At the August 18, 2010 meeting of the Fontana Unified School District Board of Education, the Board approved Mr. Alejandro Alvarez as the new Associate Superintendent of Business Services.

Mr. Alvarez was born in East Los Angeles and grew up in the city of Maywood, a small community in Los Angeles County. He attended the University of California, Riverside where he earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology Law and Society. He continued his education and received a Master’s in Education from Harvard University and a Master’s in Administration from Azusa Pacific University.

“I never thought about going into education until my third year at UCR,” said he said. “I was asked to tutor incoming freshman and found that I really enjoyed it.” Mr. Alvarez says that his entire educational career has been here in Fontana. He began at Tokay Elementary School, where he worked as a classroom teacher for four years. He was soon promoted to Assistant Principal and served at West Randall and Palmetto Elementary Schools for three years and Principal at Poplar Elementary School for four years. For the past three years, Mr. Alvarez has been the Director of Certificated Human Resources.

Mr. Alvarez will be taking over the position left vacant after the retirement of Dr. Richard Stedry at the end of the 2009-10 school year. “I plan on being the Associate Superintendent of Business Services as long as the district is willing to keep me,” he said.

“I am so pleased to announce Mr. Alvarez as Fontana’s new Associate Superintendent of Business Services,” said Superintendent Cali Olsen-Binks. “He’s already shown that he’s a proven leader in the various positions he has held at Fontana Unified. I’m confident that he’s the right person to guide us through any fiscal challenges that may come our way.”

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