The Kim Linz era begins at MBUSD
Drop-off time at local schools is a community ritual in Manhattan Beach. Within the parent community, it’s when everybody sees everybody. It’s the visible part of the village raising its own, together, morning after morning, part celebration and part workaday routine. Last Thursday morning at Pennekamp Elementary, a familiar face leaned into arriving vehicles, helping bring the kids from the car to the curb. She wore a neon yellow safety vest with lettering stitched across the chest: Dr. Kim Linz, Superintendent. “The look of surprise on not just the kids, but the parents’ faces, that the superintendent is valeting the car — it’s fun,” said Linz. Linz officially took the helm of Manhattan Beach Unified School District on July 1, but she isn’t new to the community. She spent 10 years as a principal at Pacific Elementary and Manhattan Beach Middle School, leaving in 2018 to become Chief Business Officer at El Segundo Unified. Her return to MBUSD has provided, by all accounts, a welcome jolt of new energy. “It absolutely is a breath of fresh air,” said Hilary Mahan, executive director of the Manhattan Beach Education Foundation. “And the best part about it is that it doesn’t feel…
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