MBUSD’s Teachers of the Year are celebrated
by Mark McDermott John Bowes, the superintendent of Manhattan Beach Unified School District, began his career as a teacher in 1990. He worked for many years within the massive Los Angeles Unified School District. He’d eventually become a principal and later an LAUSD administrator, and later an assistant superintendent in Palos Verdes and finally a superintendent in Davis before taking the helm at MBUSD. But like most educators, teaching drew him into his career. These decades later, Bowes has been in thousands of classrooms. And a few months ago, at a school board meeting at the end of April in which the district honored its teachers of the year, Bowes made an emphatic admission of pure admiration. “I’ve had the good fortune to work for four really great districts,” Bowes said. “I’ve seen a lot of great teachers. But I can honestly say without hesitation that the best teaching I have seen in 35 years has been over the last four years here in Manhattan Beach Unified.” A teacher for each of MBUSD’s eight campuses was recognized. The MBUSD Teacher of the Year process is a rigorous one that engages many stakeholders, particularly fellow educators, and includes interviews and lesson…
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