John A. Roach Ed. D., Superintendent - Email - Ph: (760) 331-5002
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Dr. John A. Roach, Ed.D. was hired by the Board of Trustees on April 17, 2004 as the Carlsbad Unified School District Superintendent.

Kelli Moors, Board Member, indicated at the time he was selected, "Dr. Roach was selected from an outstanding field of candidates. He has demonstrated the ability to build on the strengths of a supportive school community by providing vision, leadership and inspiration. Dr. Roach has embraced the vision of the Carlsbad Unified School District and has been working as a member of the Governance Team in conjunction with the members of the Board of Trustees to implement that vision to bring world class status to Carlsbad. He is very proud of the support the community provided to get Proposition P, a $198 million bond, passed. The District is completely modernizing its high school and building a second high school. It has thoroughly modernized four elementary schools and a middle school and added twelve classrooms to another middle school. Dr. Roach is eager for the construction to draw to a close so that all students are learning in high quality 21st century classrooms.

Academic performance has grown in the years of his superintendency. Dr. Roach was selected as the ACSA Region 18 Superintendent of the Year for 2010.

Dr. Roach earned a Bachelor of Arts in English from Loyola University in 1972, a Master of Arts in English from Loyola Marymount University in 1978 and his Doctorate in Educational Administration from the University of Southern California in 1988.

Dr. Roach and his wife Johanna reside in Carlsbad. They have three children.