This past June, my Chief of Staff David Kooper left my office to take over as Principal at Gulf Avenue Elementary School in Wilmington. He has helped the Board of Education develop innovative District policies and procedures as well as been a great friend to the schools and communities of Board District 7.
His new assignment began July 1st and he has hit the ground running. Gulf Avenue Elementary School is an elementary school with a student population of over 1000 students. Thankfully, the “Harry Bridges Span School” will open next year which will allow Gulf Avenue Elementary School to return to a traditional calendar school with about 250 less students on campus.
David is an exceptional leader who possesses the skills required to continue the significant academic progress happening at Gulf over the past decade. This past week, the LAUSD learned that Gulf had reached an Academic Performance Index score of 805! Gulf now joins Wilmington Park Elementary School and Hawaiian Elementary Schools as 800 schools in Wilmington.
I wish David the best of luck this year at Gulf and thank him for the wonderful job he did representing the constituents of the Los Angeles Unified School District as my Chief of Staff.
