OUSD Superintendent Larry Perondi has worked in the field of public education since 1975.   In July 2007, Mr. Perondi was named Superintendent of the Oceanside Unified School District.  Prior to his appointment, he served two years as the district’s deputy superintendent. 

Since taking over the helm of the district, Superintendent Perondi has been at the forefront of great facility change and steady and consistent academic achievement.  During the past seven consecutive years, the district’s Academic Performance Index (API) has increased yearly, with Superintendent Perondi overseeing this positive trend during five of those years.  Included in this annual growth, and under his leadership, is the trend-setting API score of 904 achieved by Ivey Ranch Elementary School in fall 2011, the first ever OUSD school to clear the 900 benchmark.

Further promoting academic achievement, Superintendent Perondi has led the district into an agreement with Cal State University San Marcos that will guarantee admission for any and all OUSD students who meet the admission requirements beginning with the OUSD graduating class of 2017.  This unique opportunity will allow OUSD students to continue their pursuit of higher education in their own backyard.  Superintendent Perondi previously helped establish a similar Compact for Success agreement between Sweetwater Union High School District, where he served as Director of Higher Academic Achievement Initiatives, and San Diego State University.

Likewise, Superintendent Perondi is responsible for bringing the Simon Family Foundation scholarship program into the district.  The foundation awards full scholarships to 20 OUSD students annually, with the district being one of only four regions in the country to participate in this one-of-a-kind scholarship program.  To date 40 OUSD students have received scholarships, with another 20 scholars already in the program, and 20 new scholars set to be added in spring 2012.

Following his strong belief to provide first class facilities for all students, Superintendent Perondi led the initiative that led to voter-approved Proposition H in June 2008.  The $195 million bond measure has helped modernize and refurbish a number of OUSD schools, including Del Rio and Santa Margarita Elementary schools and Lincoln Middle School.  Other schools currently undergoing modernization include Libby and North Terrace Elementary schools.  Additionally, both Oceanside and El Camino High schools have been fitted with state-of-the-art athletic and physical education facilities, while a new performing arts facility for OHS is in the development stages.

Throughout his distinguished career, Superintendent Perondi has worked as a classroom teacher, assistant principal, middle and high school principal and district level administrator.  In 2005, he was named both Administrator of the Year and District Management Employee of the Year in the Sweetwater Union High School District.   He completed his B.A. in Social Science at San Diego State University in 1974 and earned his master’s in Educational Administration from Azusa Pacific University in 1981.