The Alameda Unified School District serves Alameda, California , United States.
30-613: The school district is a "unified" district (as of 1936), meaning that it includes K-8 schools and high schools in the same jurisdiction. As with all California school districts, it is not a part of the city government. The school board is elected separately from the Alameda city council, and has been since April 1969. The city council has no direct power over the school board. The AUSD educates approximately 9,300 students each year, in ten elementary schools , two middle schools , and four high schools . The district also operates an Adult School and
60-422: A $ 47.7 million bond issue was passed, which originally cost taxpayers $ 103 for every $ 100,000 in property value. That amount declined to $ 59 per $ 100,000 in assessed value. This tax was originally set to sunset in 2014, but was instead kept in place to pay for a subsequent bond issue in 2004. In 2004 a $ 63 million bond issue, Measure C, was approved by voters. The measure refinanced the existing 1989 bond along with
90-792: A Child Development Center. Three elementary schools were closed and consolidated at the end of the 2005–2006 school year; Miller Elementary, Woodstock Elementary and Longfellow Elementary students went to Ruby Bridges Elementary. In 2009, the district received significant media attention for controversy surrounding an anti-bullying curriculum approved by the Board of Trustees, known as "Lesson 9", which focused on reducing bullying against LGBT students. The curriculum sparked two lawsuits, which were subsequently dismissed. 1855 Schermerhorn School – located on west side of Court, between Van Buren and Jackson Street 1860 Encinal School – located on Lincoln Avenue between Stanton and Paru Streets. 1874 Boehmer's Hall –
120-523: A bond measure to build a new $ 65,000 high school. Bonds elections in 1907, 1909 and 1915 funded the most ambitious building campaign. Three old schools were replaced with new structures, and one new school was built. Voters passed a $ 750,000 bond in 1923 (supplemented with an additional $ 350,000 in 1925). As a result, construction of Alameda High School started in November 1924, and it opened in August 1926. In 1933,
150-1177: A reconstructed cottage 1944 Webster School – located in the Webster Housing Project 1944 John Muir School – located in the Estuary Housing Project 1946 Encinal School – located in the Encinal Housing Project 1951 Woodstock School – located at 1900 Third Street, near Atlantic Avenue 1951 Frank Otis School – located on Fillmore Street 1952 Encinal High School – located at 210 Central Avenue 1955 William Paden School – located at 444 Central Avenue 1961 Donald Lum School – located at Otis Street and Sandcreek Avenue 1965 Will C Wood Middle School – located at 420 Grand Street 1977 Lincoln Middle School – located on Fernside and San Jose 1977 George Miller Elementary School – located at 250 Singleton 1979 Amelia Earhart Elementary School – located at 400 Packet Landing 1992 Bay Farm Elementary School – located at 200 Aughinbaugh 2006 Ruby Bridges Elementary – located at 351 Jack London Avenue The superintendent
180-513: A rented building on Bay Farm Island 1891 Everett School – located at the corner of Eagle Avenue and Everett Street 1902 Alameda High School – located at 2200 Central Avenue near Walnut Street 1909 Washington School – located at Eight and Santa Clara Avenue 1926 Versailles School – bounded by Versailles, Lincoln, Pearl, and Buena Vista 1927 Franklin School – located at Franklin Park, housed in
210-414: A rented room on Park Street used a temporary quarters for high school 1875 Park Street School was closed in 1879 with the opening of Porter School. 1875 Haight School – located at Santa Clara and Chestnut as a combination elementary and high school 1875 West End School – located at Fifth and Pacific 1879 Porter School – located on Alameda Avenue near Oak Street 1882 Bay Farm Island School –
240-503: A result, the school district received $ 2,250,000 from the federal government for school construction between 1951 and 1955. In 1953 $ 3,000,000 in bonds was approved. During the 1950s federal grants and bond revenues totaled $ 8,500,000. The 1960s saw a frenzy of demolition and apartment construction in old Alameda. Building out of South Shore led to an all-time enrollment high of 12,500 students. In 1967 AB450 required school districts to bring their pre-1933 schools up to structural standards of
270-470: A solid foundation for learning. This is ISCED Level 1 : Primary education or first stage of basic education. Within the English speaking world, there are three widely used systems to describe the age of the child. The first is the "equivalent ages"; then countries that base their education systems on the "English model" use one of two methods to identify the year group; while countries that base their systems on
