GUSD has new faces in new places
Darleene Barrientos
Students will have unexpected company from some grown-ups this fall
as they traverse unfamiliar school halls, as there will be several
new faces in the principal’s offices.
One of those new faces will be Principal Terry Dutton, who
replaced Beverly Johnson at La Crescenta Elementary School. And for
Dutton’s secretary, Connie Hobby, the change is not so much a change
in style, as it is a change in tools.
“Beverly felt really good that this school was in his hands,”
Hobby said. “He’s extremely bright -- he keeps me hopping.”
With Dutton, Hobby and the La Crescenta Elementary School staff
are learning more about using computers to the fullest, she said.
“He’s taught me some new advanced programs, different word
processors, like ClarisWorks. He’s really encouraging the staff to
utilize the computer and tap into all the resources that we have,”
she said.
The change takes some getting used to, but Hobby said the school
staff would adjust in no time.
“We all loved Beverly, but we’re all going to love Terry, too. He
and Beverly worked together at Columbus Elementary School -- she was
an assistant principal [when he was principal]. I think she took a
lot of his ideas here. It’s nice having someone who knows Bev’s
style,” she said.
Because several Glendale Unified School District administrators
have moved on to more demanding positions, several school staffs and
students will be making the same adjustments.
One new principal, Sherry Stockhamer, jumped into the position at
Daily High School with both feet and helped organize the district’s
first-ever mid-summer graduation that included all the area high
schools. Stockhamer replaced Gail Rosental, who retired in June.
Other new appointments include:
* Linda Edmond, who took the place of Melissa Stephan at Lincoln
Elementary School. Edmond began at the district as assistant
principal at Jefferson Elementary School in 2001.
* Janet Buhl began teaching in the district in 1990 at Mann
Elementary School. Buhl will replace Lynda Christian at Verdugo
Woodlands Elementary School. Christian moved to the La Quinta area
and will serve as principal at Kennedy Elementary School in Indio.
* Carla Walker and Nancy Jude will trade places between the
foothills and downtown Glendale. Walker will take Jude’s place at
Valley View Elementary School as principal, while Jude will work in
the district’s Professional Development Center.
* Mark Brown, who began teaching at Wilson Middle School in 1986,
will serve as assistant principal at Roosevelt Middle School.
* Linda Junge, who was hired to teach Spanish at Glendale High
School in 1997, will return to the high school as assistant
principal.
* Cynthia McCarty will return to Horace Mann Elementary School,
where she was once a teacher, as assistant principal.
* Bob Canfield will leave his position as coordinator of student
services at the district headquarters to be assistant principal at
Wilson Middle School.
* Bob Brauneisen, who once left Glendale for a short stint at the
La Canada Unified School District, will be Toll’s new assistant
principal.