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Education May 26, 2015
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At the Regular Meeting held on Thursday, May 14, 2015, the Board of Education voted unanimously to appoint Dr. Allan Mucerino Superintendent of the Duarte Unified School District. Following a statewide search, Dr. Mucerino was selected as a finalist from among 28 applicants for the position.
“As we interviewed candidates from across the region it became apparent that Dr. Mucerino was a distinctive leader in public education who has the respect of students, families, teachers and administrators,” said Board President Reverend Douglas Edwards. “The entire Board spent a morning meeting with the staff and Board of Centinela Valley Union High School District where our insights about his skills, knowledge and compassion were confirmed by all we met. We heard people describe to us the innovative programs he introduced to attract students, his work in collective bargaining, his presence among students and families, his knowledge of Common Core and his fiscal management skills. We drove home deeply impressed and grateful to have selected such a gifted person to become the next superintendent.”
Dr. Mucerino is currently the Assistant Superintendent of Educational Services at Centinela Valley Union High School District. Previously, Dr. Mucerino was a principal for 17 years and held positions at El Toro High School and La Paz Intermediate School in Saddleback Valley Unified, and Ensign Intermediate School in Newport-Mesa Unified. Under his leadership, all three of these schools became California Distinguished Schools and one became a National Blue Ribbon School. Prior to his administrative work, Dr. Mucerino taught for five years at Millikan High School and Hoover Middle School in the Long Beach Unified School District.
He is also an instructor in the Education Leadership Doctoral Program at California State University, Fullerton where he teaches Applications of Research: Forecasting and Planning, Ethical and Legal Dimensions of Leadership, and Methods of Collection and Analysis of Assessment Data.
Dr. Mucerino received his Doctorate in Educational Leadership from Nova Southeastern University, his Masters in Educational Administration from the California State University, Dominguez Hills, and his Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the California State University, Long Beach.
He presently lives in South Orange County with his wife, Deborah, and two sons, Matthew and Kyle.
Dr. Mucerino will officially begin as Superintendent of the Duarte Unified School District July 1, 2015.
