Brea Olinda Unified School District

Brea Olinda Unified School District is the school district serving the City of Brea in Orange County, California, United States. It also serves portions of the nearby cities of Fullerton, Yorba Linda and La Habra.

The school district consists of:

In 1994 the district had the lowest dropout rate of the districts in Orange County: 13 students, making up 0.5% of the district's students, quit school in 1994.

The District has completed design plans for a new elementary school at the corner of Birch and Valencia. However, construction is on hold as the school district waits for developer fees from three major housing projects in Brea.

The District has made a foray into the digital age by upgrading their schools with audio visual technology, including:

In doing so, the district hopes to keep students more involved by incorporating interesting and new teaching styles, and save money that would have been otherwise spent on supplying teachers with clear sheets for overhead projectors.

This statement about the av cart and av technology integration was made by Christine Olmstead, the technology director for the school district:

"Security Works company has been outstanding in helping us design a Mobile Technology Workstand to accommodate our 21st Century Classrooms at an affordable price. Our Electronic Document Cameras, Laptops, and Projectors all fit securely on one mobile stand that can move around a classroom or between classrooms to share."

The Brea Olinda Unified School District has a seven-member board. Each member is elected to serve a four-year term of office. The current trustees are:

The Board of Trustees is responsible for policy making for the school district.

The Board of Trustees appoints a professional to oversee the day-to-day operations of the school district. The current Superintendent of Schools is Brad Mason, who acts as the chief executive officer of the school district as well as the Secretary to the Board of Trustees. He has two Assistant Superintendents, Anne Flesher for Personnel and Educational Services and John Fogarty for Business Services.

Brea Olinda Unified consists of nine schools: six elementary schools, one junior high school, one high school and one continuation high school.

The non-profit Brea Education Foundation (BEF), a community of parents, neighbors, and business leaders, was activated in 2005 to support all students in the Brea Olinda Unified School District (BOUSD). In these times of shrinking school budgets, the foundation is focusing on funding three main areas: technology, science and the arts.

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