Mary Gaukel Forster, Principal . . . . . . . This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Mary Gaukel Forster has been a teacher and an administrator for over 23 years. She has taught grades 1-12 and has been an elementary principal, a high school assistant principal, an alternative school principal and a director of curriculum and instruction. Mary holds a Masters Degree in Educational Leadership from Santa Clara University, a Teaching Credential and a Bachelors Degree in English and Spanish from San Jose State University. As an alternative principal, Mary created, staffed and opened a high school program and a middle school.

Mary was named the Alternative Administrator of the Year, 1996/97, by the Association of California School Administrators (ACSA), Region X. She is a representative to the ACSA state level Educational Options committee. In addition, Mary has served as an educational consultant to the Pajaro Valley Student Assistance and Prevention Program and as a member of the Monterey Bay Regional Partnership (School to Career), the Cabrillo College Articulation Committee, California Department of Education Department Drop-out Prevention Team, and the Pajaro Valley Healthy Start Collaborative Committee.