Dwyer names new assistant principal The Huntington...

Dwyer names new assistant principal

The Huntington Beach City School District board appointed longtime

Surf City resident Claudia Ross as assistant principal at Dwyer

Middle School. She will begin on Aug. 18.

Ross, who will be leaving El Rancho Middle School in Orange, has

been an assistant principal in the Orange Unified School District for

the past six years. She is especially familiar with the Huntington

Beach area and is ready for a new endeavor, she said.

“I’ve lived in Huntington Beach for 30 years and I always follow

the Huntington Beach schools,” she said. “When I found out there was

an opportunity to work in my community I decided to take on a new

challenge.”

Ross was chosen from a field of 125 applicants. The second

interview was more significant and exciting since it took place at

her potential new school’s campus with Principal Duane Cox and Kathy

Kessler, the assistant superintendent.

“I remember looking out the window at the ocean and hoping that it

would be my new home away from home,” she said.

Ross is very excited, but filled with mixed emotions since she is

leaving a great staff, she said. She is, however, hopeful to find the

same success at Dwyer Middle School.