Twin Rivers Unified School District

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Twin Rivers Unified School District
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Address
5115 Dudley Boulevard
McClellan Park
, California , 95652
United States
District information
TypePublic school district
GradesK–12 [1]
Established2007;18 years ago (2007)
PresidentBasim Elkarra
NCES District ID 0601332 [1]
Students and staff
Enrollment24,513 (2022–2023) [1]
Teachers1,088.72 (FTE) [1]
Staff1,434.31 (FTE) [1]
Student–teacher ratio22.5:1 [1]
Other information
Website www.trusd.net

Twin Rivers Unified School District is a school district in McClellan, California, United States. The district office is located at 5115 Dudley Boulevard, McClellan, California. [2]

Contents

Twin Rivers operates the cleanest school bus fleet in the country,[ according to whom? ] with 25 battery electric buses and ten more on order. It also has 35 buses that run on compressed natural gas and 60 on renewable diesel. [3]

History

The district was created as a result of the November 2007 approval of Measure B, a proposal to merge the four North Sacramento area school districts: the North Sacramento School District, the Del Paso Heights School District, the Rio Linda Union School District, and the Grant Joint Union High School District. [4] [5] Originally referred to as New North Area Unified School District after Measure B passed, the name Twin Rivers was selected from among 300 submitted by community members during a three-week naming contest. [6]

Administration

On December 4, 2007, the trustees selected Frank Porter to serve as Twin Rivers USD Interim Superintendent. [7] Porter, who had been the superintendent of the Rio Linda Union School District was selected for the job over Ramona Bishop, the superintendent of the Del Paso Heights Elementary School District. The new district assumed operational responsibility for the 37,000 students in the four merging districts on July 1, 2008.

Frank Porter has announced his retirement as of June 30, 2012 after four and a half years as the district's superintendent. Rob Ball served about three months as acting superintendent and Joe Williams served 10 months as the interim superintendent. Effective July 1, 2013, Dr. Steven Martinez, previously of Fresno Unified now serves as the district superintendent.

Five of the district's assistant superintendents have become superintendents - Debra LaVoi, Ed.D., became the superintendent at Woodland Joint Unified in July 2009 until her retirement in July 2014, Ramona Bishop, Ed.D.,became the superintendent at Vallejo City Unified in April 2011, Gloria Hernandez-Goff, Ed.D., became the Superintendent of the Ravenswood School District in May 2013, and Rusty Clark became the superintendent of the Pleasant Ridge School District near Grass Valley in June 2013. June 2020 Andy Weather Director of Special Projects became Superintendent of the Grass Valley School District. Dr. Shelly Holt, secondary curriculum director for the district when it first started is now in the Fontana Unified School District in Southern California.

Boundary

A portion of the City of Sacramento is within the district, with portions for grades K-12, and others for grades 7-12. [8] North Sacramento and Del Paso Heights Norte Del Rio High School also served this area until its closure in the 1980s.

Three of Sacramento's westside suburbs are served by Twin Rivers Schools:

Other territories within TRUSD include portions of Elverta (for grades 9-12) and portions of McClellan Park (for grades 7-12). The district takes students in grades 7-12 from the territory of Robla Elementary School District, [8] while it takes students in grades 9-12 from the territory of Elverta Joint Elementary School District.. [8] [9]

Schools

High School

Middle School

Elementary School

Board of Trustees

The trustees are: [10]

Notable alumni

There have been several students and staff members of the schools that are within the Twin Rivers USD.

Susan Peters, Sacramento County Board of Supervisors

Alumni who came back to serve on the Board of Trustees

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References

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  2. ↑ Twin Rivers Interim Website
  3. ↑ Hannon, Taylor (May 31, 2019). "Calif. District Adds to Largest Fleet of Electric School Buses". STN Media. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
  4. ↑ "Sacramento County Final Election Count" (PDF). Sacramento County Voter Registration and Elections. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 24, 2009.
  5. ↑ Rosenhall, Laurel (November 7, 2007). "Historic school merger approved - Grant, three feeder districts will unite; 7 elected to board". The Sacramento Bee. pp. A1. Retrieved March 17, 2022– via NewsBank.
  6. ↑ Rosenhall, Laurel (January 10, 2008). "New school district now has a name: Twin Rivers". The Sacramento Bee. pp. B2. Retrieved March 17, 2022.
  7. ↑ Minutes of the Regular Meeting of December 4, 2007 Archived July 1, 2015, at the Wayback Machine , Twin Rivers Unified School District Board of Trustees
  8. 1 2 3 "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Sacramento County, CA" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau . Retrieved August 28, 2024. - Text list
  9. ↑ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Placer County, CA" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau . Retrieved August 28, 2024. - Text list
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