Story Created:
Jun 9, 2010 at 8:21 PM PST
Story Updated:
Jun 9, 2010 at 8:21 PM PST
Culver City Unified School District Superintendent Myrna Rivera Cote has submitted her resignation to the school board after accepting the position of superintendent of the El Rancho Unified School District.
Cote will assume her new position July 1.
“I am extremely proud of the numerous accomplishments that have occurred in the Culver City Unified School District during my three-and-one-half-year tenure as superintendent,” Cote said in a statement posted on the district’s website. “Our focus on student achievement and providing students with quality educational programs has been rewarded with several well-deserved academic awards and recognition.
“Test scores continue to rise and teachers are working very hard to address the needs of our students while also accelerating the educational opportunities offered to them. … Our administrators are true leaders in their chosen profession and I thank them all for their efforts to improve the lives of the children and community they serve each and every day.
“And the passing of the parcel tax in the November 2009 election underscored the importance of having an involved and supportive community,” Cote added.
Cote was hired by the Culver City school board in January 2007, after serving as superintendent of Local District 8, in the Los Angeles Unified School District.
She had previously served as superintendent of the Alhambra City and High School Districts, deputy superintendent in the Long Beach Unified School District and area superintendent in the same district.
El Rancho is a 10,000-student district in Pico Rivera, a city about 12 miles east of downtown Los Angeles. She is replacing Norb Genis, who announced his retirement from that district last year but has served as interim superintendent until a replacement was found.
The Culver City school board is expected to name an interim superintendent, possibly as early as its Tuesday night meeting, and then undertake an extensive search before selecting a new superintendent, according to the district’s website.
“I wish all of you the very best in your future pursuits and would like to thank you for the wonderful opportunity to have served as your superintendent,” Cote told board members in her resignation letter. “You have every reason to be very proud of the Culver City Unified School District and its employees. It is an outstanding school district with an excellent future.”
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