Folsom Cordova Unified School District

Last updated
Folsom Cordova Unified School
Address
1965 Birkmont Drive
Rancho Cordova
, California , 95742
United States
District information
TypePublic
GradesK–12 [1]
Established1949
SuperintendentErik Swanson
Schools36
NCES District ID 0613890 [1]
Students and staff
Students20,096 (2020–2021) [1]
Teachers911.19 (FTE) [1]
Staff1,000.47 (FTE) [1]
Student–teacher ratio22.05:1 [1]
Other information
Website www.fcusd.org

Folsom Cordova Unified School District (FCUSD) is a school district headquartered in Rancho Cordova, California. It covers the cities of Folsom, Rancho Cordova, and most of Mather. There are 36 separate schools, including adult education and independent study programs. There are four high schools, four middle schools, twenty-one elementary schools, and five alternative schools. [2]

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History

The Folsom Cordova Unified School District was created in 1949 when the Folsom Union High School District joined with the Granite Grammar School District. The new School District was called the Folsom Cordova Joint School District and there were a total of 767 students enrolled at only two school sites which were Granite Elementary School at 909 Mormon Street and Folsom High School at 715 Riley Street in Folsom. In June 1967 the school district was renamed the Folsom Cordova Unified School District. Kitty Hawk and Mather Heights School were located on Mather Air Force Base until that facility closed down in 1993. The after-school Student Care Program started in 1986. The Adolescent Parent Program began in 1985. The school district office was located at 125 East Bidwell Street from 1963 to 2012. (Today that property is the location of an apartment complex.)

The Folsom Cordova Unified School District tried year-round education beginning with the opening of Folsom Hills Elementary School in 1991. Folsom Hills was placed on a single track 60/20 schedule for the 1991–92 school year. All the students and staff were at school for sixty days and then off track for twenty days. Starting in the 1992–93 school year, Carl Sundahl, Folsom Hills and Oak Chan Elementary Schools went on a three-track year-round schedule. Folsom Middle School also began a year-round schedule that same school year however it was a four-track schedule meaning there were students and staff present nearly every day of the year at the middle school. Folsom High never utilized the year-round schedule nor did any schools in Rancho Cordova. By 1998, all schools in the Folsom Cordova Unified School District had reverted to the traditional school schedule and year-round education came to an end.

From 1939 to 1984 the Folsom Union High School District and then the Folsom Cordova Unified School District operated a school at Represa inside Folsom State Prison. The school taught academic and vocational subjects to the prisoners. Numerous high school diplomas were awarded at the prison school. The Federal Government took over control of that school in 1984.

Superintendents

#ServiceNameYears (approx.)Ref.
11949 - 1965W.E. Mitchell16
21965 - 1978Howard C. Wood13
31978 - 1987Dr. James Loughridge9
41987 - 1990David Benson3
51990 - 1993Virgil Jenson3
61993 - 1996Dr. Caroline Gonzales3
71997 - 1999Dr. Joe Spaulding2
81999 - June 30, 2005Norman Siefkin6 [3]
9July 1, 2005 - June 30, 2010Patrick Godwin5 [4] [5]
10July 1, 2010 - June 30, 2017Deborah Bettencourt7 [6] [7]
11July 1, 2017 - June 30, 2024Dr. Sarah Koligian7 [8]
12July 1, 2024 - PresentErik Swanson<1 [9]

Enrollment

YearEnrollment
1949767
19583,732
196811,822
197810,549
19829,915
199412,500
200016,357
202020,096 [1]

Schools

High schools

Middle schools

Elementary schools

Alternative schools

Closed Or Repurposed Facilities

School Board

The School Board went from "at-large" elections to "by district" elections in 2020.

DistrictYearsNameTerms
12022 -Kara Lofthouse1
52022 -Jennifer Laret1
22020 -Tim Hooey1
12018 - 2022Joshua Hoover1
32018 -David Reid2
42016 -Chris Clark2
N/A2014 - 2018Sarah Aquino1
N/A2010 - 2018Zak Ford2
22008 - 2020Joanne Reinking3
N/A2004 - 2008Mary McCormick1
N/A2002 - 2014Richard Shaw3
52002 - 2022Ed Short5
N/A1998 - 2002Jim McGowan1
N/A1998 - 2006Sara Myers2
N/A1996 - 2004; 2006 - 2010Roger Benton3
N/A1996 - 2016Teresa Stanley5

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