Norwalk : Rainey Named Acting Schools Superintendent

The Norwalk-La Mirada Unified School District Board of Education has unanimously accepted the resignation of Supt. Bruce C. Newlin, who will become superintendent of the Ceres unified system in Central California.

Newlin, 54, resigned after 11 years as head of the 18,000-student Norwalk-La Mirada district. His resignation becomes effective July 1.

The seven-member board took action on the resignation at its meeting Monday. Newlin had informed the board last month that he was leaving because he thought it was time for a change.

Howard L. Rainey, 62, assistant superintendent for business, was named acting superintendent until a permanent replacement is selected. Rainey has worked in the district for 37 years. He started as an elementary schoolteacher, served as an assistant principal and principal at intermediate schools and held various supervisory positions. He was the administrator for business services from 1969 until 1987 when he was promoted to assistant superintendent.

Rainey has a bachelor’s degree from Pepperdine University and a master’s degree from Whittier College. He and his wife have three daughters, a son and two grandchildren.