Clovis Unified School District, California
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| Clovis Unified School District |
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| Fresno County, California |
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| Superintendent: Eimear O'Farrell |
| # of school board members: 7 |
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Clovis Unified School District is a school district in California.
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Superintendent
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Corrine Folmer is the superintendent of the Clovis Unified School District. She was appointed in March 2023, and started serving this role on July 1, 2023. Her previous experience includes various teaching and administrative roles in the Clovis Unified School District.[1]
Past superintendents
- Eimear O'Farrell was the superintendent of the Clovis Unified School District from May 30, 2017 until her retirement on June 30, 2023. O'Farrell's previous career experience includes working as an elementary school teacher, learning director, and principal.[2][3][4]
- Janet Young was the superintendent of the Clovis Unified School District from 2014 to 2017. Young's previous career experience included working as a teacher, principal, and director of school and community relations.[5]
School board
The Clovis Unified School District school board consists of seven members elected by district to four-year terms.
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Elections
Members of the Clovis Unified School District school board are elected to four-year terms. Three or four seats are up for election on a staggered basis every even-numbered year in November.[6]
Four seats on the board were up for general election on November 5, 2024.
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Public participation in board meetings
The Clovis Unified School District school board maintains the following policy on public testimony during board meetings:[7]
C. Public Participation
Members of the public are encouraged to attend Board meetings and to address the Board concerning any item on the agenda or within the Board's jurisdiction. Persons attending Board meetings shall not be required to sign in, complete a questionnaire, or otherwise provide their name or other information as a condition of attending any Board meetings.
Except as authorized by law, all meetings of the Board shall be open to the public. All actions of the Board shall be taken openly unless otherwise provided in law. The public is invited to attend Board meetings and will be given an opportunity to provide public comments.
To conduct District business in an orderly and efficient manner, the Board requires that public presentations to the Board comply with the following procedures:
- 1. The Board shall give members of the public an opportunity to address the Board on any item of interest to the public that is within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Board, either before or during the Board's consideration of the item. (Education Code 35145.5; Government Code 54954.3)
- 2. During the Public Presentation portion of the Board agenda, members of the public may bring before the Board matters that are not listed on the agenda. The Board shall take no action or discussion on any item not appearing on the posted agenda, except as authorized by law. (Education Code 35145.5; Government Code 54954.2) Nothing herein shall limit discussion or action on such subject matter at a subsequent Board meeting.
- 3. Without taking action, Board members or District staff members may briefly respond to statements made or questions posed by the public about items not appearing on the agenda. Additionally, on their own initiative or in response to questions posed by the public, Board members or staff members may ask a question for clarification, make a brief announcement, or make a brief report on their own activities. (Government Code 54954.2) Furthermore, the Board or a Board member may provide a reference to staff or other resources for factual information, ask staff to report back to the Board at a subsequent meeting concerning any matter, or take action directing staff to place a matter of business on a future agenda. (Government Code 54954.2)
- 4. The Board need not allow the public to speak on any item that has already been considered by a committee composed exclusively of Board members at a public meeting where the public had the opportunity to address the committee on that item. However, if the Board determines that the item has been substantially changed since the committee heard the item, the Board shall provide an opportunity for the public to speak. (Government Code 54954.3)
- 5. A person wishing to be heard by the Board shall first be recognized by the president and shall then proceed to comment as briefly as the subject permits. Except as allowed by law, members of the public must be physically present at the Board meeting to address the Board.
- In general, individual speakers will be allowed up to two minutes to address the Board on each agenda or non-agenda item, and the Board president may limit the total time for public input. However, when necessary to ensure full opportunity for public input, the Board president may adjust the amount of time allowed for public input and/or the time allotted for each speaker. The president may ask members of the public with the same viewpoint to select a one or more individuals to address the Board on behalf of that viewpoint.
- To ensure that non-English speakers receive the same opportunity to directly address the Board, any member of the public who utilizes a translator shall be provided at least twice the allotted time to address the Board, unless simultaneous translation equipment is used to allow the Board to hear the translated public testimony simultaneously. (Government Code 54954.3)
- 6. The Board president may rule on the appropriateness of a topic, subject to the following conditions:
- a. If a topic would be suitably addressed at a later time, the Board president may indicate the time and place when it should be presented.
- b. The Board shall not prohibit public criticism of its policies, procedures, programs, services, acts, or omissions. (Government Code 54954.3)
- c. The Board shall not prohibit public criticism of District employees. However, whenever a member of the public initiates specific complaints or charges against an individual employee, the Board president shall inform the complainant of the appropriate complaint procedure or direct the individual to the Superintendent or other appropriate District employees.
- 7. The Board president shall not permit any disturbance or willful interruption of Board meetings. Persistent disruption by an individual or group or any conduct or statements that threaten the safety of any person(s) at the meeting shall be grounds for the president to terminate the privilege of addressing the Board.
