Members

Jose “Joe” Berrios was a teacher and sports coach in the Victor Valley Union High School District for 37 years before retiring and winning a seat on the Board of Trustees. A 40-year resident of the area, he served as the Victor Valley Teachers Association president for five years. Berrios began another four-year term 2024.

Kent Crosby was a longtime teacher at Victor Valley High School as a well as a Victor Valley Teachers Association leader before becoming Principal of Lakeview Leadership Academy. He led the newly established Victor Valley Virtual Academy in the 2020-21 school year before retiring from the district. A longtime local resident, he was elected to the Board in 2022.

Penny Edmiston is a three-decade resident of the Victor Valley, coming to the area not long after graduating from Arizona State University. She has dedicated her life to education as an elementary school teacher, teaching grades 3-6 in the Victor Elementary School District. She joined the Victor Valley Union High School District Board of Trustees in 2014.

Rosalio "Rosie" Hinojos is a 1961 graduate of Victor Valley High School who retired after a long career with Southwest Gas. He was appointed as a VVUHSD Trustee in April 2016 and served on the Board until December of that same year. He also briefly served on the VVUHSD Personnel Commission before it was dissolved during the 2021-22 school year. He was elected to the Board in 2022. 

Ken Larson is a 35-year resident of the High Desert. In addition to his career as a general and plumbing contractor, Larson has devoted 26 years of his life to education in various roles including career technical education teacher, administrator and board member (including stints with VVUHSD and the San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools). He was elected in 2024.