Schools

District Announces Additional Appointments

The Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District shuffles administrators and announces new appointments.

The Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District Board of Education approved Wednesday a number of administrative appointments to fill vacancies created by retirements, resignations, restructuring and reassignments, according to a notice posted on the school district's website.

These appointments, which are effective July 1, are as follows, according to the website:

  • Jody Pastell, Director of Student Suport Services
    The Principal of Cornerstone at Pedregal Elementary since 1999.  She has also served as a Director for the Curriculum and Instruction Office and an Assistant Principal at Palos Verdes Intermediate School.
     
  • Becky Cash, Director of Student Support Services
    The Principal of Point Vicente Elementary since 2007 has developed and directed the largest full inclusion elementary Special Education program in the District.
     
  • Emiko Chapman, Coordinator of Student Services
    A school psychologist with the District since 2001 was named a Behavior/Mental Health psychologist specialist in 2012-13.
     
  • Jessica Silberling, Coordinator of Student Support Services
    A school psychologist with the District since 2006 was named an Academic RtI psychologist specialist in 2012-13.
     
  • Codean Reed, Coordinator Preschool Programs
    Currently a Special Education / Program Specialist with the Norwalk La Mirada Unified School District.  Codean was a Special Education preschool teacher for PVPUSD from 2001-07 and helped develop the full inclusion pre-school model program.
     
  • Kevin Allen, Principal Miraleste Intermediate School
    Has been the Principal of Soleado Elementary since 2005.  He has prior teaching and administrative experience at the intermediate school level with Alameda Unified School District and LAUSD.
     
  • Jeff Keeney, Principal of Cornerstone Elementary
    Jeff has been the Principal of Mira Catalina Elementary since 2006 and was an experienced elementary teacher prior to being named Principal.
     
  • Beth Hadley, Principal of Point Vicente Elementary
    Has been the Principal of Miraleste Intermediate since 2008 with previous experience and expertise in Special Education.
     
  • Gina Stutzel, Principal of Soleado Elementary
    Served as an Instructional Coach this year and has been an elementary teacher in the District since 2002.
     
  • Grace La Tegola, Principal of Mira Catalina Elementary
    An experienced educational leader who has served as an elementary principal, district administrator, and educational consultant in numerous districts in California.

"It is our plan to work with the school sites to find dates in the upcoming days/weeks to introduce new principals to teachers, staff, and parents," according to the school district.

The district is still looking for principals for Vista Grande Elementary and Palos Verdes High School.

Palos Verdes High School Principal Nick Stephany announced in May that he would be resigning, effective June 30, to take a position in another school district.

The school district plans to hire a search firm to help find "well qualified applicants." The application deadline for this position will be the end of June, and paper screening and interviews will take place the following week.

Last week, Superintendent Walker Williams announced the appointment of Rebecca Egan as principal of Montemalaga Elementary, Jane Tasker as principal of Silver Spur Elementary and William MacDonald as Principal of Rancho Vista Elementary.


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