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Sac City Superintendent Makes Changes - Sacramento News Story - KCRA Sacramento

Sac City Superintendent Makes Changes - Sacramento News Story - KCRA Sacramento

Sac City Superintendent Makes Changes

Jonathan Raymond Hired Last Year

POSTED: 5:03 pm PDT September 27, 2010
UPDATED: 7:13 pm PDT September 27, 2010

It didn't take long for the Sacramento City Unified School District to feel its new leader's presence.

When Jonathan Raymond was hired as superintendent 15 months ago, he came in with a mandate and a tougher way of getting things done.

Raymond immediately labeled six schools as chronically under-performing and took action. He said there would be no more excuses for children failing, even in poor neighborhoods.

The superintendent says his biggest challenge is r