Ray Cortines got his start at Covina High School in or around 1963. I graduated in 1964. He was kind of a smarmy, slicky boy then, who tried to be all the popular kids (read cute cheerleaders, songleaders etc) coolest buddies. At that point, he was the slickest, best dressed mexican/American I ever saw. He had the glib talk to match and had every District bigwig eating out of his hand. By the way, I never saw him schmoozing with any mexican/American students. I never did trust him.
Logical he went far in the professional 'education' field in California.
Nam Vet
All this for the worse schools in the country...... wow.