CVUSD: David Luongo Appointed Director of Secondary Education

At the April 13th board meeting, the Castro Valley Unified School District Board of Education took action to select David Luongo for the position of Director of Secondary Education. Mr. Luongo is replacing Mrs. Vivienne Paratore who is retiring after seven devoted years.

Mr. Luongo has brought forward a focus on anti-racist professional development and increased student participation on equity as Coordinator of the Equity Team at Tamalpais Union High School District. He also serves as principal at San Andreas High School where he has implemented restorative practices and counseling services to increase student and family engagement. During his tenure at San Andreas he established a California Model Continuation High School that distinguishes outstanding alternative secondary programs to provide resources to other alternative schools. The resources include services for at-risk youth through the use of instructional strategies, student centered scheduling, and counseling services. His sixteen years as a secondary administrator started in West Contra Costa Unified as an assistant principal and was promoted to principal at El Cerrito High School. During his tenure he worked with the school community on innovative researched-based systems of support for positive student outcomes.

Mr. Luongo earned a Master of Arts degree in Educational Leadership from the University of California, Berkeley and a Bachelor of Science degree in English from Boston University.

“Mr. Luongo comes to us with many years of successful secondary experience. We welcome Mr. Luongo to CVUSD as our Director of Secondary Education and are very excited about having him on our team.”- Superintendent Ahmadi