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State Schools Chief Tom Torlakson Appoints State Administrator for Inglewood Unified School District

State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson appointed Dr. Vincent Matthews as State Administrator for the Inglewood Unified School District. “As we enter a new phase in the path towards local control, building on a strong financial foundation with robust academic programs is my priority,” Torlakson said. “There are very few leaders who have led districts under state receivership and Dr. Matthews is one of them. His experience and passion are the right fit at the right time for the Inglewood school community.” Matthews most recently served as superintendent of the San Jose Unified School District. Prior to that, He

Margaret Richards-Bowers Eyes Inglewood Unified School District Board Seat 1

Margaret Richards-Bowers  “I want to see best practices, I want to see compassionate education.” “I came to America as a young girl, I had no idea about American culture,” said Margaret Richards-Bowers. “I knew where things were in America, I knew your highest mountain peaks, I knew your rivers but I didn’t know the people. “I came seeking to find out more, to find my place in this vast, vast America.” She would find that place here, eventually in Inglewood. Born in St. Vincent, Grenadines, Richards-Bowers came to the United States in the 1970s and eventually became a nurse. She

State Takes-Over Inglewood Unified School District

Kent Taylor, IUSD State Administrator presents his plan to restore financial management to the troubled school district     Board Members Now Advisors, Superintendent Gone   Last week, a standing-room only crowd of parents, elected officials, and Inglewood Unified School District (IUSD) employees listened intently as California’s Supt. of Public Instruction, Tom Torlakson, announced that Kent Taylor, a product of the Inglewood School System, would lead the IUSD, the existing board members would serve as unpaid advisors, and the superintendent had been relieved of duty.   Taylor, previously serving as the superintendent of education in southern Kern County, is charged with

Bishop Young-A New Vision of Leadership at Inglewood Unified School District

Bishop Johnny J. Young, Ph.D. He is a man of unwavering faith, a community advocate, a businessman, a political leader and he is determined to provide for the children of Inglewood the best education not only in the State but in the nation. With the current state of the California budget and continually declining funding to local school systems, not many people would want the job as President of a school system, let alone one as large and complex as the Inglewood Unified School District (IUSD). But on July 1, 2011 Bishop Johnny J. Young, the longest sitting member of