West Contra Costa Unified School District

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West Contra Costa Unified School District
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Type and location
Type Public
Grades K-12, Alternative Education, Adult Education
Established July 1, 1965[1]
Country United States of America
Location Richmond, California (encompassing Western Contra Costa County)
District Info
Superintendent Bruce Harter
Budget Revenue: $338,673,000
Expenditures: $425,711,000[2]
Students and staff
Students 32,197[2]
Other information
Website http://www.wccusd.net

The West Contra Costa Unified School District (WCCUSD) is the school district for western Contra Costa County, California. It is based in Richmond, California. In addition to Richmond, the district covers the cities of El Cerrito, San Pablo, Pinole, and Hercules and the unincorporated areas of Bayview-Montalvin Manor, East Richmond Heights, El Sobrante, Kensington, North Richmond, and Tara Hills.

The district currently has six (6) neighborhood-assignment high schools, six (6) neighborhood-assignment middle schools, and thirty-six (36) neighborhood-assignment elementary and K-8 schools along with various continuation and alternative schools. Here is a graphical interactive tool via the District Web site for figuring out the boundaries and locations for neighborhood-assignment schools.

The WCCUSD incurred $42.5 million in debt when the then-named Richmond Unified School District went bankrupt in 1990 under Superintendent Walter Marks and the state, under court order, financed district operations. The bankruptcy affected the credit rating of the City of Richmond, therefore the name was changed. As of Fall 2005, the school district is $7 million in debt. The district has been lobbying IBM to forgive 5 million dollars in debt from obsolete computers purchased in 1989.[3] To decrease expenditures, the district is planning to close schools over the next two years[when?].[4]

Contents

[edit] High schools

[edit] Charters

[edit] Continuation schools

  • Delta High School
  • Kappa High School
  • Sigma High School
  • Omega High School

[edit] Middle schools

  • Adams Middle School (closed effective 2009–2010 year)
  • Juan Crespi Middle School—named after Juan Crespí
  • Helms Middle School
  • Hercules Middle/High School
  • Lovonya DeJean Middle School
  • Pinole Middle School
  • Portola Middle School (planned to close or move to new site temporarily, until new building is constructed on site of closed Castro Elementary School)

[edit] Charters

[edit] K-8 schools

[edit] Elementary schools

[edit] Charters

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ WEST CONTRA COSTA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT: BASIC FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT: YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2004
  2. ^ a b Search for Public School Districts - District Detail for West Contra Costa Unified U.S. Department of Education. Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics. Data from 2004-2005. Accessed on 2007-09-16.
  3. ^ Cash-Strapped Richmond Schools Ask IBM To Forgive Debt
  4. ^ Potential W. Contra Costa school closures[dead link]

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