Fremont Union High School District
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| Official name | Fremont Union High School District |
| Superintendent | Polly Bove (As of August 22, 2006) |
| Location | Main office at 589 W. Fremont Avenue, Sunnyvale Sunnyvale, California Sunnyvale is a city in Santa Clara County, California, United States. It is one of the major cities that make up the Silicon Valley located in the San Francisco Bay Area... , CA California California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area... 94087 |
| Telephone | 1-408-522-2200 |
| Website | www.fuhsd.org |
| Number of schools | 5 |
| Enrollment | 10,316 |
The Fremont Union High School District (commonly abbreviated FUHSD) is a school district
School district
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in Northern California
Northern California
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, serving Cupertino
Cupertino, California
Cupertino is an affluent suburban city in Santa Clara County, California in the U.S., directly west of San Jose on the western edge of the Santa Clara Valley with portions extending into the foothills of the Santa Cruz Mountains. The population was 58,302 at the time of the 2010 census. Forbes...
, most of Sunnyvale
Sunnyvale, California
Sunnyvale is a city in Santa Clara County, California, United States. It is one of the major cities that make up the Silicon Valley located in the San Francisco Bay Area...
and parts of San Jose
San Jose, California
San Jose is the third-largest city in California, the tenth-largest in the U.S., and the county seat of Santa Clara County which is located at the southern end of San Francisco Bay...
, Los Altos
Los Altos, California
Los Altos is a city at the southern end of the San Francisco Peninsula, in the San Francisco Bay Area. The city is in Santa Clara County, California, United States. The population was 28,976 according to the 2010 census....
, Saratoga
Saratoga, California
Saratoga is a city in Santa Clara County, California, USA. It is located on the west side of the Santa Clara Valley, directly west of San Jose, in the San Francisco Bay area. The population was 29,926 at the 2010 census....
, and Santa Clara
Santa Clara, California
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. As of 2004, it serves over 9,500 students. The district superintendent is Polly Bove as of August 22, 2006.
Schools
There are five high schools in the FUHSD:- Cupertino High SchoolCupertino High SchoolCupertino High School, colloquially referred to as "Tino", is a four-year comprehensive public high school located near the Rancho Rinconada and Fairgrove neighborhoods of Cupertino, California, USA. It is part of the Fremont Union High School District. The school serves mostly suburban...
- Fremont High School
- Homestead High SchoolHomestead High School (Cupertino, California)Homestead High School is a four-year high school serving north western Cupertino, western Sunnyvale, and portions of southern Los Altos, in Santa Clara County, California. Established in 1962, the school serves 2,270 students in grades 9 to 12 as part of the Fremont Union High School District...
- Lynbrook High SchoolLynbrook High SchoolLynbrook High School is a co-educational, public, four-year secondary school located in the West San Jose neighborhood of San Jose, California, USA...
- Monta Vista High SchoolMonta Vista High SchoolMonta Vista High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school located in the Silicon Valley city of Cupertino, California, USA. Part of the Fremont Union High School District, the school serves most of the suburban residential and industrial technology enriched area of western Cupertino...
Fremont High School is the oldest school in the district, and Monta Vista and Lynbrook are generally considered to be the highest achieving schools.
Student enrollment
During the 2007 school year, there were 10,210 students in the Fremont Union High School District. In terms of race and ethnicity, the district is predominantly Asian AmericanAsian American
Asian Americans are Americans of Asian descent. The U.S. Census Bureau definition of Asians as "Asian” refers to a person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian subcontinent, including, for example, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan,...
. European American
European American
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students make up a large minority. Hispanic and Latino
Hispanic and Latino Americans
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students are also a sizable minority. In contrast, African American
African American
African Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have at least partial ancestry from any of the native populations of Sub-Saharan Africa and are the direct descendants of enslaved Africans within the boundaries of the present United States...
students are not very numerous. During the 2007 school year, Asian American students made up 53.3% of the school district's student population. European American students made up 32.7% of the student population; Hispanics and Latinos made up 11.7% of the population. African American
African American
African Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have at least partial ancestry from any of the native populations of Sub-Saharan Africa and are the direct descendants of enslaved Africans within the boundaries of the present United States...
and American Indian
Indigenous peoples of the Americas
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students made up 2.0% and 0.4% of the population respectively.
