Joe Lucente

Board Chair, Retired Executive Director of Fenton
Fenton Charter Public Schools

Joe Lucente is a pioneer in the charter school movement having led the conversion of Fenton Avenue Elementary in 1993. Once considered one of the worst elementary schools in LAUSD, Fenton Avenue Charter School became a California Distinguished School and a national model of a successful conversion charter school honored by the White House, U.S. Congress and California Legislature. Joe served as President of the California Network of Educational Charters (CANEC), the predecessor of the California Charter Schools Association (CCSA). Joe serves as Chairman of the Board of Fenton Charter Public Schools that operates five charter schools authorized by LAUSD.

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