The Glendale Unified School District is a school district based in Glendale, California , United States .
56-414: The school district serves the city of Glendale, portions of the city of La Cañada Flintridge and the unincorporated communities of Montrose and La Crescenta . It consists of 20 elementary schools, 4 middle schools, 4 high schools and 3 facilities for homeschoolers and special-needs students. In the 2008–2009 school year, the district served 26,744 students and expects enrollment to decline 1–2% in each of
112-544: A Glendale elementary school teacher, showed a video about celebrating LGBT pride to her third-grade class. This largely went unnoticed until Jordan Henry, a candidate for the Glendale City Council in 2022, received 1,300 pages of documents, including an email sent by Tiber regarding the lesson, he had requested under public records law. After receiving threats, Tiber was involuntarily transferred from her classroom for safety reasons. In May 2023, in response to
168-676: A city in the foothills of the Verdugo Mountains in Los Angeles County, California , United States. Located in the Crescenta Valley , in the western edge of the San Gabriel Valley , it is the location of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory . Before the city's incorporation on November 30, 1976, it consisted of the two distinct communities of La Cañada and Flintridge. The population was 20,573 at
224-469: A female householder with no husband present, and 16.6% were non-families. 14.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.95 and the average family size was 3.27. In the city, the population was spread out, with 29.8% under the age of 18, 5.1% from 18 to 24, 20.9% from 25 to 44, 30.2% from 45 to 64, and 14.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age
280-503: A holiday. They are the first school district in the nation to do so. In 1879, the now-defunct Sepulveda School District was formed to educate all children residing within the area of the former Rancho San Rafael . The Glendale Union High School District was formed in 1901. Glendale Junior College was founded in 1927 to serve the Glendale Union High School District. Glendale schools reorganized as
336-582: A joint statement "calling attention to the collective safety of LGBTQ+ Armenians, the need for active allyship , and the dangers of alarmist and racist narratives about the Armenian immigrant population ." In response to the June 6, 2023 incident, the Glendale City Council requested that their staff prepare a report on the formation of a human rights commission . The report was presented in December 2023. In
392-711: A lawsuit challenging the law. In a unanimous decision of the Michigan Supreme Court in 1874 written by the prominent Justice Thomas M. Cooley , the law was upheld. This decision led to a dramatic increase in the number of high schools operating both in Michigan and other states, which led to an increase in the number of superintendents. Early superintendents tended to focus on instruction, with "overall fiscal affairs, school building construction, and maintenance" remaining under school district control, becoming normal responsibilities of superintendents only in
448-735: A middle school (grades 7–8), is a 1993 and 2004 Blue Ribbon School . A small western portion of the city is served by the Glendale Unified School District , with La Cañada Flintridge students attending Mountain Avenue Elementary School, Rosemont Middle School, Anderson W. Clark Magnet High School and Crescenta Valley High School . Several private schools that are not part of the LCUSD are located within La Cañada. The private high schools within
504-623: A series of anti-LGBTQ+ protests in Glendale Unified School District and neighboring Los Angeles Unified School District , GALAS LGBTQ+ Armenian Society , glendaleOUT and Somos Familia Valle released a joint statement denouncing efforts by some parents to undermine LGBTQ+ content within school programming and curricula. Following an outbreak of violence at the June 6, 2023 Glendale Unified School District Board of Education meeting, GALAS, Armenian-American Action Network, and Southern California Armenian Democrats released
560-467: A variety of other labels have been used. In 1986, about 95 percent of school board members were elected, with the rest appointed by town boards, mayors, or others. In early America, school board members handled the day-to-day administration of schools without the need for a superintendent. By the 1830s, however, the increasing numbers of students, as well as the consolidation of one-room schoolhouses into larger districts, led districts to begin appointing
616-625: Is limited due to the city's location inland from the intervening Santa Monica Mountains , the Verdugo Mountains , and the San Rafael Hills. Consequently, summers are generally hotter and winters often cooler than in coastal parts of metropolitan Los Angeles, if winds are calm or blowing gently offshore. Occasional strong offshore winds, known as the Santa Ana winds , can bring particularly hot air in summer and fall as air from