- The Board may remove disruptive individuals and order the room cleared if necessary. In this case, members of the media not participating in the disturbance shall be allowed to remain, and individuals not participating in such disturbances may be allowed to remain at the discretion of the Board. When the room is ordered cleared due to a disturbance, further Board proceedings shall concern only matters appearing on the agenda. (Government Code 54957.9)
- When such disruptive conduct occurs, the Superintendent or designee may contact local law enforcement as necessary.
District map
Budget
The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.[8]
| SOURCE | AMOUNT | AMOUNT PER STUDENT | PERCENT |
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| Federal: | $57,538,000 | $1,345 | 9% |
| Local: | $179,460,000 | $4,194 | 27% |
| State: | $431,357,000 | $10,081 | 64% |
| Total: | $668,355,000 | $15,619 |
| TYPE | AMOUNT | AMOUNT PER STUDENT | PERCENT |
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| Total Expenditures: | $572,033,000 | $13,368 | |
| Total Current Expenditures: | $529,538,000 | $12,375 | |
| Instructional Expenditures: | $326,473,000 | $7,629 | 57% |
| Student and Staff Support: | $72,644,000 | $1,697 | 13% |
| Administration: | $54,542,000 | $1,274 | 10% |
| Operations, Food Service, Other: | $75,879,000 | $1,773 | 13% |
| Total Capital Outlay: | $17,563,000 | $410 | |
| Construction: | $13,727,000 | $320 | |
| Total Non El-Sec Education & Other: | $5,617,000 | $131 | |
| Interest on Debt: | $18,184,000 | $424 |
Teacher salaries
The following salary information was pulled from the district's teacher salary schedule. A salary schedule is a list of expected compensations based on variables such as position, years employed, and education level. It may not reflect actual teacher salaries in the district.
| Year | Minimum | Maximum |
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| 2023-2024[9] | $56,579 | $116,907 |
| 2021-2022[10] | $50,180 | $97,528 |
| 2019-2020[11] | $47,564 | $92,444 |
Academic performance
Each year, state and local education agencies use tests and other standards to assess student proficiency. Although the data below was published by the U.S. Department of Education, proficiency measurements are established by the states. As a result, proficiency levels are not comparable between different states and year-over-year proficiency levels within a district may not be comparable because states may change their proficiency measurements.[12]
The following table shows the percentage of district students who scored at or above the proficiency level each school year:
| School year | All (%) | Asian/Pacific Islander (%) | Black (%) | Hispanic (%) | Native American (%) | Two or More Races (%) | White (%) |
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| 2020-2021 | PS | PS | PS | ||||
| 2018-2019 | 58 | 68 | 45 | 47 | 45-49 | 65 | 66 |
| 2017-2018 | 57 | 67 | 41 | 46 | 45-49 | 65 | 65 |
| 2016-2017 | 56 | 67 | 38 | 45 | 45-49 | 63 | 63 |
| 2015-2016 | 54 | 64 | 38 | 42 | 40-44 | 64 | 61 |
| 2014-2015 | 50 | 60 | 34 | 37 | 35-39 | 57 | 58 |
| 2013-2014 | 75 | 84 | 65-69 | 66 | 60-79 | 65-69 | 80 |
| 2012-2013 | 76 | 84 | 63 | 67 | 65-69 | 81 | 80 |
| 2011-2012 | 74 | 82 | 64 | 65 | 65-69 | 80 | 79 |
| 2010-2011 | 74 | 81 | 61 | 65 | 65-69 | 77 | 78 |
The following table shows the percentage of district students who scored at or above the proficiency level each school year:
| School year | All (%) | Asian/Pacific Islander (%) | Black (%) | Hispanic (%) | Native American (%) | Two or More Races (%) | White (%) |
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| 2020-2021 | PS | PS | PS | ||||
| 2018-2019 | 72 | 78 | 58 | 65 | 60-64 | 77 | 78 |
| 2017-2018 | 70 | 76 | 55 | 62 | 60-64 | 79 | 77 |
| 2016-2017 | 69 | 76 | 54 | 60 | 60-64 | 73 | 76 |
| 2015-2016 | 66 | 72 | 56 | 56 | 50-54 | 74 | 72 |
| 2014-2015 | 60 | 68 | 44 | 49 | 45-49 | 64 | 68 |
| 2013-2014 | 75 | 77 | 65-69 | 65 | 60-79 | 70-74 | 83 |
| 2012-2013 | 75 | 77 | 63 | 65 | 65-69 | 80 | 81 |
| 2011-2012 | 77 | 78 | 67 | 68 | 65-69 | 84 | 82 |
| 2010-2011 | 74 | 76 | 62 | 64 | 60-64 | 78 | 80 |
The following table shows the graduation rate of district students each school year:
| School year | All (%) | Asian/Pacific Islander (%) | