Glendale Unified School District
The Glendale Unified School District is a school district based in Glendale, California, United States.
The school district serves the city of Glendale, portions of the city of La Cañada and the unincorporated communities of Montrose and La Crescenta. It consists of 20 Elementary Schools, 4 Middle Schools, 5 High Schools and 2 Facilities for homeschoolers and special-needs students.
In the 2008-9 school year the District served 26,809 students and expects enrollment to decline 1-2% in each of the next three years [1]. As of 2002, was the third-largest district in Los Angeles County and among the thirty-largest in the State of California. [2]. It is the 157th largest in the nation [3].
In 2009 the GUSD had 2,620 employees [4] of which about half are classroom teachers.
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[edit] Governance
The District is governed by a Board of Education consisting of five trustees who are elected to four year terms. The Board of Education also appoints a Superintendent to oversee day-to-day operations of the district, as well as a non-voting student representative who serves during the school year.
The current Board of Education is as follows:
- Dr. Richard Sheehan - Superintendent
- Mrs. Joylene Wagner - President
- Mrs. Christine Walters - Vice President
- Mrs. Nayiri Nahabedian - Clerk
- Mrs. Mary Boger - Member
- Mr. Greg Krikorian - Member
[edit] Election Results
| Candidate | # of Votes | % of Vote | Elected |
| Todd Hunt |
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| Naira Khachatrian |
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| Elizabeth Manasserian |
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| Nayiri Nahabedian |
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| Hasmig Aslanian |
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| Mary Bogart |
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Source: City Clerk, City of Glendale
[edit] Schools
[edit] Elementary Schools (Kindergarten – Grade 6)
- Balboa Elementary School
- Cerritos Elementary School
- Columbus Elementary School
- Dunsmore Elementary School
- Thomas A. Edison Elementary School
- Benjamin Franklin Elementary School
- John C. Fremont Elementary School
- Glenoaks Elementary School
- Thomas Jefferson Elementary School
- Mark Keppel Elementary School (Kindergarten through Grade 5)
- La Crescenta Elementary School
- Abraham Lincoln Elementary School
- Horace Mann Elementary School
- John Marshall Elementary School
- Monte Vista Elementary School
- Mountain Avenue Elementary School
- John Muir Elementary School
- Verdugo Woodlands Elementary School
- Valley View Elementary School
- Richardson D. White Elementary School
[edit] Middle Schools (Grade 7 – Grade 8)
- Theodore Roosevelt Middle School (Grade 6 through Grade 8)
- Rosemont Middle School (Grade 7 and Grade 8)
- Eleanor J. Toll Middle School (Grade 6 through Grade 8)
- Woodrow Wilson Middle School (Grade 6 through Grade 8)
[edit] High Schools (Grade 9 – Grade 12)
- Anderson W. Clark Magnet High School
- Crescenta Valley High School
- Glendale High School
- Herbert Hoover High School
- Allan F. Daily High School
[edit] Other Schools
- College View School - Special-Needs Students
- Verdugo Academy - Independent/Homeschool Students
[edit] Safety
The District contracts with the Glendale Police Department for schools within Glendale and the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department for schools within Montrose and La Crescenta.
[edit] References
- General Info |Source of Community Pride Glendale Unified School District, retrieved 20 February 2006
- GUSD Discussion Report No. 2
- GUSD General Information
