Trustees hired Smith for several reasons, but based on OC Register report, reform mandate issues were ignored

Sam Miller, The Orange County Register “Smith, who had been chief in Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified, was hired in March to help the district put the tumultuous summer in the past, to rehabilitate its relationship with the community and to keep the schools’ focus on learning.”

Miller is the south-county education reporter for the Orange County Register.