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Los Banos Unified School District

The Los Banos Unified School District enrolls about 11000 students in Kindergarten through the 12th grade. The School District supports nine elementary schools, two junior highs, two high schools and one alternative high school. The School District is led by seven members of the Board or education. The School district employs five hundred and seventy-five certificated employees and four hundred and twenty-five classified employees. The schools are all currently full, with many residential divisions currently being built in Los Banos. More schools will need to be built and many new jobs will be created, bolstering the population and local economy. I currently work in the Human Resources Department as a HR …show more content…

He was once a teacher at the high school and resigned quickly when allegations of sexual misconduct were made. He eventually ran and won for mayor. About 20 years ago, a police officer stopped him and found drugs in his car. He was arrested but blamed it on himself giving juveniles rides and that they left it in the car. The case was dismissed and he return to work as mayor. Eventually he was voted out of term and decided to run for the school board. After serving several terms on the school board, he got into trouble with the contractor and bribery charges. He refused to step down from his position even after the arrest, claiming innocence. He eventually was voted out of his position. “Interestingly, research suggests that power not only leads to people to focus on their self-interests because they can, but it also liberates people to focus inward and thus come to place greater weight on their goals and interests.” (Judge, 2016, p. 218) Only for the purposes of this paper, I mention his race. He was an African American male. He claimed that the charges and his removal was racially-based. At this time, the school district had a vacancy for superintendent. Coincidentally, they hired the first African-American male to be there superintendent. Many people believe the school district was trying to show that they are not

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