Oxnard Union High School District trustees have named a Burbank administrator as their new superintendent.
After a closed session Saturday, the board announced it had appointed Gabe Soumakian to the post. Soumakian is an assistant superintendent in the Burbank Unified School District.
“He was the best qualified of the candidates,” said board President Socorro Lopez Hanson. He has worked with diverse student populations, similar to Oxnard Union’s, and has a lot of experience in education, including with technology, she said.
The board voted 4-0 to appoint him to the job. Trustee Steve Stocks was in Montana…