...John Deasy was named Wednesday as the finalist to become superintendent of San Joaquin County’s largest school district.
“I’m thrilled to be taking the job,” Deasy, 58, said during a phone interview from Los Angeles. “I’m humbled, honored and very thankful for the board to consider me.”
Deasy’s career in education spans 35 years, with beginnings as a high school teacher, principal and several superintendent roles on both coasts.
Most recently, Deasy led Los Angeles Unified, the nation’s second-largest school district, from 2011 to 2014. Before that tenure, he served as superintendent in Prince George’s County Public Schools in Maryland from 2006 to 2008, Santa Monica-Malibu Unified from 2001 to 2006, and Coventry Public Schools in Rhode Island from 1996 to 2001.
After his time at LAUSD, he became superintendent consultant for the Broad Center, where he coaches current and emerging national education leaders, according to an online biography. He also maintains a management consulting practice and is active on a number of boards, including those of UnboundED, College Summit and Cambiar.
He is the board chairman of Reset: New Day, New Year, an alternative prison for young men, and editor-in-chief of “The Line,” a magazine dedicated to civil discourse on pressing social issues, education and social justice.
Born in Boston and raised both there and in Providence, Rhode Island, Deasy earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Providence College and a doctorate from the University of Louisville in Kentucky...
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