Spark Charter School's governing board appointed William Overton as principal and superintendent during its meeting Monday evening, replacing Danni Tsai, board president Alexandra Zdravkovic said in an email. Spark Charter opened in August and serves roughly students in kindergarten through sixth grade at Morse Ave. Overton's appointment, effective today, comes three weeks after the arrest of year-old Jonathan Chow, a part-time lunch monitor and extended care teacher's assistant, Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety officials said.
Chow, a Cupertino resident, was taken into custody Sept. Two days later, the Santa Clara County Office of Education went to the campus and learned Spark Charter staff could not verify its employees went through background checks and tuberculosis tests, county Superintendent Jon Gundry said. The county office called on the school to close and meet the requirements as soon as possible or have their charter revoked, Gundry said. Spark Charter closed at the end of the day on Sept. Overton brings more than 35 years of experience from the Palo Alto Unified School District, where he was a teacher and administrator.
He has been an educational consultant and presented on numerous topics including social-emotional learning, project-based learning and neuroscience in education, Zdravkovic said. Overton will be replacing Tsai, "who resigned last week to spend more time with her family and explore other opportunities," Zdravkovic said. Welcome, Mickey.
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