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Gilroy Unified School District

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{{Infobox school district

| name = Gilroy Unified School District

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| motto = Excellence: It Takes Everyone!

| type = Public

| grades = Preschool - 12th Grade

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| closed =

| city = Gilroy

| state = California

| zipcode = 95020

| country = United States

| address = 7810 Arroyo Circle

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| president = Mark Good

| vice-president = Linda Piceno

| superintendent = Anisha Munshi

| asst_superintendent = Alvaro Meza, Deborah Padilla, Paul Winslow

| accreditations =

| schools = Elementary 8
Middle 3
High 4

| budget = $115 million

| us_nces_district_id = {{NCES District ID|0615180 |district_name=Gilroy Unified |access_date=2022-03-05}}

| students = 10,821 (2020–2021)

| teachers = 452.08 (FTE)

| staff = 495.69 (FTE)

| ratio = 23.94:1

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| website = {{URL2|https://www.gilroyunified.org}}

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Gilroy Unified School District is located in the southernmost tip of Santa Clara Valley, California.

The Gilroy Unified School District was created in 1966 when several small school districts joined with the Gilroy School District. The other school districts included San Ysidro and Rucker. It covers an area of over 600 square miles, and during the 2012–2013 school year had approximately 11,000 students.

The school district currently consists of four high schools (Gilroy High School, Christopher High School, Gilroy Early College Academy, and Mt. Madonna Continuation High School), three middle schools (Brownell, Solorsano, and South Valley), and seven elementary schools (El Roble, Eliot, Glen View, Las Animas, Luigi Aprea, Rod Kelley, and Rucker). The district also operates a pre-school program.

One charter school, Gilroy Prep School, has been chartered by the school board and opened in 2011 serving students grades TK-8.

Awards and recognition

  • Christopher High - 2015 California Gold Ribbon School {{cite web |url=http://www.cde.ca.gov/nr/ne/yr15/yr15rel37.asp| title=State Schools Chief Tom Torlakson Announces 2015 California Gold Ribbon Schools Award | date=May 5, 2015 | website=California Department of Education | access-date=June 4, 2015}}
  • Gilroy High - 1994 {{cite web |url=http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/sr/cs/documents/distinguished.xls | title=1986-2009 Distinguished Schools Data File | format=XLS | website=California Department of Education | access-date=June 4, 2015}} and 2009 {{cite web |url=http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/sr/cs/disting2009.asp| title=2009 Distinguished Middle and High Schools| website=California Department of Education | access-date=June 4, 2015}} California Distinguished School
  • Gilroy Early College Academy - 2015 California Gold Ribbon School,{{cite web |url=http://www.cde.ca.gov/nr/ne/yr15/yr15rel37.asp| title=State Schools Chief Tom Torlakson Announces 2015 California Gold Ribbon Schools Award | date=May 5, 2015 | website=California Department of Education | access-date=June 4, 2015}} 2013 California Distinguished School
  • Mt. Madonna Continuation - 2015 California Model Continuation High School {{cite web|url=http://www.cde.ca.gov/nr/ne/yr15/yr15rel21.asp|title=State Schools Chief Tom Torlakson Announces 2015 Model Continuation High Schools|date=March 18, 2015| website=California Department of Education|access-date=June 4, 2015}}
  • Ascencion Solorsano Middle - 2007 and 2013 California Distinguished School, 2007 Title I Academic Achievement School
  • Brownell Middle - 2015 California Gold Ribbon School {{cite web |url=http://www.cde.ca.gov/nr/ne/yr15/yr15rel37.asp| title=State Schools Chief Tom Torlakson Announces 2015 California Gold Ribbon Schools Award | date=May 5, 2015 | website=California Department of Education | access-date=June 4, 2015}}
  • Glen View Elementary - 1997 California Distinguished School
  • Las Animas Elementary - 2016 California Gold Ribbon Schools Award, 2008 California Distinguished School, 2009 Title I Academic Achievement School {{cite web |url=http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/sr/aa/awardees2009.asp|title=2008-09 Academic Achievement Award Recipients|website=California Department of Education|access-date=June 4, 2015}}
  • Rod Kelley Elementary - 2016 California Gold Ribbon Schools Award

Schools

High Schools

Middle Schools

  • South Valley Middle School
  • Brownell Middle School
  • Ascencion Solorsano Middle School

Elementary Schools

  • Rucker Elementary School
  • Eliot Elementary School
  • Glen View Elementary School
  • Las Animas Elementary School
  • Luigi Aprea Elementary School
  • El Roble Elementary School
  • Rod Kelley Elementary School

Charter Schools

  • Gilroy Prep School

Board of education

Gilroy Unified is overseen by a publicly elected seven member board of education, elected at-large for four year terms. Among its duties, this body appoints the superintendent to function as the district's chief executive for carrying out day-to-day decisions and policy implementations.

The term for these trustees ends in 2020:

  • Mark Good
  • BC Doyle
  • James E. Pace

The term for these trustees expires in 2018:

  • Heather Bass
  • Linda Piceno
  • Pat Midtgaard
  • Jaime Rosso

References

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External links

{{Portal|San Francisco Bay Area|Schools}}

  • {{Official website|https://www.gilroyunified.org}}
  • [http://www.gilroyprep.org/ Gilroy Prep School]

{{Gilroy, California}}

{{Santa Clara County, California Schools}}

Category:School districts in Santa Clara County, California

Category:Gilroy, California

Category:1966 establishments in California

Category:School districts established in 1966

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