By Richard Bammer
Teacher and coach, union president, assistant principal, then principal, and, now, assistant superintendent for educational services for the third-largest school district in Solano County.
Vacaville High Principal Ed Santopadre will move into his new office in the Vacaville Unified Educational Services Center on May 1. He will replace Mark Frazier, the 12,600-student district’s longtime chief academic officer, who is stepping down for personal reasons, and, as Superintendent Jane Shamieh noted in a text message to The Reporter, “will return to his roots and passion for working directly with students as a school psychologist next fall.”
As principal, Santopadre earns about $125,000 annually and is expected to received a pay boost and a standard senior manager’s benefits package in his new job.