The ECC committee is sure
that our symposium audience will appreciate both his message and his wit.
Again, as was the case last February, ECC will include profoundly interesting and
valuable featured speaker sessions which run concurrently with other breakout
session offerings. This year, we will feature Frank DeAngelis, the former prin-
cipal of Columbine High School who will share his experience with dealing with
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a school WASC accreditation process.
The Accrediting Commission for
Schools, Western Association of Schools
and Colleges is a world-renowned accred-
iting association and one of six regional
accrediting agencies in the United States.
Accreditation is a dual-purpose process that
ultimately shows that schools are worthy of
the trust placed in them to provide high-
quality learning and clearly demonstrate
continual self-improvement.
ACS WASC accredited districts are
focused on student-oriented missions and
goals. The districts continuously examine
student performance and accept objective
evaluation from a team of outside peer
professionals trained by ACS WASC. They
maintain a qualified faculty within effec-
tively organized schools, and regularly col-
laborate to assess the quality of their edu-
cational programs and plans for the future.
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profound tragedy and how he, as the school
leader, worked to pick up the pieces and rebuild his
school. Also featured will be members of the ACSA Fatal
School Violence Task Force, who will unveil a new set of resources to assist school
districts to better address issues of extreme school violence.
Disneyland Discount. The Every Child Counts Symposium is pleased to offer dis-
count tickets to Disneyland again this year. For a fun time in the evenings after
a day of learning, or even better, scheduled time after the conference, specially
priced Disneyland tickets for all symposium attendees are available on the ECC
web page www.acsa.org/ecc. The tickets are valid Feb. 13-24.
You don’t want to miss this exciting and popular educational event. Visit the ECC
webpage at www.acsa.org/ecc to register, making lodging reservations, review
the session offerings, and purchase your tickets for Disneyland. We look forward
to seeing you in February.
Article contributors, Tim Calkins, ECC Symposium Chair, principal of Education
Services, Shasta UHSD; John Porter, Student Services and Special Education
Council president, assistant superintendent, Special Education/Student Services,
Palmdale ESD, Jean Martin, Student Services and Special Education Council
president-elect, director, North Orange County SELPA.
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