CHUSD's new superintendent asks community, students and staff to 'give change a chance'

COALINGA, Calif. (KFSN) -- The archetypal time of schoolhouse is rapidly approaching.

This year, determination volition beryllium a caller person successful the Coalinga Huron Unified School District.

Dr. David Moore, the caller superintendent, is besides getting acquainted.

He and his unit members got close to enactment and learned astir each other's accomplishment strengths astatine a caller retreat.

"It was very, precise overmuch a squad enactment and we got to cognize each other," Moore said.

Moore is joined with 4 children and 4 grandchildren.

He is entering his 31st twelvemonth successful education.

He taught kindergarten and mediate schoolhouse earlier shifting into an administrative relation astatine an alternate acquisition assemblage time school.

From there, helium roseate done assorted administrative positions and astir precocious served arsenic adjunct superintendent successful the Santa Paula Unified School District.

He says helium applied for the superintendent presumption due to the fact that helium felt helium had much to offer.

"I wanted to bash much and thought, 'Okay, successful bid to bash more, I request to beryllium successful this seat,'" Moore said.

Moore says his inheritance has heavy focused connected aboriginal literacy rates.

According to the California School Dashboard, for the 23-24 schoolhouse year, CHUSD was much than 85 points beneath modular for English Language Arts and astir 118 points beneath modular successful mathematics.

But Moore says that's portion of what drew him to the district.

"I was looking for a territory similar this due to the fact that I judge precise powerfully that each students tin learn, and erstwhile you look astatine the accomplishment levels present successful this area, I knew that it -- it's rooted successful literacy, and it's rooted successful aboriginal mathematical skills," Moore said.

Moore takes implicit the relation aft the erstwhile superintendent, Lori Villanueva, parted ways with the territory pursuing astir a twelvemonth connected administrative leave.

"I recognize the relation that I have, and I recognize determination needs to beryllium a clip of healing," Moore said. "So I would say, springiness alteration a chance."

Moore is presently finalizing his 100-day program for the district.

At the extremity of the 100 days, he'll beryllium tasked with presenting a strategical program to the board, 1 helium hopes captures a assortment of voices from the district.

"So, the strategical program volition not beryllium a program that I beryllium successful my bureau and write. It'll beryllium precise overmuch connected to the input that I received and the challenges that they consciousness request to beryllium addressed," Moore said.

Superintendent Moore is readying to clasp listening sessions successful some Coalinga and Huron with assemblage and unit members.

You tin expect to perceive much astir that successful the coming months done Parents Square and societal media.

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