{"id":37296,"date":"2026-03-30T08:32:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T15:32:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goodnews.pylusd.org\/?p=37296"},"modified":"2026-03-30T08:32:39","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T15:32:39","slug":"video-maria-montalvo-is-a-2026-manager-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goodnews.pylusd.org\/?p=37296","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: Maria Montalvo is a 2026 Manager of the Year!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Maria Montalvo is a 2026 Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District (PYLUSD) Manager of the Year! Maria serves as a Psychologist at Valencia High School in Placentia. This video recaps the day PYLUSD executive leadership members and her colleagues surprised her with the news. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cShe exemplifies excellence through her deep expertise in student assessment and her genuine ability to connect with families during challenging times,&#8221; shared Assistant Principal Cheralynn Johnson. &#8220;Her collaboration is evident in how she partners with case carriers, aides, and administrators, serving as a trusted advisor whom staff regularly seek out for guidance. She demonstrates integrity by advocating fiercely for student well-being and ensuring every child receives the support they deserve, never taking shortcuts in her work. Her innovation shows in how she approaches each student&#8217;s unique needs with a fresh perspective, finding creative solutions to help struggling students succeed while strengthening our school culture.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This video was created by the El Dorado High School Digital Media Arts Academy (DMAA) under the direction of teacher, Mark Switzer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Maria Montalvo: 2026 PYLUSD Manager of the Year\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pjuJ6vZxVDk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maria Montalvo is a 2026 Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District (PYLUSD) Manager of the Year! Maria serves as a Psychologist at Valencia High School in&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":37298,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1177],"tags":[13],"class_list":["post-37296","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-high-school","tag-valencia-high-school"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodnews.pylusd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37296","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodnews.pylusd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodnews.pylusd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodnews.pylusd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodnews.pylusd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=37296"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/goodnews.pylusd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37296\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37297,"href":"https:\/\/goodnews.pylusd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37296\/revisions\/37297"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodnews.pylusd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/37298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodnews.pylusd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=37296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodnews.pylusd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=37296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodnews.pylusd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=37296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}