Carolee Ogata is set to succeed Clint Harwick as superintendent of the Huntington Beach Union High School District. Her appointment will likely come at the May 14 school board meeting, the district said.
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Shannon Atkins was in a bicycle accident in 2016 and sustained injuries that hampered her ability to teach math at Fountain Valley High.
“I didn’t walk for a year,” she said. “My doctor wanted me to stay out [of class] for at least three months, and I went back after three weeks. I still have the effects of that bad decision.”
Atkins, who has taught at Fountain Valley since 2009 as part of a 21-year teaching career, was determined not to make the same mistake when coming back to the classroom during the coronavirus pandemic. She said she has an underlying medical condition that makes her at risk of contracting the coronavirus.