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26-502: Most students are served by the district's two secondary schools, two primary schools and transitional kindergarten, none of which have overlapping grade offerings. To serve students with special circumstances it also operates two community day schools (each mirroring the grade offerings of one of the secondary schools), a continuation school and an adult school, as well as exercising oversight and standards compliance functions for one all grades charter school . In addition to Fort Bragg,

52-408: A dedication ceremony was held for Fort Bragg Union High School which began holding classes immediately. At that time only one in ten American children from ages 14–17 were still pursuing a formal education yet the school outgrew its accommodations at a startling pace, requiring an addition to be built in 1916 that doubled the original number of classrooms. Again in 1936 the school neared the limits of

78-454: A proscenium arch and ample flyspace, double-aisle orchestra seating, a large balcony and (formerly) six luxury boxes it remains in widespread use, still the largest performing arts venue in the 200-mile section of coastal Northern California between Eureka and Santa Rosa . The school building itself was completed less than a year later, retaining its original name despite the technical change of municipality, with all operations moved in time for

104-928: A school district within the county. The 360-minute minimum instructional day includes academic programs that provide challenging curriculum and individual attention to student learning modalities and abilities. Community day school programs also focus on the development of pro- social skills and student self-esteem and resiliency . Community day schools are intended to have low student-teacher ratios . Students benefit from learning support services that include school counselors and psychologists , academic and vocational counselors, and pupil discipline personnel. Students also receive collaborative services from county offices of education, law enforcement , probation , and human services agency personnel who work with at-risk youth. Community day schools are supported by supplemental apportionment for community day school attendance, in addition to base revenue funding . Initially,

130-400: Is allowed to make and second motions on all business before the board save those that are held in closed session related to employment contracts, staff dispute resolution, or other matters related to information legally required to remain confidential. The Superintendent's office is required to provide the student board member with full and complete agendas and copies of any materials received by

156-582: The Alternative Schools Accountability Model (ASAM) provided accountability for educational options schools serving very high-risk, highly-mobile students. These schools include community day, continuation, opportunity, county community, juvenile court, Division of Juvenile Justice , and other alternative schools that meet stringent criteria set by the California State Board of Education (SBE). ASAM

182-453: The 535 students enrolled for 2017-18 was: The state Department of Education classified 334 students (62.4%) in the 2017-18 enrollment as socio-economically disadvantaged, the criteria for which is either to be eligible for free/reduced price school meals, or whose parents/guardians do not possess a high school diploma or equivalent certificate of proficiency. Also during the 2017-18 academic year, 26 students (4.9%) were reported as belonging to

208-509: The November 3, 2020 Mendocino County general election, the district's board of trustees has the following members (shown with office held for the 2021 calendar year, if any): Beginning in 2015, the board also requests the elected student body officers of Fort Bragg High School to solicit volunteers and select from among them a student of the school to serve as a non-voting member of the board, their term to run from July 1 to June 30. This member

234-582: The Timberwolves and their mascot is Timmy Timberwolf. The football team has had five undefeated seasons, most recently in 1995 (finishing with an 11-0 record). The California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP) testing framework was established in 2014 with a stated goal of offering greater transparency to parents, faculty and administrators regarding student progress using objective standards and easily understood reporting. Students are tested annually from grades three to eight and again in

260-419: The board's most important responsibility. The Superintendent serves as the district's chief executive officer and ex officio as the board's secretary. Eligibility requirements for employment as Superintendent include the satisfactory completion of a background/criminal records investigation prior to being hired and the maintenance of both a valid school administration certificate and teaching credentials from

286-399: The board, and also to provide an area at the district office where they can work, make use of secretarial facilities and receive advice or information upon request. While the executive functions are ultimately held by the board of trustees, the by-laws state that in practice they will be exercised by a Superintendent of Schools whose careful selection and leadership of is explicitly defined as

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312-641: The cost of debt service (principal + interest) for them would total US$ 99.5 million and last until the end of fiscal year 2047. Community day school Community Day Schools in California are operated by school districts . Community day schools serve students referred by a School Attendance Review Board , and other high-risk youths. Community day schools are a type of opportunity school . Community Day schools should not be confused with County Community Schools which are run by County Offices of Education , and serve students who have been expelled from

338-446: The district's boundary includes Cleone . As provided in its charter, the district's executive functions are held by a board of trustees composed of five members popularly-elected to four-year terms by those who are eligible to participate in county elections and live within the district service boundaries, such elections being held in all odd-numbered years and alternating between having the top two or three candidates receiving seats. At

