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# Talarico receives new job
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/talarico-receives-new-job/
- Published: 2008-05-31T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T19:44:41.000Z
- Author: Melody Hanatani
- Tags: Education, Santa Monica, #archive-import

SMMUSD HDQTRS Less than two years into her term, Superintendent Dianne Talarico on Friday was tapped to head the Burlingame School District, her departure the latest in an exodus of top administrators over the past few years.

The announcement comes more than a week after Talarico reportedly told a group of parents she received an offer to oversee a district in Northern California, hoping to move to the San Francisco Bay Area where her husband works as a specialist in school business services. The name of the district was withheld pending its governing board appointment, which took place Friday morning.

“It was my intention to obtain a better balance between my professional and personal life and I really wanted to return to a school district that would allow me to live with my husband and get the support that one needs when serving in a leadership capacity,” Talarico said. “There are complex and difficult positions that we choose for ourselves as school superintendents, but it always helps to have a listening ear.”

Talarico and her husband will reside in between their respective commutes to work — hers being about 15 miles south and his about eight miles north.

Her exit is among a number of resignations by top administrators the past several years, including former Superintendent John Deasy, Chief Academic Officer Donna Muncey and former Santa Monica High School Principal and Senior Director of Secondary Education Ilene Straus in 2006\. Mike Matthews, who served as an interim superintendent and left in 2006, returned last year to serve as the assistant superintendent for human services. The most recent departure was Deputy Superintendent Tim Walker, who resigned earlier this month.

Located in San Mateo County, the Burlingame School District is a small K-8 organization with roughly 2,400 students,

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on May 31, 2008.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/053108.pdf?ref=smdp.com)