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#1732772631285672-463: The 2020 census . The Shoshone were first to settle in the area. Reference to the entire city is often shortened to just "La Cañada" or seldom to just "Flintridge". The full city name specifically does not have a hyphen in it, to illustrate unity between the two communities that became one. During the Spanish and Mexican eras, the area was known as Rancho La Cañada . La Cañada comes from
728-701: The Angeles Crest Highway . It begins at the intersection with Foothill Boulevard and follows a two-mile, 5% grade before entering the San Gabriel Mountains . On September 5, 2008, a big rig carrying 78,000 pounds of onions lost its brakes on the Angeles Crest Highway. To avoid a collision with the Hill Street Café at the intersection with Foothill Boulevard, the rig turned towards a small driveway, sideswiped
784-625: The California State Assembly , La Cañada Flintridge is located in the 41st district , and is represented by Chris Holden . In the United States House of Representatives , La Cañada Flintridge is in California's 28th congressional district , represented by Democrat Judy Chu . The La Cañada Unified School District (LCUSD) serves most of the city, and is ranked as one of the top school districts in
840-762: The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department for schools within Montrose and La Crescenta. In December 2023, the Glendale Unified School District fell victim to a ransomware attack carried out by the Medusa Ransomware Group. The attack compromised the personal information of both students and staff. Attackers locked employees out of their systems and demanded a ransom for the safe return of sensitive PII and other confidential data, which included Social Security numbers, addresses, and financial information. The district chose not to pay
896-658: The Los Angeles River north of downtown Los Angeles. La Cañada Flintridge varies in elevation from about 970 feet (300 m) just below Devil's Gate Dam in the Arroyo Seco to about 2,400 feet (730 m) at the highest neighborhood, along the mountain front east of Pickens Canyon, at the upper end of Ocean View Blvd. The city limits extend into the San Gabriel Mountains and reach 3,440 feet (1,050 m) along Mount Lukens Road, which follows
952-477: The University of Wisconsin . In 1911, the idea of the superintendent as a separate professional emerged. The emergence of the superintendency was linked to the adoption of a business organizational model in education. Beginning in 1914, Columbia and other universities began to teach courses on educational administration, including school finance, business methods, budgeting, and organization. Cubberley wrote
1008-631: The history of education in the United States was the "Kalamazoo school case" ( Stuart v. School District No. 1 of the Village of Kalamazoo ). In 1858, Kalamazoo, Michigan established its first high school, and the following year, the Michigan Legislature enacted legislature authorizing the election of school districts and the establishment of high schools funded by local taxes. In January 1873, three Kalamazoo property owners filed
1064-464: The 2010 United States Census, La Cañada Flintridge had a median household income of $ 136,818, with 3.2% of the population living below the federal poverty line. As of the census of 2000, there were 20,318 people, 6,823 households, and 5,690 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,348.9 inhabitants per square mile (906.9/km ). There were 6,989 housing units at an average density of 808.0 per square mile (312.0/km ). The racial makeup of
1120-550: The 2016 year, the district started having April 24 off. 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. Effective with the April 2017 election, board of education members are elected by geographical district instead of at-large. Starting with
1176-597: The 2020 California Primary election, Glendale Unified School District Board of Education election is being held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in March to comply with the statewide election law (Senate Bill 415). The current board of education is as follows: Source: City Clerk, City of Glendale The district contracts with the Glendale Police Department for schools within Glendale, and
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#17327726312851232-670: The 98th most expensive zip code in 2023. The city is situated in the Crescenta Valley and far western end of the San Gabriel Valley , between the San Gabriel Mountains and Angeles National Forest to the north, and the San Rafael Hills to the south. Most of the city drains southeastward toward the Arroyo Seco area in Pasadena , but the western part of the city (generally west of Alta Canyada Road) drains southward toward Glendale via Verdugo Canyon. Both drainages join
1288-859: The COVID-19 pandemic. Shortly after, the La Cañada Outlook announced they were buying the Valley Sun and were rebranding their newspaper as the La Cañada Outlook Valley Sun . The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD) provides law enforcement services to La Cañada Flintridge under contract and operates the Crescenta Valley Station in La Crescenta. The Los Angeles County Fire Department (LACoFD) operates fire stations 19 and 82 in
