In regards to the last administration, school board member Darryl Adams said that they helped push La Mirada forward.

"We always ask our schools to keep pushing harder," he said. "[The previous administration] worked together aggressively to push La Mirada High School forward and did a fine job with that."

Despite the changes in administration, Adams said the district knows its priorities well in regards to its students.

"We want every parent in La Mirada to know we put your kids' interests first and foremost," he said.

While Perez and Adams touted La Mirada's accomplishments, some parents saw things differently.

"I'm disappointed that the test scores weren't higher," said Fred Koehler, a member of La Mirada High's Shared Decision Making Council, whose two children are currently enrolled in the school. "I'm sure that's part of the reason why the administration was changed."

However, he feels that a new administration would be good for La Mirada High.

"I believe it was the right decision to make," said Chris Pflanzer, a member of the Shared Decision Making Council who ran for the school board last year. "Some [of the administration were] good, but the school needed a fresh slate. Even though the administration wasn't bad, [the school district] had to change the administration to improve the school."

Pflanzer, who has a daughter who attends the school, said that the overall performance of the district prompted the administration changes in the high schools. While La Mirada's programs such as the Matador scholar academy and ROP programs were "dead on point," he said that things shouldn't stay the same and that the new administration has their work cut out for them.

"[Principal Seals has] got a lot to do and it's not an easy job," he said. "He doesn't have much of a honeymoon to work it out."