Camp Pendleton, CA

SCHOOL LIAISON OFFICE
Commanding Officer
Attn: CPLO
Marine Corps Base
Box 555010
Camp Pendleton, CA 92055-5010

LtCol Sam Pelham
Deputy CPLO
School Liaison Officer
(760) 725-6513
Samuel.pelham@usmc.mil

Rose Ingersoll
School Liaison
(760) 763-7385
rose.ingersoll@usmc.mil

Maria Swanson
School Liaison
(760) 763-7386
maria.swanson@usmc.mil

Jill Davis
School Liaison
(760) 763-7387
jill.davis@usmc.mil


MISSION
The mission of the School Liaison Officer aboard Camp Pendleton is to coordinate education support services to maximize opportunities for academic success for transitioning military children/youth. The School Liaison (SL) fosters and promotes quality education for military children by working directly with the command, families, school districts, and local communities, and by providing referral services to family support agencies aboard MCB Camp Pendleton and in the local community.

GOALS
Identify best practices to foster academic success and a smooth transition of Marine school-age children for Camp Pendleton’s military families.

Promote parent and community involvement in youth education.

Develop and coordinate school and community partnership initiatives.

Provide Camp Pendleton’s parents the tools to overcome obstacles to academic success that children, encounter as a result of the military lifestyle.

Educate local school districts and communities about the needs of military school-age children and the military lifestyle.

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