Santa Maria Joint Union High School District
Education Administration ProgramsCalifornia, United States201-500 Employees
Santa Maria Joint Union High School District is a mid-sized educational administration organization that manages the public high schools in northern Santa Barbara County and oversees the district's Career Technical Education Center. Based in Santa Maria, California, the district serves local students by coordinating its high school network and Career Technical Education offerings. With a workforce in the hundreds, it reflects the scale of administering multiple secondary schools in the region. Recent developments include the July 2024 resignation of board president Diana Perez, who left the district to pursue a bid for the city’s mayoral seat; incumbent Alice Patino is seeking a third term. In 2022, Paul Robinson, the district’s director of career technical education, received the Star Administrator Award at the California FFA Leadership Conference in Sacramento.