Dr. Colleen Hawkins

The Saugus Union School District Governing Board announced Thursday the selection of Dr. Colleen Hawkins as the next Superintendent of the Saugus Union School District. Dr. Hawkins’ selection is subject to a vote by the governing board to approve her employment contract at its upcoming regular meeting on May 15, 2018.

Dr. Hawkins is currently the Assistant Superintendent of Educational Services for Compton Unified School District having started there in September 2015. Prior to CUSD, Dr. Hawkins held the same and other positions with West Covina Unified School District. From 2002 to 2013 Dr. Hawkins worked for Corona Norco Unified School District. She began her career in education at Fontana Unified School District as an elementary school teacher in 1993.

Dr. Hawkins received her Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership from the University of Southern California, and her Master of Arts in Educational Administration and undergraduate degrees from California State University, San Bernardino.

Beginning July 1, 2018, Dr. Hawkins will succeed retiring Superintendent Dr. Joan Lucid. Dr. Lucid has had a distinguished career with the district over 37 years beginning as a classroom teacher in 1981, and then as a project coordinator, principal, assistant superintendent of education services and the last 7 years as superintendent.

The governing board hired the search consulting firm McPherson & Jacobsen to assist with the process of attracting and screening top candidates and conducting a comprehensive series of stakeholder input meetings and interview days to ensure all stakeholder groups were represented throughout the process.

The governing board would also like to thank all of the community members that participated in the superintendent search process by responding to the survey, attending the stakeholder meetings and serving on the interview panel. Your help was most appreciated.