A unified school district (in the states of Arizona, California, Kansas and Oregon) or unit school district (in Illinois), in the United States of America, is a school district that generally includes and operates both primary schools ( kindergarten through middle school or junior high) and high schools (grades 9–12) under the same district control.
5-604: Azusa Unified School District is a public unified school district based in Azusa, California , in Los Angeles County , California , United States . The district serves students in Azusa, the northwestern portion of Covina , parts of southeast Irwindale , the northern portion of Vincent , most of Citrus , and the western portion of Glendora . The Board of Education is composed of five members, elected at large, serving
10-643: A four-year term. The elections are held on a Tuesday after the first Monday in November of even-numbered years starting with the 2018 election. In recent years, due to declining enrollment rates, Azusa has seen numerous school closures. Gladstone Street Elementary School was closed and repurposed as a continuation high school; while Mountain View Elementary closed permanently in 2019. All existing middle schools and Ellington, Azusa's K-8 school, were closed to be replaced by Gladstone Middle School in 2023, which
15-464: Is predominant in states where elementary school districts and high school districts are, or were, generally separate. The Los Angeles Unified School District is a major example of a unified school district in California. In California and Illinois, and possibly other states, unified or unit school districts are not the same as consolidated or union school districts , which are generally formed by
20-664: The consolidation of multiple school districts of the same type. In Kansas, the unified school districts developed after legislation passed in 1962 that was intended to reduce the number of rural school districts. After the law's passage, the number of districts in Kansas dropped dramatically. In 1947, there were over 3,000 districts. After the unification law and establishment of unified school districts, their number dropped to under 400. In Arizona, unified school districts elect 5 school board members. Common school districts have elected boards consisting of 3 members. Some other states use
25-499: Was repurposed as a middle school for the 2023-2024 school year. Powell Elementary later closed in 2022. These school closures were done to concentrate the students in a smaller number of schools. All high school-aged students will go to Azusa High School. Foothill Middle School will be repurposed as the eastern campus for Azusa High School. This California school-related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Unified school district This distinction
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