SANTA ANA : 4 High Schools Will Get New Principals

All four high schools in the Santa Ana Unified School District will have new principals as of July 1. The administrative changes follow the departure of Santa Ana High School Principal Andy Hernandez to another district.

Joe Tafoya, assistant superintendent for the secondary division, said last week that Hernandez, who is leaving the district to head Santa Barbara High School, will be replaced by Judy Duesterberg, the current principal at Valley High School.

Filling the post at Valley will be Bob Nelson, principal of Saddleback High School. Marylouise Ortega, who is now the principal at Norwalk High School, will replace Nelson at Saddleback.

Gerald Arriola will leave his post as principal of Century High School to work at the district office in vocational education. He will be replaced by Tom Reasin, who is principal of MacArthur Fundamental Intermediate School, Tafoya said.