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LOWER LAKE, Calif. – The Konocti Unified School District has a new superintendent.
At its regular meeting on Wednesday evening, the Konocti Unified School District Board of Trustees announced that Donna Becnel has been selected to serve as district superintendent effective July 1.
Becnel will succeed Superintendent Dr. William MacDougall, who will retire on June 30.
Board President Anita Gordon said the board was unanimous in the decision to hire Becnel.
Gordon commented that the district is fortunate to have found such an experienced and skilled school administrator to provide leadership to the students and staff of the Konocti Unified School District.
Becnel currently serves as the assistant superintendent for human resources in the Hayward Unified School District.
Before coming to Hayward, she worked in personnel services in the Antioch, San Lorenzo and Castro Valley Unified School districts.
Her first administrative position was in the Mt. Pleasant School District where she served as director of special education and pupil services. Mt. Pleasant is a district about the same size as Konocti located in the San Jose area.
Although her main area of expertise has been in human resources, she has likewise had experience in business services including budget preparation and management as well as experience in curriculum and instructional services.
In the Hayward District, she designed and implemented a program called “Aspiring Administrators” to provide coaching and mentoring support to new certificated and classified management staff.
She has been involved in the communities where she has worked volunteering for community service through Rotary, Chamber of Commerce and the Police Activities League.
She currently serves on the board of directors for a nonprofit that provides counseling services to the local schools and community.
Konocti Unified conducted a nationwide search for the superintendent position and received more than 30 applications.
The applications were screened by a team of educators and the board selected eight candidates to be interviewed.
Each candidate not only had an hour long interview with the school board but also met with a community committee composed of 17 local citizens including parents, community business leaders, teachers, classified staff, parents and school administrators.
After listening to the input from the community committee, the board selected three candidates for a second interview.
Once they identified the top candidate, two board members visited the current district of employment to interview teachers, staff and co-workers, the district reported.
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