Officials with the William S. Hart Union High School District announced Friday that former English teacher Julian Gomez had been named the new assistant principal for Bowman High School.

During their regular meeting Wednesday, the Hart District Governing Board approved the recommendation to name Gomez as the assistant principal for Bowman High School.

“We are delighted to welcome Julian Gomez to the Hart District family and we are excited to have him join the Bowman team,” Hart District Superintendent Mike Kuhlman said in a statement Friday. “He comes to us with outstanding experience in the area of alternative education and, perhaps most importantly, his background and life experience will help him connect with the very special population of students at the school.”

After earning both a Bachelor of Arts Degree in English and a Master’s Degree in Administration of Education from Cal State Northridge, Gomez began his career in 2000 as an English teacher at Chatsworth High School.

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“While at Chatsworth High, Mr. Gomez was also a Humanitas teacher and coordinator as well as Youth Crisis Intervention Coordinator, a football coach and a wrestling coach,” reads a statement issued by the district Friday.

Then, in 2006, Gomez became Dean of Students at Chatsworth High, a position he held until 2013 when he moved to Moorpark Unified School District. There, he served as an administrator overseeing many programs at Moorpark High, Moorpark Community Continuation High School and most recently Campus Canyon College Prep Academy. 

Additionally, Gomez has also served as the District School Attendance Review Board Chairperson.

He has participated in many training programs including crisis and anti-bullying training, and has been a guest lecturer at Cal Lutheran University, Loyola Marymount University, National University and parent empowerment workshops.

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