The signed off on hiring the district鈥檚 next superintendent. The local teachers union approves the board鈥檚 choice.
By mid-summer will be at the helm of the Albuquerque Public School District.
Originally from Texas, Valentino has been everything from a guidance counselor to a school principal. He currently oversees curriculum for the San Francisco School District.
Ellen Bernstein with the said educators attended public forums with top candidates earlier this month. She said when she polled teachers afterwards the overwhelming majority of them thought Valentino was a good match because he understands public education from multiple vantage points.
鈥淟ike being a bilingual teacher,鈥� Bernstein explained, 鈥渂ut I think he also understood the layers of politics and how they impact teaching and learning and that he wasn鈥檛 coming from a point of view of, basically, privilege.鈥�
Former Superintendent Winston Brooks last year for reasons the district has not made public.
