Redondo Unified’s Ricardo Gallegos: The hands of the District
Though Ricardo Gallegos, executive assistant to the Superintendent and School Board of the Redondo Unified School District, doesn’t work directly with students, everything that happens in his district comes across his desk. Photo Redondo Beach Unified School District Superintendent Dr. Steven Keller was in the middle of his presentation at Redondo Beach’s State of Education event when, as he thanked the many players who made the night possible, he pointed out a man who is often in the background. “Thanks to Ricardo Gallegos, who is both my left and right hand, and the board’s left and right hand,” Keller said. Gallegos laughed, flattered by his boss’s compliment. His job in Redondo Beach, as executive assistant to both Keller and the district’s school board, is actually his third stop in education, and his third working with Keller. The two initially crossed paths in Gallegos’s hometown of Baldwin Park. At the time, Keller was the district’s director of student achievement. Gallegos was working as an education liaison for the Baldwin Park Unified School District, and was considered among the “movers and shakers” of the department. “He liked that, he saw that we were invested in…
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