Because the school district has recently faced a substantially large budget deficit, the district is now only enrolling residents who live within the district's boundaries. In the past, many students who do not live within the district are allowed to go to the Fremont Union High School District's schools, but now the district is closely investigating all student residences. If the student is found to be from an outside area, he or she may be expelled from school. Sometimes this policy has caused controversy among parents and teachers, but the district must maintain this policy in order to keep class sizes low.
CAHSEE Performance
The California High School Exit Exam (CAHSEE) is administered to every sophomore enrolledhttp://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/tg/hs/. The test must be passed in order to receive a high school diploma. According to the California Department of Education in the year 2008, 93% of sophomores enrolled in the Fremont Union High School District passed the English-Language Arts portion of the test http://dq.cde.ca.gov/dataquest/cahsee/ExitProf3.asp?SearchKey=fremont^union^high&cSelect=4369468^^--^Fremont^Union^High-000&cLevel=District&cYear=2007-08&cChoice=ExitProf3&cAdmin=C&tDate=000000&TestType=E&cGrade=10&Pageno=1. According to the California Department of Education in the year 2008, 95% of sophomores enrolled in FUHSD passed the mathematics portion of the test. http://dq.cde.ca.gov/dataquest/cahsee/ExitProf3.asp?SearchKey=fremont^union^high&cSelect=4369468^^--^Fremont^Union^High-000&cLevel=District&cYear=2007-08&cChoice=ExitProf3&cAdmin=C&tDate=000000&TestType=M&cGrade=10&Pageno=1Administration
As of 2005, the district employed a total of 845 employees. The Board of Trustees, which sets the district's regulations and rules, has five members. At the Fremont Union High School District’s August 22, 2006 Board of Trustees meeting, on a 3-2 vote the Board terminated the contract of Superintendent Dr. Stephen R. Rowley. His contract would otherwise have expired June 30, 2008. The Board then asked Deputy Superintendent Polly Bove to serve as Acting Superintendent. Upon her acceptance, the Board unanimously approved her appointment.History
The district was founded in the early 1900s as a small school district which served the Fremont Township in the West Valley region, which was primarily an agriculture-based community back then. Currently, it is a large school district that includes highly academically performing schools, including Cupertino High SchoolCupertino High School
Cupertino High School, colloquially referred to as "Tino", is a four-year comprehensive public high school located near the Rancho Rinconada and Fairgrove neighborhoods of Cupertino, California, USA. It is part of the Fremont Union High School District. The school serves mostly suburban...
, Homestead High School
Homestead High School (Cupertino, California)
Homestead High School is a four-year high school serving north western Cupertino, western Sunnyvale, and portions of southern Los Altos, in Santa Clara County, California. Established in 1962, the school serves 2,270 students in grades 9 to 12 as part of the Fremont Union High School District...
, Lynbrook High School
Lynbrook High School
Lynbrook High School is a co-educational, public, four-year secondary school located in the West San Jose neighborhood of San Jose, California, USA...
, Fremont High School, and Monta Vista High School
Monta Vista High School
Monta Vista High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school located in the Silicon Valley city of Cupertino, California, USA. Part of the Fremont Union High School District, the school serves most of the suburban residential and industrial technology enriched area of western Cupertino...
.
Policies
The Fremont Union High School District's policies include the Zero Tolerance Policy, Residency Verification, and many other policies.Most schools in the district will give students "automatic 0's" if seen talking during tests or looking on others' test sheets.
Technology
The Fremont Union High School District runs a fairly advanced technological system, including its own website servers, IP addressIP address
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es, VoIP Infrastructure, and library catalog. The A+ Board and SchoolLoop is the school district's primary means of communicating to students via the Internet
Internet
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