On Wednesday June 30 Berkeley Unified School District announced the selection of Pasquale Scuderi as the new Principal of Berkeley High School, where he will assume leadership beginning with the 2010-11 school year.  Read more about the announcement here: New Berkeley High Principal Announced   Having served in an administrative capacity at BHS during 2006-08, Scuderi is known and respected by the community.  Janet Huseby, who as the BHS Volunteer Coordinator travels between teachers, parents, administrators and students, expressed unqualified enthusiasm at the announcement, noting “he knows the staff, and the school, and the challenges,  which puts him in a position to build on the accomplishments of the past seven years rather than starting from ground zero.”

Mr. Scuderi will be one of three new principals serving BUSD schools next year.  Others are Jeremy “Paco” Furlan, joining the Rosa Parks Elementary community from Eugene, Oregon, and Alexander Hunt, who will take the reins from 20-year veteran Cheryl Chinn at Malcolm X.  Principal Hunt comes to Berkeley after ten years as a principal in Redwood City.

BPEF welcomes these new leaders and looks forward to working with them in the years ahead.