Laguna schools’ facilities director serving in interim business role
The Laguna Beach Unified School District board on Tuesday appointed facilities director Jeff Dixon as the interim assistant superintendent of business services while it searches for a permanent hire, according to a news release.
Dixon, facilities director since 2014, began his temporary assignment Wednesday to coincide with the departure of Dean West, who has been hired by the Orange County Department of Education as its associate superintendent of business services.
West worked for Laguna Beach Unified for six years, starting as director of fiscal services.
Dixon, who will still oversee the facilities department while managing district revenues and expenditures, has a chief business official certification from the California Assn. of School Business Officials, the highest level of certification offered by the organization, the release said.
“I am excited to have someone with Dixon’s credentials serve in the interim position,” Laguna Beach Unified Supt. Jason Viloria said in the release. “His experience working in LBUSD and his background in school business and facilities makes him ideally suited for this position.”
Dixon earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Cal State Sacramento, an MBA from the University of Phoenix and a graduate certificate in school business management from USC’s Rossier School of Education.
“[Viloria] will determine the direction we will take with hiring a permanent assistant superintendent, probably sometime in the spring, which is the typical recruiting period,” Leisa Winston, assistant superintendent of human resources and communications, wrote in an email.
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