{"id":394085,"date":"2026-07-10T23:53:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T23:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/394085\/"},"modified":"2026-07-10T23:53:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T23:53:08","slug":"east-san-jose-school-district-hires-superintendent-for-one-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/394085\/","title":{"rendered":"East San Jose school district hires superintendent for one month"},"content":{"rendered":"

An East San Jose school board has appointed an interim leader \u2014 to serve for one month.<\/p>\n

The Alum Rock Union School District has hired George Sanchez as temporary superintendent to serve the struggling district during July. District leaders said Sanchez brings more than 30 years of experience in education from his time as a classroom teacher, high school principal and school board president in East San Jose.<\/p>\n

This is the fourth interim superintendent hired by the district in three years. Following the abrupt firing of Superintendent Hilaria Bauer<\/a> in March 2024, the board appointed Imee Almazan<\/a>, followed by Emmanuel \u201cManny\u201d Barbara<\/a>, who stepped in as interim superintendents while the district sought a permanent replacement. In August 2025, the district fired then-Superintendent German Cerda<\/a>, less than a year after he was hired, and Sandra Garcia<\/a> became interim superintendent.<\/p>\n

\u201cSandra Garcia\u2019s contract ended at the end of June, so we started a new contract with George at the beginning of July to cover, hopefully until we hire our next superintendent,\u201d Trustee Corina Herrera-Loera told San Jos\u00e9 Spotlight.<\/p>\n

Trustee Minh Pham said Sanchez was appointed to provide interim administrative coverage in preparation of the arrival of a permanent superintendent.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe understands how policy is made and how it translates to the school sites, as well as having a reputation as a regionally respected school administrator with integrity,\u201d Pham told San Jos\u00e9 Spotlight.<\/p>\n

In advertising for a new superintendent, district officials said they\u2019re looking for someone with experience in improving student outcomes, financial and operational leadership, transparent communication, navigating complex governance dynamics and fostering collaborative, results-oriented relationships with the board, staff and district families.<\/p>\n

\"In-line<\/a><\/p>\n

Alum Rock Union School District has faced ongoing financial struggles. Two years ago, the board voted to close six schools<\/a> in the 2025-26 school year as the cash-strapped district dealt with a $20 million budget deficit. The loss of one-time federal COVID dollars and a drop in enrollment \u2014 from more than 10,000 students in 2015-16 to approximately 7,270 students in 2024-25 \u2014 added to the decision.<\/p>\n

Earlier this year, the district laid off managers,<\/a>\u00a0bus drivers, child nutrition assistants, wellness site specialists and liaisons<\/a> to address an $8 million budget deficit for the 2026-27 school year. The deficit was projected to grow to $9.5 million in the 2027-28 academic year due to a loss of grant funding.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt the end of the day, we just want to make sure that our children and families are being served and that there is somebody overseeing our district during this process,\u201d Herrera-Loera said.<\/p>\n

Contact Lorraine Gabbert at [email\u00a0protected]<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An East San Jose school board has appointed an interim leader \u2014 to serve for one month. The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":394086,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[7031,712,88,90,89],"class_list":["post-394085","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-jose","tag-alum-rock-union-school-district","tag-centerpiece","tag-san-jose","tag-san-jose-headlines","tag-san-jose-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394085","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=394085"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394085\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/394086"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=394085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=394085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=394085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}