Schools
Newport-Mesa Board Appoints Acting Superintendent
Paul Reed is filling in for Jeffrey Hubbard, who faces charges of misappropriation of funds from his time leading another school district.
The Newport-Mesa Unified District board voted Tuesday night to officially appoint Paul Reed, the school district's deputy superintendent and chief business official, acting superintendent and increase his pay.
The move increased Reed’s pay $236 a day, bringing his total daily rate to $1,365.61, according to a district report.
Reed has been filling in as superintendent since Jan. 24, when Superintendent Jeffrey Hubbard went on paid administrative leave after he was charged with misappropriation of funds during his tenure as superintendent of the Beverly Hills Unified School District. The pay increase, retroactive to Feb. 16 and set to expire June 30, is a reflection of Reed's added duties, the report said.
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to the charges stemming from his time at Beverly Hills Unified.
Also at the Meeting
The school board recognized 29 students who participated in Youth Government Day in Newport Beach on March 3. The students—introduced by Jonathan Harman, recreation supervisor for the city of Newport Beach—learned how the city functions and got valuable career exposure.
“The day culminated in a mock City Council meeting where we elected a mayor and a mayor pro tem and came up with two agenda items—the budget and whether to let dogs on city beaches,” said Mason Lyle, one of the students. “We actually passed both.”
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Board member Martha Fluor spoke about being part of a group representing the school district in Sacramento to plead with the legislators to “let us vote.” She said Gov. Jerry Brown's proposed budget depends on revenue derived from the extension of temporary taxes and fees that would otherwise expire July 1. Without this extension, she said, the state education budget will lose around $5.2 billion. The only possibility for avoiding this, she said, is to allow voters to have their say in a special election in June, but the Legislature is four votes short of the necessary two-thirds that would make that happen. Fluor encouraged people to contact their legislators.
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Dana Black, clerk of the school board, reported that NMUSD students had received $200,000 in scholarships this year. She also praised the NMUSD Community Alliance, in which 56 people from 35 community agencies relate to students on a regular basis.
“The Community Alliance is a true demonstration of the great relationship between the school district and the city,” said David Brooks, president of the school board.
