During her earliest childhood years before ever setting foot in a classroom, Irma Muñoz had learned a math lesson taught by her parents: Education equals empowerment.Growing up under the wise tutelage of her mother and father, who immigrated from Mexico to Southern California for a brighter family future, Muñoz, the new principal at Piedmont’s Millennium High School, benefited from early-learning English programs.
After eight years at Piedmont High, Muñoz was named Millennium High’s principal in May. Millennium is an alternative school with five classrooms on Piedmont High’s campus. Established in 2000 and often mistakenly believed to be a continuation school, even by people who live nearby and whose children attend Piedmont High, Millennium offers courses approved by the University of California and California State University systems that prepare students for four-year college eligibility.
Muñoz says many people today recognize that comprehensive high schools can be challenging and some students do not thrive in large environments. For students who benefit from individual attention and a smaller campus, Millennium is meant to a place that lets them maximize their learning potential. “I’ll be teaching the Leadership Associated Student Body class. As a principal I represent several layers — I keep the school going, implement rules. In the classroom, kids see you as something other than disciplinary. I can be a counselor, teacher, mentor. It will help me build relationships with kids faster than if I was just in the office.”
In light of the DEI work the district has done to date, Muñoz says the educational first step for a school district’s population is always self-inspection.
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