GARDEN GROVE : District Principals Play Musical Chairs
Starting Monday, every high school in the Garden Grove Unified district will have a new principal, in accordance with a district policy to rotate school chiefs every few years.
District spokesman Alan Trudell said the routine changes allow principals “a change of scenery. It gives the principal a fresh perspective. It’s a way to recharge their batteries.”
Beginning Monday, Santiago High School Principal Robert O’Higgins will trade jobs with Pacifica High School Principal Donald Wise. George Willson, principal of Bolsa Grande High School, will move to Los Amigos High School. He assumes the position vacated by Mitchell Thomas, who was named principal of La Quinta High School.
The new principal at Bolsa Grande High School will be Robert Mesa, who will move to the campus from Rancho Alamitos High School. Taking over the duties at Rancho Alamitos will be Thomas Robins, principal of Lake High School. The Lake High School post has not yet been filled.
The Garden Grove school district encompasses most of Garden Grove and parts of Santa Ana, Westminster, Fountain Valley, Stanton, Cypress and Anaheim.
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