Bay View Academy has acting principal

Veteran educator John Favero has been named interim principal at Bay View Academy charter.

Favero retired in 2009 as director of curriculum and instruction for the Salinas Union High School District after 35 years of service with the district. He had previously served as summer school coordinator and as acting principal at Salinas Union High School.

Favero will be at the helm of Bay View “until we can launch an in-depth search for a new administrator,” said Brian Greenshields, president of the Bay View Academy board. “I don’t know how long that’s going to take.”

Inaugural principal Mitchell Barlas parted ways with Bay View after less than two months into the school year. Bay View Academy was opened by a group of parents from Bay View Elementary who were unhappy with Monterey Peninsula Unified School District for its decision to close the school.