Salinas City Elementary School District

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Location
Salinas City Elementary
840 South Main St. Salinas, California, USA
Information
Superintendent	Donna Alonzo Vaughan
Students	7,954
Type	Public School District
Grades	Pre K - 6
Homepage	Salinas City Elementary

1 About this District
2 Mission Statement
3 Demographics
4 Slogan
5 Foundation
6 Board of Trustees
7 Campuses
8 References
9 External links

[edit] About this District

Salinas City Elementary is an elementary school district located in Salinas, California. As of 2006, Salinas City Elementary had an enrollment of 7, 954 students, of which 80% were Hispanic or Latino. Salinas City Elementary has 12 campuses and employs ~800 classified and certificated employees, making the district one of the largest employers in Salinas, CA.

Salinas City Elementary School District is one of 96 California school districts that has advanced to the federal Title I Program Improvement (PI) Year 3 status based upon failure to make Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) for at least five years and is now subject to corrective action and targeted technical assistance as specified by the federal law.

[edit] Mission Statement

The mission statement of Salinas City Elementary School District is to maximize the potential of all students to become responsible, literate, thinking, caring and contributing members of a democratic, multicultural and interdependent society. This mission is accomplished through excellence in teaching and in partnership with parents and the community.^[1]

[edit] Demographics

Ethnicity	District	State
Hispanic or Latino	80%	48%
White, not Hispanic	12%	30%
Filipino	3%	3%
African American, Not Hispanic	3%	8%
Asian	2%	8%
Pacific Islander	<1%	<1%
American Indian or Alaska Native	<1%	<1%
Multiple or No Response	<1%	<2%

* Source: California State Board of Education, 2005-2006

[edit] Slogan

"Students are the focus of our work."

[edit] Foundation

The Salinas City Elementary School Foundation was founded in 2005 by concerned community members with the purpose of raising funds to provide Salinas City Elementary students with music, technology and art education because the State of California's budgeting had eliminated these opportunities.

[edit] Board of Trustees

Member	Area
Michael Harris	Area 1
Robert Eggers	Area 2
Robert Foster Hoffman	Area 3
Edward Moncrief	Area 4
Genaro Carlos	Area 5

Regular Meeting Times: Second and fourth Mondays of the month, 840 S. Main St., Salinas.

[edit] Campuses

School	Grades	Mascot	Principal	Notes
Baldwin Continuation	4 - 6			Closed for '07-'08
Boronda	K - 6	Bulldogs		Closed in the Spring of 2005
Boronda Meadows	K - 6	Hawks	Rosie Alvarez
El Gabilan	K - 6		Rhonda Van Deusen
Henry F. Kammann	K - 6	Panthers	Jennifer Zanzot
Laurel Wood	K - 6	Dolphins	Marsha Nichols	Distinguished School Award 2002
Lincoln	K - 2			Scheduled to reopen in Fall 2008.
Loma Vista	K - 6	Super Stars	Ernesto Gonzalez
Los Padres	K - 6		Hilda Huerta
Mission Park	K - 6		Diane Middaugh
Monterey Park	K - 6		Chris Banks
Natividad	K - 6	Golden Eagles	Lori Sanders
Roosevelt	K - 6	Bears	Brinett Greenlee	notable alumni: John Steinbeck
Sherwood	K - 6	Sharks	Terri Dye
University Park	K - 6		Anne Crawford	Distinguished School Award 2000