Inglewood Schools Add Adminstrator
Inglewood school trustees promoted a longtime district employee to a new assistant superintendent’s position Wednesday and, after a debate over how the district hires administrators, postponed the transfer of an elementary school principal.
The Inglewood Unified School District board named Althea Jenkins assistant superintendent for personnel services, creating a third assistant’s position under Supt. George McKenna. Trustees delayed the proposed transfer of Ruby Nelson, principal of Oak Street Elementary School, to vice principal of adult education pending a hearing with Nelson, who school officials said does not favor the move.
For the record:
12:00 a.m. July 9, 1989 For the Record
Los Angeles Times Sunday July 9, 1989 South Bay Edition Metro Part 2 Page 7 Column 1 Zones Desk 2 inches; 43 words Type of Material: Correction
A story in Friday’s South Bay Section on a new assistant superintendent in the Inglewood Unified School District incorrectly stated that Althea Jenkins was a longtime district employee. She is an elementary school principal in the Compton Unified School District, where she has held several other posts.
Trustee Lois Hill-Hale criticized the district’s hiring process, arguing that the district ought to advertise job vacancies and choose the best possible applicant instead of just transferring officials within the district.
Trustees Larry Aubry, Zyra McCloud and Joseph Rouzan voted in favor of promoting Jenkins, while Hill-Hale and Thomasina Reed abstained.
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