Fresno Unified School District

Fresno Unified School District (also known as F.U.S.D.) is a school district in Fresno, California, U.S.A.

Facts and Figures

• California's 4th largest school district
• 79,383 students (2004â€"05)
• $869 million budget
• 76 different languages represented over the last 5 years
• 1,575 children attend preschool
• 25,400 adults attend adult education classes

Demographics

In November 1990 the district had 12,643 students of Southeast Asian origin, including 6,602 boys and 6,041 girls. Most of the district's southeast Asian population was Hmong. Ruth Horne, director of multilingual and multicultural education, said during that period that the district had experienced a high dropout rate of Southeast Asian girls. In a three-year period ending with the graduating class of 1989, the dropout rate for girls of southeast Asian origin was 32.2% The district's planning and research office did not have a specific breakdown for the dropout rate of girls of Hmong origin in particular.

Administration

Superintendent

• Michael E. Hanson

Board of Education

• Lindsay Cal Johnson, President
• Christopher De La Cerda, Clerk
• Brooke Ashjian
• Luis A. Chavez
• Valerie F. Davis
• Carol Mills, J.D.
• Janet Ryan

Schools

High schools

• Bullard High School
• The Center for Advanced Research and Technology
• Design Science High School
• Duncan Polytechnical High School
• Edison High School
• Fresno High School
• Hoover High School
• McLane High School
• Roosevelt High School
• Sunnyside High School

Middle schools

Alumni

• John Hoover, Olympian, pro-baseball player, Cooper Junior High School Class of 1977. Hoover was a Major League Baseball first round draft choice in 1984 (by Baltimore), after having led the nation in strikeouts in college baseball, pitching 205 strikeouts for Fresno State in his senior year. Also in 1984 Hoover was an opening pitcher for the United States Olympic team, winning the opening game and helping the US to win the silver medal for baseball. In 1983, Hoover pitched the opening game at the IX Pan American Games, for an 8-0 victory over the Dominican Republic, helping to win the gold medal for the United States team. Hoover played for the Texas Rangers in the 1990 season, but had a shortened pro-baseball career due to injuries sustained as a college player.

• Cliff Harris, award-winning college football player, Cooper Middle School Class of 2005. In 2010-11, Harris was a player for the University of Oregon, helping the team to rank No. 2 in the nation after almost beating Auburn, losing by only 3 points (22-19) in the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) game on January 10, 2011.

Elementary schools

Other schools

Alternative Schools

• Cambridge Cont. High School
• DeWolf Cont. High School
• J.E. Young Academic Center
• Phoenix Academy

Fresno Adult School

• Cesar E. Chavez Adult School

See also

• List of school districts in Fresno County, California

References

External links

• Fresno Unified School District