Redondo Beach About Town
RBUSD administration
promotes from within,
bids farewell to Elward
At its Dec. 11 meeting, the Redondo Beach Unified School District’s Board of Education welcomed the promotion of two administrators within the district and the hiring of a new principal after the departure of a senior staffer to another LA County school district.
Dr. Anthony Taranto, most recently the head administrator of South Bay Adult School, and Susan Wildes, most recent Principal of Alta Vista Elementary School, have been promoted within the district. Taranto is RBUSD’s Executive Director of Student Services, while Wildes will become the district’s Executive Director of Student Services.
Taranto replaces Dr. Erik Elward, who has left the district to become an Assistant Superintendent with the Bellflower Unified School District, and held the job briefly after Dr. Nicole Wesley ascended to Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources in October.
Santa Sleigh Updates
Santa’s tour of Redondo Beach continues this week, with a Thursday night ride starting at South Irena Avenue and Palos Verdes Boulevard, snaking through the neighborhoods to end at Avenue H and Pacific Coast Highway.
Santa will also be making up two routes delayed by inclement weather on Saturday, starting at Pruitt and 190th Street and ending at 182nd Street and Inglewood Avenue; and Sunday, starting at 190th Street and Green Lane, and ending at Marshallfield Lane and Harkness Lane.
Santa’s Sleigh Tour of Redondo is backed by the Redondo Beach Police Officers Association, who accompany Santa on his ride across the city.