Office of Education

Welcome to the Shasta County Office of Education!

My name is Mike Freeman and I am proud to be the Shasta County Superintendent of Schools. On behalf of the more than 400 employees here at the Shasta County Office of Education, I want to thank you for visiting our site. Whether you are a parent, an educator, a community member, a current partner, or a future partner, we hope that you find the information that you are looking for. 

While I have you here, let me brag a bit about our county. Shasta County is an amazing place. It is home to more than 37,000 children, from infants and toddlers to high school seniors. And as far as we are concerned at SCOE, every child matters. Our schools across the county have incredible staff who step up every day to work with families to meet the needs of students and help amazing things happen for kids. We all work together to ensure that every student has every option available to them in their future. Whether it is in the classroom, on the bus, on the playground, in the cafeteria, or in the boardroom, you will not find a more caring and committed group of people than the educators that make up the school community here in Shasta County.

Here at the Shasta County Office of Education, we strive to be leaders in educational excellence, offering support to schools and community to ensure Shasta County students receive a quality education preparing them for high school graduation and success in career and college. We take our responsibility to be of service very seriously. What we do, why we do it, and how we do it all matter here at SCOE. We consistently aim to align our day to day actions with our core values and when that happens we unlock our real superpower for doing work that matters and impacts those who we serve. 

One of our core values is to aspire to improve and innovate. Our students, families, and school staff deserve our very best and we know that there is always something that we can do to get better. If you have ideas, suggestions, or even critical feedback that can help us improve, I invite you to reach out to me and let me know. Better yet, let’s set up a time to sit down and talk about it. If you are a community partner that would like to join arms in the work to help Shasta County kids be the best that they can be, then let’s make that happen sooner than later. I love the quote from Eric Liu that says, “The only good things that have happened have happened because people came together in a way where they took responsibility for each other and with each other.” I believe that’s true. As we come together with the needs of all of our students and families as the focus of our conversations, good things – even great things – will happen. Let’s jump all in together and bring everything we got. Let’s come together and make the 37,000 kids in Shasta County our only agenda. There is plenty of opportunity to make a difference and I cannot wait to see what we can do together.

After all, anything is possible. Who’s in?