1344-448: The Café, crashed into a wall, a garbage bin, a tree and six vehicles before coming to rest in the parking lot. James Bines, 43, of Florida , and his passenger, Willy Robinson, had been hauling a full load of onions through the high desert area in the 18-wheeler. They traveled over the Angeles Crest Highway because, Bines said, he had received directions from his global positioning system that
1400-681: The GUSD, by 1988, Armenians along with students from the Middle East had become the largest ethnic group in the public schools, now having a larger number than the Latinos. Alice Petrossian, the GUSD director of intercultural education, stated that Burbank lies within the middle of other Armenian communities, so it attracted Armenians. In 1987, the district had eight Armenian-speaking teachers and teaching aides, and that year had hired five additional Armenian-speaking teachers and teacher aides. As of 1990,
1456-513: The Glendale Unified School District in 1936. School Board member Shant Sahakian first proposed term limits for elected School Board members in May 2018, proposing that School Board members can serve a maximum of three, four-year terms, for a total of twelve years of service on the Board of Education. The Board of Education unanimously approved the proposal at a January 2022 meeting. In 2021, Tammy Tiber,
1512-528: The San Rafael Hills, but more generally including most areas south of Foothill Blvd. The eastern part, even north of Foothill Blvd, was also originally considered Flintridge and is still home to the Flintridge Riding Club and Flintridge Preparatory School . On November 30, 1976, the cities of Flintridge and La Cañada were merged into a single incorporated city named "La Cañada Flintridge". According to Forbes , La Cañada Flintridge ranked as
1568-472: The Spanish word cañada ( pronounced [kaˈɲaða] ), meaning 'canyon', 'gorge', or 'ravine'. In December 1933 and January 1934, the La Cañada Valley was severely flooded in the Crescenta Valley flood (1933 and 1934) . Flintridge was named after its developer, United States Senator Frank P. Flint . Flintridge comprises the southern part of the city, covering the northern flank of
1624-478: The city limits are St. Francis High School , Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy , and Flintridge Preparatory School . The private elementary schools within the city limits are Crestview Preparatory (K-6), The Learning Castle (K-3), La Cañada Preparatory (grades 4–8), and St. Bede (K-8). Delphi Academy of Los Angeles, a Delphi Academy school, opened in La Cañada Flintridge in 1984. The school left
1680-560: The city manager, city attorney, city treasurer, and all members of its advisory bodies. It also serves as the governing board for the public improvement corporation, the redevelopment agency, the LCF Local Financing Authority, and Sanitation Districts No. 28 and No. 34. As of April 2024, the current members of the city council are: In the state senate , La Cañada Flintridge is in the 25th Senate District , represented by Democrat Anthony Portantino . In
1736-410: The city was 65.53% White , 0.36% Black or African American , 0.18% Native American , 31.57% Asian , 0.04% Pacific Islander , 1.01% from other races , and 3.31% from two or more races. 4.80% of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race. There were 6,823 households, out of which 44.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 73.7% were married couples living together, 7.3% had
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1792-794: The city when its current campus in Lake View Terrace, Los Angeles opened in 2003. The city was originally serviced by two newspapers: the La Cañada Valley Sun , a community division of the Los Angeles Times , and the La Cañada Outlook . However, in April 2020, the Los Angeles Times announced it would be shutting down some of its local papers, including the La Cañada Valley Sun due to continuing financial issues that were worsened by
1848-552: The city. Also an additional one at JPL NASA. Fire stations 11 and 12 in Altadena, and station 63 in La Crescenta-Montrose also serve the city regularly. Emergency transportation is done by Care Ambulance Service . Annual landscaping inspections and "stringent fire-safe building codes" were put in place to mitigate the risk of wildfires, like the 2009 Station Fire . La Cañada Flintridge is the southern terminus of
1904-475: The council selects one of its members to serve as mayor and another to serve as mayor pro-tem for terms of one year. The elections were held on March of odd-numbered years until 2017. Beginning in 2020, the elections are held during the California Primary elections. The council is aided by five commissions and two committees, each with its own area of responsibility. In addition, the council appoints
