Taft City School District
Lori Slaven currently serves as an Adjunct Professor at the University of La Verne since August 2023 and has held the position of Superintendent for the Taft City School District since June 2022. Prior experience includes serving as Superintendent/Principal for the Hughes-Elizabeth Lakes Union School District from August 2016 to June 2022, and Principal at Merced City School District from January 2004 to July 2016, where additional roles included Learning Director and Early Reading First Coordinator. Lori Slaven has also contributed as an Adjunct Professor at Brandman University from 2010 to 2014 and co-owned Sullivan and Slaven Learning Systems SES Provider from January 2004 to August 2007. Earlier career experience includes serving as Vice President of Educational Services at The Literacy Connection from June 1997 to January 2004 and working as a Teacher in Madera Unified School District from August 1990 to July 1997. Educational qualifications include degrees from the University of La Verne and California State University, Fresno.
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Taft City School District
The Taft City School District is located in the extreme western portion of Kern County and comprises an area of approximately 116 square miles. The area now in the Taft City School District at one time was a part of the Buena Vista School District. Then in 1903, the Midway district was formed. The Conley School District was formed from territory formerly included in the Midway School district on February 5, 1909. The first teacher of the K-8 school was Dulcie Green. During this school year the "blowing in" of the famous Lakeview gusher on March 14, 1910, caused the enrollment to increase and at the end of the first school year there were 90 students enrolled. Its first district clerk was G. W. Parish. The district was named for John W. Conley, a holder of extensive oil property in the area.