Community's first high school taking shape
A letter to parents of students assigned to Yorba Linda High School by a very rare 3 to 2 board of trustees vote is expected to arrive in the Mustangs’ mailboxes the next few days.
Principal Dave Flynn’s letter names 19 founding staff members and sets dates for the first on-campus meetings of an estimated 800 incoming 9th and 10th grade students.
Most of what Flynn calls “an outstanding leadership team” come from Esperanza High School, where Flynn was principal nine years before his YLHS appointment.
Staff from Esperanza includes principal’s secretary Claudia Welch, Activities Director Jason Kaylor, Athletic Director Jeff Platt and counselors Nancy Coulter and Lorri Walls.
Others are department chairs Bincins Garcia and Brent Henry, fine and performing arts; Nick Gerasimou, health and career education; Stacy Shube, language arts; Roseann Kosulandich, librarian; Marc Hill, science; and Mike Moore, social science.
From El Dorado High School are Jennifer Graves, assistant principal for student services; Dan Dupont, foreign language chair; and Matt Stine, special education chair.
From El Camino Real continuation school is John Baughman, physical education chair, and from Kraemer Middle School is Angela Atmadja, math chair.
Previously named were Hill as women’s basketball coach, and El Dorado coaches Jeff Bailey for football and Matt Stine for baseball. More appointments are expected in the next two months, with all staff coming from the district’s other middle and high schools.
The open house is March 23 for current 9th graders and March 24 for current 8th graders, from 6 to 8 p.m. Students and parents will gather at the Fairmont Boulevard campus for curriculum and class-building sessions and the first chance to order Mustang-logo gear.
Previously announced morning “coffee and question” sessions are March 10 at Coffee Bean, March 12 and 19 at Java Joe’s and March 16 at Avalon Bagels, 7:30 to 9:30 a.m.
In a separate interview, Flynn said, “We’ll be ready for opening day” Sept. 8, with 20 of 44 new classrooms, athletic fields and the gymnasium with band, choir and dance rooms.
The next school year will see the modernization of 12 classrooms and theater inherited from the college district, football stadium, swimming pool and joint-use park, he noted.
Parents unhappy with schools assigned for their children at any grade level can submit a “choice” application by an April 10 deadline.
A FINAL NOTE
The private Golden State Water Company’s 400-acre service area is adjacent to Country Club Village, not Village Center as mentioned last week. Homes and businesses in what old-timers call Locke Ranch pay higher rates than Yorba Linda Water District customers.
Principal Dave Flynn’s letter names 19 founding staff members and sets dates for the first on-campus meetings of an estimated 800 incoming 9th and 10th grade students.
Most of what Flynn calls “an outstanding leadership team” come from Esperanza High School, where Flynn was principal nine years before his YLHS appointment.
Staff from Esperanza includes principal’s secretary Claudia Welch, Activities Director Jason Kaylor, Athletic Director Jeff Platt and counselors Nancy Coulter and Lorri Walls.
Others are department chairs Bincins Garcia and Brent Henry, fine and performing arts; Nick Gerasimou, health and career education; Stacy Shube, language arts; Roseann Kosulandich, librarian; Marc Hill, science; and Mike Moore, social science.
From El Dorado High School are Jennifer Graves, assistant principal for student services; Dan Dupont, foreign language chair; and Matt Stine, special education chair.
From El Camino Real continuation school is John Baughman, physical education chair, and from Kraemer Middle School is Angela Atmadja, math chair.
Previously named were Hill as women’s basketball coach, and El Dorado coaches Jeff Bailey for football and Matt Stine for baseball. More appointments are expected in the next two months, with all staff coming from the district’s other middle and high schools.
The open house is March 23 for current 9th graders and March 24 for current 8th graders, from 6 to 8 p.m. Students and parents will gather at the Fairmont Boulevard campus for curriculum and class-building sessions and the first chance to order Mustang-logo gear.
Previously announced morning “coffee and question” sessions are March 10 at Coffee Bean, March 12 and 19 at Java Joe’s and March 16 at Avalon Bagels, 7:30 to 9:30 a.m.
In a separate interview, Flynn said, “We’ll be ready for opening day” Sept. 8, with 20 of 44 new classrooms, athletic fields and the gymnasium with band, choir and dance rooms.
The next school year will see the modernization of 12 classrooms and theater inherited from the college district, football stadium, swimming pool and joint-use park, he noted.
Parents unhappy with schools assigned for their children at any grade level can submit a “choice” application by an April 10 deadline.
A FINAL NOTE
The private Golden State Water Company’s 400-acre service area is adjacent to Country Club Village, not Village Center as mentioned last week. Homes and businesses in what old-timers call Locke Ranch pay higher rates than Yorba Linda Water District customers.
posted by Jim Drummond at 12:00 PM
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