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PVPUSD Names New Chief Academic Officer

Martin Griffin will replace Susan Liberati as the district's new chief academic officer.

Martin Griffin will take over as the new chief academic officer, the Board of Education announced last week.

Griffin will replace Susan Liberati, who has been with the district for six years.

Griffin has worked in the Sweetwater Union High School District in San Diego County since 2009, where he was responsible for the operation of 23 intermediate and high schools. He's also held various positions at high schools.

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"The Board of Education and I are confident that [Griffin] will not only continue PVPUSD’s outstanding record of success, but will play an important role in raising the bar for the district’s entire preschool through high school program," Superintendent Walker Williams said in a statement.

Griffin earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in philosophy from St. Hyacinth College in MA, in addition to a master's degree in educational administration from the University of Akron in OH.

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