New HBCSD superintendent met by COVID, back to school challenges
SHARE Jason Johnson became Superintendent of the Hermosa Beach City School District on July 1. Photo by Philicia Endelman
Jason Johnson became Superintendent of the Hermosa Beach City School District on July 1. Photo by Philicia Endelman
Jason Johnson became Superintendent of the Hermosa Beach City School District on July 1, as coronavirus caseloads were increasing in California’s second wave, and spring hopes of a fall return to in-person instruction were looking increasingly unlikely. The pressure over the return to campuses has not abated for Johnson, a product of South Bay schools who took office at 35, relatively young for a superintendent.