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Board highlights student spelling‑bee champions and teacher honored as Presidential Award finalist
Summary
The board recognized student Victoria Lee (national spelling bee participant) and Viviana Penaloza (CNUSD’s first Spanish spelling bee champion) and honored teacher Scott Yakabowski as a California finalist for the 2025 Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching; dozens of new administrators and principals were introduced.
The board set aside time to introduce roughly 22 new administrators, principals and district leaders and to recognize student and teacher achievements.
District leaders introduced a long list of hires by name and role (examples include Tracy Taylor, assistant principal at Wilson Elementary; Jasmine Nol, assistant principal at River Heights Intermediate; Miguel Velasquez, Director One Business Services). Board members and the executive cabinet…
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