Ken Wulf was born west of Fresno on a vineyard where his family made raisins. He graduated from Central High School, lettering in football wrestling and track. Ken graduated from Fresno City College and Fresno State college, majoring in social science and earned an elementary and secondary teaching credential. He went on to earn a Master of Arts degree in School Administration from the University of San Francisco.
Before coming into Clovis in 1975, Ken taught for three years at Biola-Pershing elementary and one year in Kerman. His first job was teaching a 4-5-6 combination class at Fort Washington- Lincoln Elementary. After just a few months there he moved his family to Clovis. He coached football, wrestling, and track, discovering how much it enhanced his classroom effectiveness. Ken spent his summers teaching summer school and coaching AAU/TAC track teams. He worked one year at Weldon Elementary before moving in 1980 to the newly opened Mickey Cox Elementary as the 6th grade teacher and coach.
Following four years in the classroom, Ken was appointed resource teacher there. In 1986 he moved to Clark Intermediate where over the next eight years he worked as a resource teacher and coach. Then in 1989, he was appointed senior learning director.
In 1994, Ken was appointed principal at Valley Oak Elementary. After two years of service, he returned as principal to what he considered his home school, Mickey Cox, where he was to spend the next eight years. Following retirement in 2004, Ken stayed busy taking over the family farm and consulting for the Fresno County Office of Education, where in 2005 he helped coordinate the Sesquicentennial Wagon Train through Fresno County including Clovis. He also worked for the California Department of Education as evaluator/team leader, evaluating and writing California distinguished school applications. He began volunteering in the Clovis High School area to help repay what the Clovis community had given him.
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