Santa Paula Unified School District
Estela Sandoval Yanez is an experienced educator with a career spanning over two decades. Currently serving as an Elementary School Teacher at Santa Paula Unified School District since July 2021, Estela previously taught at Camino Nuevo Charter Academy from August 2002 to July 2021 and worked as an Educator in Lynwood School District from September 1999 to June 2002. Estela holds a Master's degree in Elementary Education and Teaching from Loyola Marymount University, earned between 2000 and 2002, and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of California, Berkeley, obtained from 1993 to 1997.
Santa Paula Unified School District
Santa Paula Unified School District The Santa Paula Unified School District was approved by the voters in November 2012, and began operation on July 1, 2013. The new District operates an early childhood education program, six K-5 elementary schools, one 6-8 middle school, one comprehensive high school and one continuation high school. Approximately 535 certificated and classified employees serve 5,500 students on a budget of $55 million. Santa Paula Unified is proud to be the home of the National MESA Champions, the Migrant Speech/Debate Winners, a CSBA Golden Bell Award recipient, two award winning academic academies, and a National Blue Ribbon School (Grace Thille Elementary). In addition, both high schools were recently awarded six year accreditations as well as a new track and field facility and a state of the art science/technology building on the campus of Santa Paula High School.