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ACSA was saddened to learn of the sudden passing of Korby Olson . Olson was part of ACSA ’ s Member Recruitment Team since retiring as superintendent of Middletown USD . He was also very involved in activities in Region 4 , including serving in a leadership role in the Lake County chapter . Over the course of a number of years , Olson diligently pursued and earned his doctorate in education from USC . “ I had the pleasure of working with Korby Olson as the ACSA Region 4 membership recruiter for several years and during this time I got to enjoy his kindness , subtle sense of humor and his desire to assist wherever necessary . Korby was very well liked and his collaborative nature made him so easy for everyone to work with . His presence on the team will definitely be missed ,” said Senior Director of Member Services Margarita Cuizon .
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Santa Barbara USD has a number of leadership announcements . Following are leaders who were promoted with their new job titles : John Becchio , assistant superintendent , Human Resources ; Sierra Loughridge , director , Elementary Education ; Steve Vizzolini , director , Facilities and Modernization ; Jose Jimenez , supervisor , Facilities ; Jamie Carpio , program facilitator , Special Education ;
Kathy Serrano , coordinator , After School Expanded Learning ; Ryan Sportel , dean of students , Goleta Valley Junior High ; Samantha Mellerup-Harms , dean of students , Santa Barbara Junior High ; Diana Hemsley , assistant principal , Dos Pueblos High ; James Bedard , dean of students , La Cuesta / Alta Vista ; Dare Holdren , dean of students , San Marcos High ; Elise Simmons , principal , Santa Barbara High ; Lauren Berlin , principal , La Cuesta / Alta Vista / Quetzal / Middle College ; and Stephanie Henderson , assistant principal , Dos Pueblos High . The district also announced that Anna Scharfeld has returned to the district as principal of Santa Barbara Community Academy / co-assistant principal of La Cumbre Jr . High .
In addition , the district announced several new hires . Anne Roundy-Harter was named director , Secondary Education ; Kelly Moore , safety manager ; Fernando Garcia-Reyes , project manager ; Michelle Wright , program facilitator , Special Education ; Christina Giguiere , principal , Washington ; and Richard Rundhaug , principal , San Marcos High .
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Kelly Johnson was promoted from teacher to interim principal of Vieja Valley School in the Hope School District .
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Walnut Valley Unified School District has appointed Matthew Torres as assistant superintendent of Business Services . The district also announced that Erin Ortiz has been named as program specialist , Special Education .
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Natomas Unified is pleased to announce the promotion of Angela Herrera from assistant superintendent to associate superintendent ; Amreek Singh from director to executive director , Erik Jones from middle school assistant principal to high school
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assistant principal and Brian Sanino from teacher to high school assistant principal .
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century college and careers .”
Students in grades 3 and 4 made the biggest gains , which bodes well for the future as California continues its multi-year transition to more difficult learning standards , said State Board of Education President Michael Kirst .
“ That our younger learners , who have experienced standard-aligned instruction since kindergarten , are improving faster is encouraging ,” Kirst said .
California tested more than 3 million students . The most widely used tests are the Smarter Balanced Assessments in mathematics and English language arts / literacy , which are given in grades 3 through 8 and grade 11 . School districts have had access to their own results since May .
For the fourth year in a row , less than 1 percent of students did not take part in the assessments due to a parental exemption , a figure that is far less than in other states .
Scores on the assessments fall into one of four achievement levels : standard exceeded , standard met , standard nearly met , and standard not met . The state also computes the average scores of all tested students , by grade level , called mean scale scores , which reflects the progress of all students rather than only those who changed achievement levels from one year to the next .
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