Comments on: The Oakland principal shuffle

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:15:06 +0000

I have heard from teachers at United for Success that the new principal at UFS Middle will be Elia Bustamante, who was principal at Edna Brewer 2008-2009.

By: Katy Murphy

Katy Murphy — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 03:19:55 +0000

Thanks for the tip, Gordon. I’ll look into it tomorrow when I’m back from my (news-packed) mini-vacation!

By: Gordon Danning

Gordon Danning — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 01:35:20 +0000

Katy: I was downtown today, and heard a rumor that Lauren Klaffky was not approved by the Board as Skyline’s new principal, and that she instead is heading to Hayward. Who will be Skyline’s principal?

By: Katy Murphy

Katy Murphy — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:59:29 +0000

I heard awhile ago that Delia Ruiz had left, but her name is still posted as HR director on the OUSD site. Troy Flint told me this morning that she was on leave — and that Ursula Reed was running the show in the meantime. Sounds like things have changed, though.

By: Cate

Cate — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:46:51 +0000

Katy, I looked at the postings for OUSD jobs – are they are hiring a new head of HR? If so, what happened to the previous one?

By: aly

aly — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 07:43:28 +0000

sam pasarow actually went from community day to skyline as a PSA at the start of second semester this year, then to brewer. cds’ new principal is latanya williams, former ap under susan ryan at cbits.

katy- what is happening to the former principals? i’m particularly curious about danielle neves of sankofa who won an award last year for improving the school’s performance.

By: Katy Murphy

Katy Murphy — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 04:58:52 +0000

You’re right, he must have left. Here’s a link to the EdJoin posting for budget director:
http://www.edjoin.org/viewPosting.aspx?postingID=296388&countyID=1

Jason Willis was hired in October 2007 to replace Barak Ben-Gal. (I blogged about it back then: http://www.ibabuzz.com/education/2007/10/16/at-long-last-ousd-hires-new-budget-director/)

Here are the other Oakland Unified job postings, from most to least recent:
http://www.edjoin.org/searchResults.aspx?countyID=1&districtID=43

By: turner

turner — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 02:42:17 +0000

Sorry for the typo: PRINCIPAL

turner

By: turner

turner — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 02:41:25 +0000

Katy: This is not about a pricipal but central office staff. I noticed a job announcement for a director of budgeting at OUSD. Did the last director leave?

turner

By: Jim Mordecai

Jim Mordecai — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:29:08 +0000

In my posting I used the wrong reference to the three administrator’s training. It is “New Leaders for New Schools” and not New Teacher Project that was involved in the administrator’s training under contract with the District.

Jim Mordecai