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Saturday, May 27, 2017
Sorrera leaving OUSD
COMMUNITY UPDATE
Orange Unified Assistant Superintendent Joe Sorrera to leave Orange Unified for new position at Dublin Unified School District
Orange Unified Assistant Superintendent Joe Sorrera to leave Orange Unified for new position at Dublin Unified School District
Orange Net News has confirmed that Orange Unified School
District Assistant Superintendent of Business Services Claudio "Joe"
Sorrera has accepted a new position as the Assistant Superintendent of Business Services with the Dublin Unified
School District
Dublin Unified is an 8,000 student district in Alameda County
in the East Bay
area of Northern California .
For more information click on DUBLIN
Sorrera's departure,
which has not been announced by Orange Unified yet, comes less than a month
after Orange Unified Superintendent Michael Christensen announced his
departure. The departure of both Christensen and Sorrera leaves a major financial leadership vacuum for Orange
Unified which under the financial leadership of both Christensen and Sorrera
had become a model of financial stability across the state, even through the Great
Recession.
In addition to the financial aspect, Sorrera was instrumental in the organizing and
financing planning of the failed Measure
K and successful Measure S. Much of the financial and architectural groundwork for Measure S was completed as planning for
Measure K.
Sorrera's departure also comes amid growing
unconfirmed community speculation on the
reasons for Christensen's retirement. Much of those whispered conversations at the
OUSD District Office focus on the OUSD Trustees majority.
Last week, that OUSD Majority rejected legal counsel advice
and approved a version of the El Rancho Charter that could, according to the
district's legal experts, place OUSD in financial risk and not provided required protections to students and staff. Sources close to the El Rancho Charter
administration, which is currently a "dependent" charter with a defined attendance area, report that
long-term plans are to eventually make the school a completely independent
charter-thus leaving the Anaheim Hills area with no public middle school.
Sorrera began his career as a private Certified Public
Accountant. At OUSD he served as an account supervisor and for
the last six years as the OUSD Assistant Superintendent of Business Services
and Chief Business Officer.
Sorrera is also a member of the OUSD Bargaining Team that is currently in negotiations with its employee bargining units.
Sorrera is also a member of the OUSD Bargaining Team that is currently in negotiations with its employee bargining units.
