The Tustin Unified School District has appointed Dr. Grant Litfin, principal of Los Alamitos High School, as director of Secondary Education. According to a TUSD press release, he will officially begin working for the Tustin district on Sunday, July 1.
Litfin has worked in public education for 11 years. Prior to joining Tustin Unified, he served for three years as principal of Los Alamitos High School. He has also been a middle school science/technology teacher, assistant principal and principal in the Torrance Unified School District.
As principal of Los Alamitos High, Litfin expanded technology use at the school, implemented online learning systems in social science, established an athletics partnership with Oakley and increased Advanced Placement participation and pass rates, earning a national award for the school. He also served on the District’s Educational Technology Committee, traveled to China to establish a sister-school relationship between Los Alamitos and a school in Benbgu, China, and chaired the Los Alamitos Youth Center 60th annual campaign.
Litfin has established business partnerships in athletics and technology and won the Outstanding Volunteer Award in 2008 from the Torrance Chamber of Commerce.
Litfin, who is a marathon runner and musician, lives in San Pedro with his wife, Heather, and two children, Gwen and Gavin.
