Long Beach Unified Superintendent Jill Baker announced Thursday that she will retire at the end of the 2025-26 school year, after over 34 years working for the district.
A replacement has not been announced. The district said more information about the leadership transition will “be shared in the months ahead.”
Baker was promoted to the top job from her role as deputy superintendent in August 2020, becoming the first woman to hold the job and replacing longtime superintendent Chris Steinhauser. She beat out nine applicants for the position and was largely considered the frontrunner, the Long Beach Post previously reported.
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“Student experience and performance have remained central drivers in my work,” Baker said in a video released Thursday, referring to her long career as an educator, which began in the classroom…