Socorro ISD Superintendent Leaving For Job In California
Socorro ISD Superintendent, Dr. Xavier De La Torre announced on Thursday he is leaving the district at the conclusion of the school year. He has been selected to serve as the County Superintendent in Santa Clara County.
He will oversee 31 superintendents, their respective school districts, and the nearly 250,000 students they serve in the Silicon Valley of Northern California.
“It is with mixed emotions that I announce my intention to leave the Socorro Independent School District,” said Dr. De La Torre in a letter addressed to the “Socorro ISD Family”. “Serving as the superintendent of schools for Socorro ISD over the past three years has been the most rewarding and fulfilling experience of my professional career.”
Dr. De La Torre took the helm of Socorro ISD on June 15, 2009. Under his leadership, Socorro ISD was named a Finalist for the national Broad Prize for Urban Education two straight years and has earned a Texas Education Agency Recognized rating three consecutive years. In 2011, he rallied community support to pass a $297.4 million bond program that will ensure the District’s continued success as it welcomes some 5,000 students over the next four years.
“I am grateful to the Board of Trustees who consistently provided extraordinary leadership, counsel, and support during my tenure. They are a dedicated and caring group of individuals who should serve as a model for other governance teams,” Dr. De La Torre said. “I will miss the unparalleled support and expertise that I received from my Cabinet and District Leadership Team. I am genuinely convinced that the Socorro ISD has the greatest principals and teachers in Texas.”
“And finally, to all the teachers, support staff, students, their families, and the community, thank you for having embraced my family and for having entrusted me to lead the Socorro ISD on your behalf,” he added.
Dr. De La Torre will continue to serve as superintendent through June 30, 2012.
“I am fully committed to seeing through the successful completion of the 2011-12 school year here in Socorro ISD,” Dr. De La Torre concluded. “There is much work to be done on behalf of our more than 43,000 students.”
