Petaluma’s teachers union has backed Sheri Chlebowski and Jaimey Walking Bear for Petaluma City Schools trustee, according to Petaluma Federation of Teachers president Ted Russo. Incumbents Christina Kauk, Carolyn Tennyson and Mike Baddeley are up for re-election on Nov. 2. “The PFT has been very impressed with Sheri’s and Jaimey’s [...]
Emily Dunnagan has been named the new principal at Kenilworth Junior High in Petaluma, according to district officials. Dunnagan has worked in the Petaluma district for five years as the assistant principal at Petaluma Junior High, principal at Crossroads and assistant principal at Kenilworth. She has also taught in the [...]
There are two new faces in Petaluma City Schools. Lyn Moreno has been hired as principal at San Antonio High and Valley Oaks independent study school. Moreno comes from the Novato Unified School District where she has spent the last 36 years. Also new this year is Jane Escobedo, who was [...]
Bertha MacClain has been named assistant principal at Casa Grande High School in Petaluma. MacClain was last assistant principal of curriculum, instruction and budget at Abraham Lincoln High in San Francisco. She is also a nine-year veteran at Santa Rosa High. Greg Stevenson has been named principal at Crossroads [...]
Petaluma City Schools’ “Ready for Kindergarten” program has been awarded the statewide Golden Bell Award from the California School Boards Association. The ceremony is scheduled for Dec. 5 in San Diego. Established in 2001, “Ready for Kindergarten” is a program that focuses not only on pre-kinder students who come from [...]