1960-562: The crest line well above the developed city. In August 2009, the city came under threat by the Station Fire . The city is considered a "very high fire hazard severity zone" because of the local topography at the base of the San Gabriel Mountains and abundance of California Live Oak, despite an aggressive fire safety program. The climate of La Cañada Flintridge is typical of a Southern California inland valley, with mild winters and hot summers. Spring often has hazy days, in contrast to
2016-477: The desert plateaus crosses the mountains and descends, thus warming further by adiabatic heating. Summer and early fall temperatures are substantially cooler if the prevailing wind is persistently onshore. Occasionally during a winter storm, the upper elevations of the city may see trace amounts of snow. Several ski resorts, Mountain High , Mount Baldy , and Mount Waterman , are located about 30 miles (48 km) to
2072-645: The early twentieth century. By the early twentieth century, superintendents emphasized business affairs. Important leaders in American education at the time were George D. Strayer, Ellwood P. Cubberley , and Edward C. Elliott , who all wrote doctoral dissertations on education finance at Columbia University in the first decade of the 20th century. Cubberley served as superintendent in San Diego and later taught at Stanford University , Strayer taught at Teachers College, Columbia University , and Elliott taught at
2128-486: The eastbound Foothill Freeway at the Angeles Crest Highway in their red Ford Escort and were starting to turn north on the highway to return to Palmdale when the semi-truck struck their vehicle. A bill that bans heavy trucks with three or more axles from driving on the Angeles Crest Highway was signed into law by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on August 6, 2009. On October 9, 2024, a Toyota Prius traveling southbound on Angeles Crest Highway crashed into six cars parked at
2184-419: The first superintendents. Buffalo, New York , became the first location to appoint a superintendent, on June 9, 1837, with Louisville, Kentucky , following on July 31 of the same year. Large cities, which had the greatest administrative needs, were the first to appoint superintendents, but as schools consolidated into districts, the practice of appointing a superintendent became more popular. A major event in
2240-534: The highway, State Route 2 , was the most direct route from there to Los Angeles. On April 1, 2009, a similar incident occurred at roughly the same location. A car carrier transporting six cars southbound on the Angeles Crest Highway lost its brakes and, despite three runaway vehicle escape medians in the center islands, caused multiple vehicle accidents that resulted in two fatalities and 12 injuries, three of them critical. Angel Jorge Posca, 58, and his 12-year-old daughter Angelina, both of Palmdale , had just exited
2296-607: The largest immigrant group speaking an ethnic home language in the GUSD was the Armenians. By 2004, over 33% of the Glendale district students were Armenian. That year, due to high levels of student absence around the Armenian Christmas (January 6) and the anniversary of the start of the Armenian genocide ( Red Sunday , April 24), the district considered making Armenian holidays school holidays, eventually, starting in
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2352-411: The length of the school year." The persons responsible were frequently selectmen who had additional government responsibilities. Boston established America's first permanent school committee in 1721; this became America's first school board. Massachusetts and some other regions retain the term school committee , but school board and board of education are the more common terms nationwide, and
2408-433: The more persistently clear weather of fall. On average, the warmest month is August with high temperatures in the low to mid 90s and lows in the low 70s. December and January are the coolest months with typical highs in the low to mid 60s and lows in the low 40s. Rainfall occurs mostly during winter, averaging about 21 inches annually. Rainfall is rare in summer. The moderating influence of the ocean (22 miles, 35 km, away)
2464-475: The next three years. As of 2002, it was the third-largest district in Los Angeles County and among the thirty-largest in the State of California . It is the 254th largest in the nation by student population. In 2009 the GUSD had 2,620 employees, of which about half are classroom teachers. Beginning in the 2016–2017 school year, GUSD started officially commemorating the Armenian genocide , having April 24 off as
2520-598: The northeast. The 2010 United States Census reported that La Cañada Flintridge had a population of 20,246. The population density was 2,341.8 inhabitants per square mile (904.2/km ). The racial makeup of La Cañada Flintridge was 13,959 (68.9%) White (64.7% Non-Hispanic White), 109 (0.5%) African American , 24 (0.1%) Native American , 5,214 (25.8%) Asian , 5 (0.0%) Pacific Islander , 245 (1.2%) from other races , and 690 (3.4%) from two or more races. There were 1,267 people of Hispanic or Latino origin, of any race (6.3%). The Census reported that 20,219 people (99.9% of
