This K-8 school district operates five elementary schools and one middle school, serving approximately 3,900 students.
The Lemon Grove School District has been struggling with budget cuts in recent years, but has managed to keep a vibrant educational program alive. Even though one middle school was closed, and the sixth-grade camp program cut, the school board recently managed to find enough money to re-hire some badly-needed teachers' aides and janitors. The board president, as of Oct. 2010, is Tim Shaw. Other board members are Katie Dexter, Larry Loschen, Blanca Brown and Jay Bass.
The school board meets in the Community Center twice a month, every other Tuesday.
The district includes six elementary schools and one middle school. Lemon Grove Middle school is closed for two years, to save money and for renovation as part of a planned school/library project.
Under the direction of Superintendent Dr. Barbara Nakaoka this school district serves the communities of City of Industry, Hacienda Heights, La Puente and portions of Valinda and West Covina. In total it consists of four high schools and one alternative high school, one Community Day School, four K-8 schools, 20 K-5 elementary schools, six middle schools, one orthopedic unit for students with disabilities and extensive child development and early primary programs and two main Adult Education facilities and 32 satellite sites.
The offices are responsible for running all of these schools. It is located 2 blocks east of Hacienda blvd on Gale Ave just off of the Ponama freeway.
As California's third-largest district, Long Beach Unified, or LBUSD, serves 86,000 students in Long Beach and neighboring Lakewood, Signal Hill. It also educates the students of Catalina Island off the Long Beach coast. Though it often falls in the shadow of larger L.A., national media attention and awards in recent years have put the district in the spotlight. It remains a nationally recognized district hailed for academic achievement in even the lowest income neighborhoods. It has won the prestigious Broad Prize, honoring the country's best urban school system. The district, extremely racially and economically diverse, has been a five-time finalist for the award. Nearly three-fourths of graduates enroll in college, the district says.
Thomas Kelly Elementary School is a small neighborhood school on Moraga Drive in Carmichael. School officials say the school is community-oriented. Kelly Elementary is a California Distinguished School.
The Lafayette School District is comprised of five local schools serving 3,205 students in grades K-8. Member schools include Burton Valley Elementary, Happy Valley Elementary, Lafayette Elementary, Springhill Elementary and the M.H. Stanley Middle School.
