'I plan on being here for a very long time': Merced County native becomes superintendent of MCSD

MERCED COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- Julianna Stocking joyfully recalls memories from her 2 twelve years arsenic an educator.

The Merced County autochthonal is present preparing to marque caller memories aft starting her relation arsenic Superintendent of Merced City School District connected July 1.

"My archetypal fewer weeks present successful Merced City School District person been amazing," Stocking said.

She was calved and raised successful Livingston.

She studied wide arts astatine Stanislaus State and started her vocation arsenic a substitute teacher passim Merced County during her elder twelvemonth of college.

She went connected to enactment for the Delhi Unified School District arsenic a teacher, yet becoming subordinate main and past principal.

Most recently, she was an subordinate superintendent for Tracy Unified School District, tackling the challenges each schools faced during the pandemic.

She says erstwhile the superintendent presumption opened again astatine MCSD, she was anxious to get backmost to her roots.

"I ever knew that I would privation to travel backmost and service much successful my section community. Growing up here, the Valley is adjacent and beloved to my heart. Growing up here, I bash consciousness similar I'm home," Stocking said.

In caller years, the territory has had its challenges. The past 2 superintendents person near nether controversy.

Al Rogers resigned aft a civilian ailment was filed accusing him of intersexual harassment and battery.

Then, Diana Jimenez was fired aft little than a twelvemonth connected the job.

Just days aft Stocking took implicit the position, a Grand Jury study was released related to complaints astir the schoolhouse committee and administration.

It elaborate allegations of intersexual misconduct, bullying successful the workplace, and Brown Act violations.

But Stocking says the issues the territory has faced didn't deter her.

"We volition request clip to heal, we bash request to code immoderate things that person happened, but I precise overmuch judge successful addressing those things head-on arsenic a squad and moving forward," Stocking said.

She says she'll thin connected the generations of squad members wrong the territory arsenic they absorption connected engaging and affirmative learning environments, innovation and programs, high-quality nonrecreational learning and aboriginal literacy.

"My occupation present is to enactment them and pb our teams arsenic a corporate successful our imaginativeness to champion enactment our students," Stocking said.

With the caller schoolhouse twelvemonth astir the corner, she'll beryllium familiarizing herself with territory unit and counting down to the archetypal time of school.

Stocking says she recognizes the work of the presumption and wants families to cognize she's stepping into the relation wholeheartedly.

"I program connected being present for a precise agelong time."

Stocking's existent declaration is acceptable done June of 2027.

Her basal wage is $255,000.

The territory antecedently told Action News it is taking steps to respond to the Grand Jury's report, with an accidental to clarify the grounds and code immoderate areas arsenic needed.

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