Popular Martinez Schools Superintendent Hired To Lead Fremont USD

By Sam Richards Bay City News Foundation

MARTINEZ, CA — Christopher "CJ" Cammack, who has been superintendent of the Martinez Unified School District for the past four years, will become the next superintendent of the Fremont Unified School District, both districts announced Wednesday night.

Cammack, 42, was formally named the new Fremont superintendent by that district's board Wednesday night. Cammack moves from a district with eight schools and about 4,200 students to one with 42 schools and more than 35,000 students.

In a statement Wednesday night, he called his new job "a tremendous privilege and an exciting new challenge." He is set to formally begin his new job Aug. 1.

Cammack said that before he leaves the Martinez district, he will complete school reopening plans created in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Those plans are scheduled to be presented at a special school board meeting Monday, and could be approved at another special meeting July 20.

Cammack, who has been the Martinez schools superintendent since August 2016, began his career as an elementary teacher in the Mount Diablo Unified School District while also coaching baseball at Head-Royce School in Oakland. He has worked most of the past 13 years in the Martinez school district, as a middle school vice principal and elementary school principal before being named director of student services/special education and later assistant superintendent of administrative services before being named district superintendent. He also had a brief stint as assistant superintendent of human resources for the San Ramon Valley Unified School District.

Martinez school board President Jonathan Wright said in a statement Wednesday night that Cammack has been an integral part of the Martinez community, and called him "our collective mentor, colleague and friend."

“Superintendent Cammack has devoted himself, heart and soul, to the needs of our students and staff," Wright said. "He has performed yeoman's work to ensure our budgets have remained balanced in spite of reduced funding and growing unfunded liabilities.

"You are leaving Martinez in better shape than you found it," said Wright, who also noted the district will begin the search for Cammack's successor immediately.

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