300-448: A synonym, "elementary school" has specific meanings in different locations. School building design does not happen in isolation. The building (or school campus) needs to accommodate: Each country will have a different education system and priorities. Schools need to accommodate students, staff, storage, mechanical and electrical systems, support staff, ancillary staff and administration. The number of rooms required can be determined from
330-558: Is Pasquale Scuderi, 2019-current. The first school bond measure was passed in 1874, and built the city's first high school and the main grammar school located on Chestnut and Santa Clara. The 1874 bond also purchased property at Fifth and Pacific Avenue, and a school opened in 1875. In 1878 the next bond measure was used to purchase six lots on the south side of Alameda Avenue between Oak and Walnut. Porter School opened in 1879. Additional bonds were issued in 1894 to build four new schools. In 1901 high school students campaigned vigorously to get
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#1733085650635360-578: The Field Act was passed after an earthquake severely damaged schools in Long Beach. While federal funds were used to rehabilitate some existing schools to comply with the Field Act, a $ 222,000 bond was passed in 1940. With World War II, Alameda's population exploded from 38,000 to 90,000. The federal government built three inexpensive grammar schools to serve children living in federal housing projects that housed
390-558: The "American K–12 model" refer to their year groups as "grades". Canada also follows the American model, although its names for year groups are put as a number after the grade: For instance, "Grade 1" in Canada, rather than "First Grade" in the United States. This terminology extends into the research literature. In Canada, education is a provincial, not a federal responsibility. For example,
420-420: The 1933 Field Act by 1983 (the deadline was moved up to 1975 the following year). Inspection of Alameda's four pre-1933 schools (Haight, Porter, Lincoln and Alameda High) ruled them to be unsafe. In 1964 a $ 4 million bond issue barely passed. Voters rejected bond measures in 1968, 1973, 1974, 1975 and 1976. During the 1970s the school district had to borrow monies from the state for school construction. In 1989
450-411: The 2/3 approval required to pass. Following the failure of Measure E in 2010, AUSD placed a new ballot measure, Measure A, on the ballot for March 8, 2011. The measure as proposed would tax parcels at a nominal rate of 32 cents per building square foot, with a maximum tax of $ 7,999/year. Parcels with no building improvements would pay a minimum $ 299/year. The measure passed with a 68% approval. In 2013,
480-569: The California Supreme Court held that a prior lower court ruling would stand, a ruling that upheld a portion of the Borikas lawsuit over Measure H, declaring that the school district could not set different tax rates for commercial and residential property, and setting the stage for a refund of millions of dollars of commercial property taxes collected under measure H. In 2016, Measure B1 passed with 74% of Alameda voters voting yes. Measure B1
510-490: The Philippines) is a school for primary education of children who are 4 to 10 years of age (and in many cases, 11 years of age). Primary schooling follows preschool and precedes secondary schooling . The International Standard Classification of Education considers primary education as a single phase where programmes are typically designed to provide fundamental skills in reading, writing, and mathematics and to establish
540-566: The US, although both this term and elementary school may refer to the first eight grades, in other words both primary education and lower secondary education . The term primary school is derived from the French école primaire , which was first used in an English text in 1802. In the United Kingdom, "elementary education" was taught in "elementary schools" until 1944, when free elementary education
570-402: The education has to fulfill the needs of: The students, the teachers, the non-teaching support staff, the administrators and the community. It has to meet general government building guidelines, health requirements, minimal functional requirements for classrooms, toilets and showers, electricity and services, preparation and storage of textbooks and basic teaching aids. An optimum school will meet
600-400: The floor area should be 350 m + 4.1 m /pupil place. The external finishes were to be downgraded to meet a build cost of £1113/m . There are several main ways of funding a school: by the state through general taxation, by a pressure group such as a mosque or church, by a charity, by contributions from parents, or by a combination of these methods. Day-to-day oversight of the school can through
