Cover page photo by Nathan Quevedo Public Information Officer Directory printed by Doug Huggins Merced County Office of Education Print Shop Please forward any updates/corrections/changes of school directory to Yolanda Campos Assistant to the Superintendent & Community Liaison Table of Contents 2 Merced County Office of Education Values and Mission .................................................................................................................. 5 An Overview ............................................................................................................................ 7 Organizational Chart ................................................................................................................ 8 Complex Map .......................................................................................................................... 9 County Superintendent’s Office ........................................................................................................ 10 Cabinet .............................................................................................................................................. 10 Merced County Board of Education .................................................................................................. 10 Virginia Smith Scholarship Trust ...................................................................................................... 10 Legal Counsel – Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Ruud and Romo .......................................................... 11 Merced County Committee on School District Organization ............................................................ 11 Merced County School Boards Association (MCSBA) ..................................................................... 11 Merced County Board of Supervisors ............................................................................................... 11 California Department of Education (CDE) ...................................................................................... 12 California School Employees Association (CSEA) ........................................................................... 12 California Teachers Association (CTA) ............................................................................................ 12 Legislators ........................................................................................................................................ 13 Merced School Employees Federal Credit Union ............................................................................. 14 Educational Employees Credit Union ............................................................................................... 15 Directory of Services - MCOE ........................................................................................................ 17 Merced County Office of Education Departments Business Services ................................................................................................................... 27 Career and Alternative Education .......................................................................................... 29 Early Education ..................................................................................................................... 33 Human Resources .................................................................................................................. 35 Instructional Services ............................................................................................................. 36 Special Education .................................................................................................................. 39 Merced County School Districts Atwater Elementary ............................................................................................................... 45 Ballico-Cressey Elementary ................................................................................................... 47 Delhi Unified ......................................................................................................................... 48 Dos Palos-Oro Loma Joint Unified ........................................................................................ 50 El Nido Elementary ............................................................................................................... 51 Gustine Unified ...................................................................................................................... 52 Hilmar Unified ....................................................................................................................... 54 Le Grand Union Elementary .................................................................................................. 56 Le Grand Union High ............................................................................................................ 57 Livingston Union Elementary ................................................................................................ 58 Los Banos Unified ................................................................................................................. 60 McSwain Union Elementary .................................................................................................. 62 Merced City Elementary ........................................................................................................ 63 Merced River Union Elementary ........................................................................................... 66 Merced Union High ............................................................................................................... 67 Plainsburg Union Elementary ................................................................................................ 69 Planada Elementary ............................................................................................................... 70 Snelling-Merced Falls Union Elementary .............................................................................. 71 Weaver Union ........................................................................................................................ 72 Winton Elementary ................................................................................................................ 73 Merced County Higher Education Merced Community College District ..................................................................................... 77 University of California, Merced ........................................................................................... 78 Index ................................................................................................................................................. 79 3 4 5 6 An MCOE Overview The Merced County Office of Education (MCOE) serves as an intermediate unit between the California Department of Education and the 20 local school districts. MCOE staff promotes student success by helping Merced County’s 20 school districts serve more than 55,000 K-12 students of all abilities through assistance with curriculum and instruction, career and alternative education, business services, technology, special education, and teacher credentialing. MCOE will continue to focus on improving its work with school districts on behalf of students. ______________________________________________ Student Services and Programs • Audiovisual and Library • Child Care Support Services • Camp Green Meadows • Head Start Program • Juvenile Court School • Merced Scholars Charter School • METV – Educational Television • Migrant Education • Regional Occupational Program (ROP) • Special Education • Valley Community Schools ______________________________________________ District Support Services • Bilingual/Bicultural Education • Budget Assistance and Oversight • Credentials Applications • Curriculum and Instruction • Data Processing • Payroll • Printing • Professional Development • Technology Support • Warehouse and Purchasing 7 Steven E. Gomes, Ed.D. County Superintendent of Schools Voters of Merced County Merced County Board of Education Mary Ellen Chavez – Area 2 Steven E. Gomes, Ed.D. Evelyn Eagleton – Area 1 Merced County Superintendent of Schools (209) 381-6601 Gloria Honey – Area 3 Fred Honoré – Area 4 mailto:[email protected] David March – Area 5 Yolanda Campos Lee Lor Steven E. Gomes, Ed.D. Assistant to the Superintendent & Assistant to the Superintendent & Virginia Smith Trust Community Liaison Community Liaison (209) 381-6604 (209) 381-6603 (209) 381-6601 mailto:[email protected] mailto:[email protected] mailto:[email protected] Nathan Quevedo Misty Key Tomi White Public Information Officer Assistant Superintendent Executive Secretary (209) 381-6759 Business Services (209) 381-6736 mailto:[email protected] (209) 381-6725 mailto:[email protected] mailto:[email protected] Holly Newlon Ceci Perez Assistant Superintendent Executive Secretary Career & Alternative Education (209) 381-6678 The Cabinet (209) 381-6740 mailto:[email protected] mailto:[email protected] Eva Christie Hendricks Chavez Lupe Luna Assistant Superintendent Executive Secretary Early Education Kathy Susan (209) 381-6794, x6126 (209) 381-6794, x6126 Pon Coston mailto:[email protected] mailto:[email protected] Steven E. Gomes Eva Chavez Christie Holly Hendricks Newlon Assistant Superintendent Loretta Contreras Human Resources Executive Secretary Misty (209) 381-6627 (209) 381-6627 Key mailto:[email protected] mailto:[email protected] Kathy Pon, Ed.D. Deserie