2576-408: The population were below the poverty line , including 4.8% of those under age 18 and 5.1% of those age 65 or over. According to Mapping L.A. , English and Korean were the most ancestries in 2000. Korea and Iran were the most common foreign places of birth. La Cañada Flintridge is governed by its city council , which has five members, each elected to overlapping four-year terms. Each year,
2632-634: The population) lived in households, 21 (0.1%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 6 (0%) were institutionalized. There were 6,849 households, out of which 2,873 (41.9%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 5,029 (73.4%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 525 (7.7%) had a female householder with no husband present, 214 (3.1%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 103 (1.5%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships , and 36 (0.5%) same-sex married couples or partnerships . 924 households (13.5%) were made up of individuals, and 559 (8.2%) had someone living alone who
2688-458: The ransom, resulting in the sensitive data being publicly exposed online. This incident is part of a growing trend of cyberattacks targeting K-12 institutions, disrupting school operations and endangering personal data. In 2012, the District hired Geo Listening for a pilot program to monitor public online activity of students at the Crescenta Valley , Glendale , and Hoover High Schools . While
2744-490: The school district has claimed that the program, now expanded to all of the District's schools, is meant to detect cyberbullying , critics have questioned whether it violates the privacy rights of students and whether the $ 40,500 spent on the program so far is well spent. Analysts working for Geo Listening comb through posts students from Glendale Unified School District schools make on Facebook , Twitter and Instagram , reporting daily to school administrators. Reports include
2800-483: The side entrance of the restaurant. Superintendent (education) In the American education system , a superintendent or superintendent of schools is an administrator or manager in charge of a number of public schools or a school district , a local government body overseeing public schools. All school principals in a respective school district report to the superintendent. The role and powers of
2856-751: The state. On September 13, 2010, the California Department of Education announced that 2010 California Standards Tests (CSTs) results indicate that the La Cañada Unified School District earned the second highest Academic Performance Index (API) score in the state. The API reflects a district's performance level, based on the results of statewide testing. The district has three public elementary schools that serve grades K-6: La Cañada Elementary, Palm Crest Elementary , and Paradise Canyon Elementary School . The public high school, La Cañada High School , which also serves as
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#17327726312852912-449: The student's user names, screen captures of their posts, and details on where they were when they made the post. An attorney with the ACLU characterized the program as "sweeping and far afield of what is necessary to ensure student safety." La Ca%C3%B1ada Flintridge, California La Cañada Flintridge , commonly known as just La Cañada ( Spanish for 'The Canyon'), is
2968-477: The superintendent vary among areas According to Sharp and Walter, a popularly held opinion is that "the most important role of the board of education is to hire its superintendent." The first education laws in the United States were enacted in the colonial era , when various New England colonies passed ordinances directing towns "to choose men to manage the important affairs of learning, such as deciding local taxes, hiring teachers, setting wages, and determining
3024-413: Was 42 years. For every 100 females there were 93.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.5 males. According to a 2008 estimate, the median income for a household in the city was $ 140,474, and the median income for a family was $ 157,511. Males had a median income of $ 92,760 versus $ 57,321 for females. The per capita income for the city was $ 52,838. About 3.6% of families and 4.3% of
3080-521: Was 45.9 years. For every 100 females there were 94.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.1 males. There were 7,089 housing units at an average density of 820.0 per square mile (316.6/km ), of which 6,120 (89.4%) were owner-occupied, and 729 (10.6%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 0.8%; the rental vacancy rate was 5.4%. 18,052 people (89.2% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 2,167 people (10.7%) lived in rental housing units. According to
3136-441: Was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.95. There were 5,768 families (84.2% of all households); the average family size was 3.24. The age distribution of the population was spread out, with 5,315 people (26.3%) under the age of 18, 1,363 people (6.7%) aged 18 to 24, 3,157 people (15.6%) aged 25 to 44, 7,224 people (35.7%) aged 45 to 64, and 3,187 people (15.7%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age
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