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The Pasadena Unified School District is a unified school district that is responsible for the schools of Pasadena, California. As of 2005, it has 5 high schools, 3 middle schools, and 24 elementary schools.

The district also serves the city of Sierra Madre and the unincorporated community of Altadena.

History

In its early history, Pasadena had some of the highest performing schools in the state, largely due to a strong affiliation with the California Institute of Technology. Two schools in the area, Noyes Elementary (now closed) and Hale Elementary (now Norma Coombs Alternative School) were named after Caltech professors. However, in 1972, busing was implemented in the district. This busing affected the Pasadena Unified School District (PUSD) since the 1970s; in 1970, when a federal court ordered desegregation of the public schools in Pasadena, the proportion of white students in public schools reflected the proportion of whites in the community (54 percent and 53 percent, respectively).

After busing began in 1970, a large segment of upper and middle class families, mostly white, could afford private schooling, and thus pulled their children out of the public school system to avoid bussing them to schools on the opposite end of the city from their homes.

In 2002, Superintendant Percy Clark ended the practice of busing altogether, and reinstated a policy of neighborhood schools. Since this change, the district has improved across the board, with three schools achieving an Academic Performance Index or API of greater than 800. Recent school board elections in March 2007 attracted a record number of candidates and voters.

Continuation High Schools

Rose City High School

6-12 schools

Alternative

Marshall Fundamental Secondary School

7-12 schools

Zoned

Blair International Baccalaureate School

9-12 schools

Zoned

Middle schools

Charles W. Eliot Middle School
Washington Middle School
Wilson International Baccalaureate Middle School

Elementary schools

Allendale Elementary School
Altadena Elementary School
Burbank Elementary School
Cleveland Elementary School
Don Benito Fundamental School
Edison Elementary School
Field Elementary School
Franklin Elementary School
Hamilton Elementary School
Jackson Elementary School
Jefferson Elementary School
Linda Vista Elementary School
Loma Alta Elementary School
Longfellow Elementary School
Madison Elementary School
McKinley School
Norma Coombs Alternative School
Noyes Elementary School
Roosevelt Elementary School
San Rafael Elementary School
Sierra Madre School
Washington Accelerated Elementary
Webster Elementary School
Willard Elementary School

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 ==History==
-In its early history, Pasadena had some of the highest performing schools in the state, largely due to a strong affiliation with the California Institute of Technology. Two schools in the area, Noyes Elementary (now closed) and Hale Elementary (now Norma Coombs Alternative School) were named after Caltech professors. However, in 1970, busing was implemented in the district. This busing affected the Pasadena Unified School District (PUSD) since the [[1970s]]; in [[1970]], when a [[United States District Court for the Central District of California|federal court]] ordered desegregation of the public schools in Pasadena, the proportion of white students in public schools reflected the proportion of whites in the community (54 percent and 53 percent, respectively). After busing began in 1970, a large segment of upper and middle class families, mostly white, could afford private schooling, and thus pulled their children out of the public school system to avoid [[bussing]] them to schools on the opposite end of the city from their homes.
+In its early history, Pasadena had some of the highest performing schools in the state, largely due to a strong affiliation with the California Institute of Technology. Two schools in the area, Noyes Elementary (now closed) and Hale Elementary (now Norma Coombs Alternative School) were named after Caltech professors. However, in 1972, busing was implemented in the district. This busing affected the Pasadena Unified School District (PUSD) since the [[1970s]]; in [[1970]], when a [[United States District Court for the Central District of California|federal court]] ordered desegregation of the public schools in Pasadena, the proportion of white students in public schools reflected the proportion of whites in the community (54 percent and 53 percent, respectively).
+After busing began in 1970, a large segment of upper and middle class families, mostly white, could afford private schooling, and thus pulled their children out of the public school system to avoid [[bussing]] them to schools on the opposite end of the city from their homes.
-In 2002, Superintendent Percy Clark ended the practice of busing  altogether, and reinstated a policy of neighborhood schools.
+In 2002, Superintendant Percy Clark ended the practice of busing altogether, and reinstated a policy of neighborhood schools. Since this change, the district has improved across the board, with three schools achieving an Academic Performance Index or API of greater than 800. Recent school board elections in March 2007 attracted a record number of candidates and voters.
-By [[2004]] Pasadena was home to sixty-three private schools, which educated one-third of all school-aged children in the city, and the proportion of white students in the public schools had fallen to 16 percent. The superintendent of Pasadena USD characterized them as being to whites "like the bogey-man" [http://www.penfamilies.org/www/pen/Files/LA%20Daily%20Journal%20Article%20on%20Pasadena%20School%20Reform.doc] and mounted policy changes and a publicity drive to induce affluent whites to put their children back into the public schools.
 ==Continuation High Schools==