![]() Like Braney, she is a Nordhoff alum and current vice president of Mira Monte Elementary's PTO.īoth new trustees will be sworn in May 31. Kathy Smith, who emerged from three candidates to replace Griffen in Area 4, retired from the district in 2021 after nine years working as an executive assistant to Morse and two prior superintendents. She is a Nordhoff High School alumni and mother of three elementary students in the district, according to her application. The new superintendent will make between $200,000 to $230,000 a year, a bump up from the $195,000 a year Morse made under the terms of her most recent contract.īlair Braney, president of Mira Monte Elementary's Parent Teacher Organization, was chosen from five candidates to take over Chandler's Area 2 seat. The board, which had yet to appoint its two new members, approved a timeline for its superintendent search on Wednesday night that will see applications due May 26, candidate interviews in June and July and a final selection the week of July 9. Sherril Knox, the district's former assistant superintendent, took over as acting superintendent after Morse's departure and was promoted to interim superintendent April 8 as the board searches for a permanent replacement. Griffen and Chandler tendered their resignations a day later. ![]() The board's first interim pick to replace Morse, former Oxnard Union High School District superintendent Penelope De Leon, left the district March 26, just four days after her appointment. They entered a district just beginning to understand the depth of its budget problems, with one state analysis warning in January that Ojai Unified was at "high risk" of insolvency.įormer Superintendent Tiffany Morse was ousted without cause March 13 as Chandler said the board was headed in a "different direction." The current three trustees - Atticus Reyes, Jim Halverson and Phil Moncharsh - all won their seats in November's elections and were sworn in Dec.
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