On April 1, new BVH Associated Student Body (ASB) Advisor David Cobian started working at BVH coming back from spring break. Previous ASB Advisor, former Attendance Coordinator and Math teacher Christina Ada temporarily filled in the position since early 2023 school year, as she is stepping down from the role to finish gathering her credentials for the position. 

Cobian previously worked at a digital online school as their ASB Advisor and is looking for a change in scenery. He shares his point of view and transition on what the differences are between his old jobs to now. 

“I am excited about this appointment and also just [the] opportunity. The fact that I will be working with students in person again, it’s exciting to interact with them and also still use those online skills that I’ve acquired. It makes me more averse and a particular skill set that allows me to teach students what I’ve learned,” Cobian said. 

During the last week of spring break, Ada has assisted Cobian with the process of transitioning and reintroducing him to the BVH campus. Cobian started his application process in early March as he looked forward to the face to face interactions that came with the job. He shares his excitement towards the opportunity he took and the change it offers.

“I’m engaging more with students, I’m seeing them in person. At my previous school it was all virtual and digital. We had a hybrid model where students got to come in person, so I got to meet with them. Here, I’m seeing them every day and the tasks are run daily. As you can see the students are working, getting ready for assemblies and also for school,” Cobian said.

Throughout the time that Cobian has been working here he has been interacting with students more and finds the workplace more motivating than the virtual classrooms. Ada and Romero have worked with Cobian in the past, she shares her great hopes she has for him and his beneficiary for the school.

“Cobian was here as our attendance coordinator and he’s a former math teacher. So I worked with him in the math department. He’s a really great guy. I think he’ll be an asset to the school as we work well together. This transition will be smooth and he’ll be good for the BVH students,” Ada said.

Ada and Cobian have worked alongside each other in the past and have shown Cobian more in depth of the “rich history” BVH carries and continuing that same history. Furthermore during his time at BVH he has communicated and begun assisting the community by spreading the word of his return.

“I’ve told the students, I’m a support piece. I’m here to support their vision, because it is ASB and it’s student driven. I’m a big fan of that. As well, I’m thankful for the staff here. They’re guiding me and given me that sense of inspiration and a good sense of direction on how we’re going to finish off this year with the students’ vision,” Cobian said.

Throughout the past years, various staff members have departed from BVH and left BVH with fewer staff members– one less AP than the school required, during that time. Romero describes his appreciation of how Cobians return will be a good thing for the BVH community.

“He’s a hard working person like Ada. I’ll have two of those people that work hard and you know, he knows a lot of the kids here and knows a lot of the students here. So it’ll benefit him because he’s going to come in here knowing the school, knowing all the staff, and he’ll make the transition will be very seamless,” Romero said.