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Paul Cordeiro

Paul Cordeiro, Superintendent, Carpinteria USD

Paul Cordeiro is entering his third year as Superintendent of the

Carpinteria Unified School District.  Last year, he led an effort to

establish many new programs at Carpinteria High School, which are

continuing, with more new programs, in the 2007-08 school year. 

He also created the District’s first long-range comprehensive plan specifying goals for instruction, business services, personnel and public outreach.  This year, he is leading instructional initiatives in reading, writing, mathematics and science.  He is also involved in comprehensive fund-raising efforts to benefit schools.

Paul came to Carpinteria after a five-year tenure in the Newhall School District.  As Assistant Superintendent, he led an instructional program that produced numerous California Distinguished Schools awards, a National Blue Ribbon award and a Title I Achieving Schools award since 2001.  He also served on a management team that built three new schools and modernized three others in the growing Santa Clarita Valley.

Before going to Newhall, Paul, as Assistant Superintendent for the Santa Barbara County Education Office, assisted the county’s districts in numerous capacities including building partnerships with UCSB and various community organizations.  Six years as principal of Peabody School in the Santa Barbara School District followed several administrative posts in the Los Angeles Unified School District where he started as a teacher in Boyle Heights. 

Paul received his bachelor’s degree from UC Irvine and his teaching credential and master’s degree from UCLA.  He grew up in the San Fernando Valley, graduating from Taft High School in Woodland Hills.

Carpinteria Education Foundation

Post Office Box 9, Carpinteria, California  93014 - (805) 566-1615

"a partnership for excellence in public education"