630-492: The minimum conditions and will have: Government accountants having read the advice then publish minimum guidelines on schools. These enable environmental modelling and establishing building costs. Future design plans are audited to ensure that these standards are met but not exceeded. Government ministries continue to press for the 'minimum' space and cost standards to be reduced. The UK government published this downwardly revised space formula for primary schools in 2014. It said
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#1733085650635660-415: The new $ 63 million bond issue. The net effect was to keep taxpayer payments at $ 59 per $ 100,000, but extend the time from 2014 to 2034. The school district said on the ballot measure statement that it expected to qualify for over $ 17 million in state matching funds if the measure was approved. The district received about $ 14.8 million in state matching funds. As of the fall of 2013, Alameda residents could see
690-466: The predicted roll of the school and the area needed. According to standards used in the United Kingdom, a general classroom for 30 reception class or infant (Keystage 1) students needs to be 62 m , or 55 m for juniors (Keystage 2). Examples are given on how this can be configured for a 210 place primary with attached 26 place nursery and two-storey 420 place (two form entry) primary school with attached 26 place nursery. The building providing
720-407: The province of Ontario also had a " Grade 13 ", designed to help students enter the workforce or post-secondary education, but this was phased out in the year 2003. In most parts of the world, primary education is the first stage of compulsory education , and is normally available without charge, but may also be offered by fee-paying independent schools . The term grade school is sometimes used in
750-465: The tax on their property tax bill as "Voter Approved Debt Service – School Unified." In 2014, Measure I, a $ 179 million bond issue, was approved by voters. IN 2022, Measure B, a $ 298 million bond issue, was approved by voters to complete modernization at Alameda High School and Encinal Jr/Sr High School. The bond also includes funding to modernize Wood Middle and Lincoln Middle Schools. A four-year $ 50 parcel tax (Measure A) failed in 1997. The election
780-469: The workers for the Naval Air station and shipbuilding yards. In the 1940s, the baby boom was underway with 15,000 Alameda babies being born. In 1948, a $ 2,840,000 bond measure was passed. The lion's share of the bond was used to buy land and build Encinal High School. In 1951 a survey showed that 45 percent of children enrolled in Alameda schools had parents living or working on federally related properties. As
810-411: Was 15 cents per square foot, with a minimum of $ 120 and maximum of $ 9,500. Two lawsuits were filed challenging the legality of Measure H. Both parcel taxes, Measure A and Measure H, were set to expire in 2012. In 2010, Measure E, which would have replaced Measures A and H with a new tax, and increased the rate from $ 309/yr to $ 659/year for a residential parcel, received 65.6% of the vote, falling short of
840-649: Was an extension of the existing Measure A passed in 2011. In January 2017, a lawsuit was filed challenging the structure of the parcel tax. In April 2018, the Alameda County Superior Court entered a judgment upholding Measure B1. Elementary school A primary school (in Ireland, India, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, South Africa, and Singapore ), elementary school , or grade school (in North America and
870-422: Was on June 3, and the measure garnered only 57.5% of the vote, falling short of the two-third's supermajority required to pass. In 2001, a five-year $ 109 per parcel tax (Measure A) was approved by voters. In 2005, the parcel tax from 2001 (Measure A) was increased to $ 189 and extended for seven years. In 2008, a four-year parcel tax (Measure H) was passed. The residential parcel rate was $ 120 and commercial rate
900-568: Was proposed for students over 11: there were to be primary elementary schools and secondary elementary schools; these became known as primary schools and secondary schools. In some parts of the United States, "primary school" refers to a school covering kindergarten through to second grade or third grade (K through 2 or 3); the "elementary school" includes grade three through five or grades four to six. In Canada, "elementary school" almost everywhere refers to Grades 1 through 6; with Kindergarten being referred to as "preschool." Though often used as
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