Bassett Unified School District
| Bassett Unified School District | |
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Administrative Offices: 904 North Willow Ave. La Puente, California 91746 San Gabriel Valley, Los Angeles County, California United States |
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| District information | |
| Type | Public |
| Motto | Traditionally: Excellence in Education. Officially: Students First. De Facto: Educate, Engage, Empower! |
| Grades | K–12, including Child Development and Adult Education |
| Established | 1898 |
| Superintendent | Dr. Alex J. Rojas |
| School board | Dolores Rivera, President. Javier Romo, Vice President. Armando Barajas, Clerk. Natalie M. Ybarra, Member. Paul Solano, Member. |
| Accreditation | Western Association of Schools and Colleges |
| Schools | Van Wig Elementary, Edgewood Academy, Don Julian Elementary, Sunkist Elementary, Torch Middle School, Bassett High School (California), Nueva Vista Continuation High School, Bassett Adult School (Erwin Campus) |
| Students and staff | |
| Students | Approx. 5,500 |
| Colors | Light Blue and Brown |
| Other information | |
| Website | www |
The Bassett Unified School District is a California public unified school district based in the La Puente Valley of the eastern region of the San Gabriel Valley in Los Angeles County, California, United States.
The district is governed by a five-member Board of Education. The incumbent members of the Board of Education are Dolores Rivera (President), Javier Romo (Vice President), Armando Barajas (Clerk), Natalie Ybarra, and Paul Solano. The Board has one non-voting student member from the district's high school who represents the district’s whole student body.
The Board meets monthly in accordance with California Law. Members of the board are elected by the qualified voters of the district for a term of four years. There are no imposed term limits on board membership. Members of the board receive a no-obligation salary below $300. As may be applicable, half of the board membership is due for election (or reelection) every even numbered year. The most recent board election was for three (3) board seats and was called in November 2013—Solano, Rivera, and Romo were chosen. The next board election shall be for two (3) board seats and should be called in November 2018 – the membership of Riviera, Romo and Solano shall then be due.
The district is part of the La Puente Valley Regional Occupational Program, a collective program with the Hacienda La Puente Unified School District and the Rowland Unified School District. Board members Solano and Romo are the Bassett U.S.D. representatives to the R.O.P. Joint Board of Management; Rivera is also the Joint Board's President. The district is a member of many other educational/ governmental organizations throughout the region/ state/ nation and regularly appoints Board members as delegates to those organizations.
The board has the duties of managing the district schools, funds and personnel and as well as the power to hire/ fire said personnel, ordering elections to fill any vacancy (or appoint) and to name a district Superintendent of Schools and other high ranking administrators who form his/ her Cabinet. The current district Superintendent of Schools]] is Dr. Alex J. Rojas. He was invested the status from Deputy Superintendent when his superior (and then district Superintendent) Jose Luis Reynoso, Jr. took an indefinite medical leave and did not return; he resigned months later and thereby made Rojas Interim Superintendent in consequence; the Board appointed Rojas as the prime Superintendent soon thereafter. The district Assistant Superintendent of Business is Antoine Hawkins, and the district Assistant Superintendent of Educational Services is Debbie French. These senior executive administrative officers make up the Superintendents Cabinet.
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