The Long Beach Unified Board of Trustees named a new superintendent Monday, choosing an internal candidate to succeed Jill Baker and eliciting a standing ovation in the boardroom.
David Zaid, the current assistant superintendent in the elementary office, will begin his role as LBUSD superintendent on July 1.
His appointment, unanimously approved by the school board, is the product of a months-long search process, which began after Baker announced her retirement in January. While the school board does not hire or fire any other LBUSD employees, it is tasked with selecting and evaluating the superintendent, the only direct employee of the board, who oversees district operations.
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The trustees undertook a nationwide search with the firm Leadership Associates, receiving 21 applications, according to members of the firm who presented at a recent board meeting. They solicited feedback from community members through a survey and a series of listening sessions, receiving thousands of survey responses, which informed the criteria for selecting the next candidate, they said…