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Friday, July 17, 2009

Interim Special Education Administrator Selected for the Districts’ Department of Special Education

The Santa Barbara School Districts continue to advertise for a permanent executive director and two directors for the Department of Special Education. Interviews for the three positions will take place in early August. Additionally, interviews for two special education program specialist positions will take place this week.

This afternoon the board voted to approve the selection of Dr. Caryl Miller as interim special education administrator. Dr. Miller will begin in August and work through the third week of January 2010. Ms. Miller recently retired from her position as assistant superintendent of student services in the Hemet Unified School District. Her previous job positions include executive director of Riverside County’s SELPA; special education coordinator in the Orange County Department of Education; program special specialist in the West Orange County Consortium for Special Education; special day class classroom teacher, learning handicap specialist, reading specialist, and resource specialist.