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New Stockton Mayor Kevin Lincoln found out right away that when you run for public office and you actually enter office “there’s no honeymoon period.”
“It is straight to work. Not only did my team have to get acclimated with City Hall and everything that’s going on, but we had to start making decisions right away,” he said. “It was just really important for us to hit the ground running.”
Former Monterey County superintendent named acting head of Stockton Unified [The Record, Stockton, Calif]
John Ramirez Jr. is in charge of the Stockton Unified School District, but it is not a permanent appointment. At least not yet.
In a closed meeting of SUSD trustees, Ramirez was voted in as the acting superintendent in place of an ailing Brian Biedermann, who is out on medical leave and scheduled to leave his post as interim superintendent on Feb. 25. Ramirez may end up with the interim title, or even be named permanent leader of the district, but there’s more to the process.