Although she has not yet been offered the job, Live Oak High
Principal Nancy Serigstad is the
“primary candidate” for the principalship of Scotts Valley High
School.
Although she has not yet been offered the job, Live Oak High Principal Nancy Serigstad is the “primary candidate” for the principalship of Scotts Valley High School.
Serigstad announced to her staff Tuesday that she is being considered for the job. A team of board members, community members, parents and district employees is in charge of the selection process and will be visiting the Live Oak campus today.
“We are hoping to reach a decision shortly thereafter, as soon as possible,” Scotts Valley Unified School District Superintendent Steve Fiss said Thursday. “We could announce one as early as next Monday. We have a board meeting Monday night.”
The Morgan Hill Board of Education also has a regular meeting scheduled for Monday night.
Serigstad, reached Wednesday, said she would rather not comment until there is something more definite to say.
Superintendent Carolyn McKennan would not comment on the potential move for Serigstad but did want to say that Serigstad is a highly valued district employee.
“Nancy is one high-quality principal,” she said. “Especially realizing how new she is in terms of her administrative experience. I hope you hear the sigh in my voice when I say that whomever that gets her as principal is very fortunate.”
Serigstad came to Live Oak as associate principal in 2000. In August 2002, she stepped up to share co-principal duties with Live Oak Principal Rich Knapp. Knapp was later named principal for the new Sobrato High, and Serigstad assumed all principal duties at Live Oak.
Scotts Valley High in Santa Cruz County has 776 students in grades -12, with 38 teachers, one assistant principal and two counselors. The school is in its fifth year of operation, with one middle school and a private school feeding into it. It will have its second graduation ceremony this June.
