San Mateo Union High School District
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High school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....
district headquartered in San Mateo, California
San Mateo, California
San Mateo is a city in San Mateo County, California, United States, in the San Francisco Bay Area. With a population of approximately 100,000 , it is one of the larger suburbs on the San Francisco Peninsula, located between Burlingame to the north, Foster City to the east, Belmont to the south,...
.
Schools
The district consists of seven public high schools, one alternative high school (a "college high school"), and one adult School in San BrunoSan Bruno, California
San Bruno is a city in San Mateo County, California, United States. The population was 41,114 at the 2010 census.The city is adjacent to San Francisco International Airport and Golden Gate National Cemetery.-Geography:San Bruno is located at...
, Millbrae
Millbrae, California
Millbrae is a city in San Mateo County, California, United States, just west of San Francisco Bay, with San Bruno on the north and Burlingame on the south. The population was 21,532 at the 2010 census.-History:...
, Burlingame
Burlingame, California
Burlingame is a city in San Mateo County, California. It is located on the San Francisco Peninsula and has a significant shoreline on San Francisco Bay. The city is named after diplomat Anson Burlingame. It is renowned for its many surviving examples of Victorian architecture, its affluence, and...
, and San Mateo
San Mateo, California
San Mateo is a city in San Mateo County, California, United States, in the San Francisco Bay Area. With a population of approximately 100,000 , it is one of the larger suburbs on the San Francisco Peninsula, located between Burlingame to the north, Foster City to the east, Belmont to the south,...
. The oldest school in the district is San Mateo High School
San Mateo High School
San Mateo High School is an American National Blue Ribbon comprehensive four-year public high school in San Mateo, California serving grades 9–12 as part of the San Mateo Union High School District....
, which opened in 1902. The second oldest school is Burlingame High School
Burlingame High School
Burlingame High School is a public high school in Burlingame, California. It is part of the San Mateo Union High School District .-History:...
, which opened in the early 1920s. This was followed by Capuchino High School
Capuchino High School
Capuchino High School is a public high school in San Bruno, California, although the school is surrounded by the city of Millbrae on all but one corner...
in San Bruno in 1950. Additional schools were Hillsdale High School
Hillsdale High School (San Mateo, California)
Hillsdale High School is a public high school in San Mateo, California serving grades 9–12 as part of the San Mateo Union High School District...
and Aragon High School
Aragon High School
Aragon High School is an American public high school in San Mateo, California, and is part of the San Mateo Union High School District . It is located in San Mateo County, a large suburb just outside San Francisco...
in San Mateo, Mills High School
Mills High School
Mills High School is a public high school in Millbrae, California. It is one of seven high schools in the San Mateo Union High School District....
in Millbrae, and Crestmoor High School
Crestmoor High School
Crestmoor High School opened in San Bruno, California in September 1962 to relieve congestion at Capuchino High School and Mills High School. It was the seventh high school to be built by the San Mateo Union High School District, based in San Mateo, California. Construction began in 1960 on a...
in San Bruno. Due to declining enrollment, Crestmoor was closed in 1980; some of the buildings were later used for Peninsula High School
Peninsula High School (San Bruno)
Peninsula High School, home to the Pumas, is a public continuation high school in San Bruno, California, using Crestmoor High School's building. It is part of the San Mateo Union High School District...
, a continuation school.
The San Mateo Middle College High School
San Mateo Middle College High School
San Mateo Middle College High School is an alternative high school program serving grades 11 and 12. The school operates on the College of San Mateo campus in San Mateo, California...
is an alternative education program, begun in 1998, which is attended by 35 juniors and 35 seniors selected from high schools in the district. These students take both high school and college courses.
The San Mateo Adult School is an adult school with an annual enrollment of over 14,000 whose mission is to "develop skilled workers, strong families, and successful communities by offering opportunities to learn at every stage of adult life."
Board of Trustees
The San Mateo Union High School District is governed by a five-member board of trustees, whose members are elected by voters residing in the district to serve up to two four-year terms. The Board is responsible for establishing educational goals and standards, approving curriculum and the school district budget, and appoints a superintendent to manage day-to-day administration.The current trustees are Peter Hanley, Linda Lees Dwyer, Dave Pine
Dave Pine
Dave Pine is a member of the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors, and represents Supervisorial District 1, which includes the eastern two-thirds of South San Francisco and all of San Bruno, Millbrae, Burlingame, and Hillsborough...
, Stephen Rogers, and Robert Griffin. Board President Dave Pine is a candidate for the District 1 seat on the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors
San Mateo County Board of Supervisors
The San Mateo County Board of Supervisors is the five-member elected body that supervises the operation of San Mateo County, California. Board members represent one of five districts of roughly equal population within the county, but are elected at-large by all county voters...
, which will be filled with an all-mail special election ending on May 3, 2011.