School District
Superintendent
Dr. Luis Valentino
Mari Tarango
Executive Administrative Assistant
(760) 848-1166
About the Superintendent
Dr. Luis Valentino has 30 years of experience serving school districts and is bilingual. Throughout his career, Dr. Valentino has fought to address the marginalization of historically underserved students and their communities and has been an advocate for equity.
Dr. Valentino was an educator at UCLA, USC, and Cal State, Los Angeles. He holds a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Texas at Austin in Radio, Television, Film, a Master’s degree in Administration from Pepperdine University, and a Master’s in Education Technology from Cal State, Los Angeles. He also holds a Doctorate of Education from UCLA and has completed an Advanced Leadership program at Harvard University.