364-695: The eleventh grade. Two batteries of tests are taken, one in English Language Arts/Literacy and the other in Mathematics, delivered by computer with results delivered directly to the state Education Department. As of the most recent issuance of school bonds in 2016 ($ 5.5 million at 2.63% interest, 15-year term), the district's total outstanding bonded debt is US$ 42.6 million. Having been issued with terms ranging from 13 to 40 years and with interest rates ranging from 1.48% to 12%, if all outstanding bonds reached their natural maturity date

390-566: The end of each calendar year they elect a president and vice-president from among themselves in open session, with no member permitted to serve in one office more than twice consecutively. Public meetings are held at 6:00 p.m. on the second Thursday of every month at the John Diederich Education Center, located on the Fort Bragg High School campus and are broadcast live on YouTube and Vimeo. As of

416-426: The four-room City Grammar School and six years later added another of equal size, Park Grammar School. With no legal requirement at the time to educate children older than 14, no public option was provided for students above that age. When the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and subsequent three days of fire struck the area a large majority of the town's structures were destroyed, including both schools. Afterwards, it

442-474: The many conditions set forth in each concluded agreement are the maximum size of classes assigned to its faculty, depending on the age of the students and the subject being taught. As of the agreement reached on June 26, 2019 that begins on July 1, 2019 and will expire on June 30, 2022, these are the maximum number of students allowed per class: Fort Bragg High School (FBHS) was founded in 1907 as Fort Bragg Union High School. The school's athletic teams are called

468-755: The national average for the education sector. Pursuant to the Educational Employment Relations Act of California ("Rodda Act"), the district negotiates its terms of employment with the representatives for the Fort Bragg District Teachers' Association labor union (a local of the California Teachers Association and affiliate of the National Education Association ) at least once every three years. Among

494-599: The ninth through twelfth grades to students in the Fort Bragg Unified School District . The school serves a remote area of Mendocino County , its service boundary containing 14,689 residents living in an area of greater than 251 square miles as of the 2010 census. In addition to Fort Bragg, the school district, of which this is the sole comprehensive high school, includes Cleone . Upon incorporating in 1889, Fort Bragg established its first public school for children in grades one through eight,

520-416: The start of the 1938-39 school year. The state Department of Education 's 2017 report showed that only 28.6% of males and 49.1% of females in the graduating class had successfully completed the minimum coursework necessary to apply for acceptance at the state's two public university systems, University of California and California State University , with a 2.0 GPA or higher. The demographic makeup of

546-461: The state for the duration of their tenure. The district's current Superintendent, Rebecca C. Walker, was hired on August 15, 2016 as Superintendent (on an Interim basis, initially) following the resignation of Charles Bush. His departure from the position was after serving only two years of his initial three-year contract and was reported as the result of fundamental disagreements over district policy with parents and several trustees; later that year he

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572-507: The students it could reasonably enroll as the High school movement , championed by the civic leaders of the nation's Progressive Era , reached the area. The need for a larger campus catalyzed the undertaking of one of the largest building projects in town to the present day, made possible by funding from the New Deal's $ 6 billion Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works budget. Ground

598-427: Was broken that year on a 2,800 acre parcel along the banks of Pudding Creek, technically within the town of East Fort Bragg , though just six blocks east of its original site. The first phase of the new school's construction to reach completion was the attached Cotton Auditorium , an 842-seat auditorium intended to serve both the school and the city's barely 3,000 residents, which opened on July 1, 1937. Complete with

624-440: Was decided during the rush to rebuild that the time had come to construct a modest high school in addition to rebuilding the existing two. Records show that a "Mr. Biggers" was contracted to oversee the construction for a sum of $ 16,500 (equivalent to $ 560,000 in 2023, adjusted for inflation) on land the city purchased from Dave Brandon, located on Harrison Street just north of the intersection with Bush. On November 6, 1907,

650-730: Was discontinued due to changes in the accountability system, which were brought about by the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) in 2013. ASAM was replaced by the Dashboard Alternative School Status (DASS), which is currently under revision. Selected California Education Code sections California School Directory Fort Bragg High School Fort Bragg High School is the comprehensive public high school in Fort Bragg , California , United States, responsible for offering

676-402: Was hired as the superintendent of Palo Verde Unified School District . Ms. Walker had been a teacher and then principal of Fort Bragg High School since 2012 and prior to that taught math at Fort Bragg Middle School, beginning in 1997 at the age of 24. The average salary for district employees in 2016 was $ 41,234, 32.8% lower than the national average for government employees and 19.3% lower than

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