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Charter School Division Staff

Description of region assignments with corresponding staff.

Carol Barkley, Director

California Department of Education

Charter Schools Division

1430 N Street, Room 5401

Sacramento, CA 95814

Phone: 916-322-6029         Fax: 916-322-1465

E-mail: charters@cde.ca.gov

Lynn Hile, Executive Secretary

Joanne Knieriem, Office Technician

Christine Simonoff, Office Technician

(Regions are based on the California County Superintendents Statewide County Regions)

Service Region Counties Served Consultant Contact Information

Region 1 - North Coast

Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, Mendocino, Sonoma

Keith Edmonds

916-327-4628
kedmonds@cde.ca.gov

Region 2 - Northeastern

Butte, Glen, Lassen Modoc, Plumas, Shasta, Siskiyou, Tehama, Trinity

Keith Edmonds

916-327-4628
kedmonds@cde.ca.gov

Region 3 - Capital

Alpine, Colusa, El Dorado, Nevada, Placer, Sacramento, Sierra, Sutter, Yolo, Yuba

Deborah Probst

916-445-1014
dprobst@cde.ca.gov

Region 4 - Bay Area

Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Solano

To Be Determined

916-322-6029
csimonoff@cde.ca.gov

Region 5 - Delta Sierra

Amador, Calaveras, Fresno, Kings, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, Tulare, Tuolomne

Joan Strohauer

916-319-0233
jstrohau@cde.ca.gov

Region 6 - South Bay

Kern, Monterey, San Benito, San Luis Obsipo, Santa Barbara, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Ventura

Oluwole Olukoya

916-327-5929
oolukoya@cde.ca.gov

Region 7 - Los Angeles

Los Angeles

To Be Determined

916-322-6029 csimonoff@cde.ca.gov

Region 8 - Southern

Imperial, Inyo, Mono, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego

Gary Page

916-445-7689
gpage@cde.ca.gov

Questions: Charter School Staff | charters@cde.ca.gov | 916-322-6029 
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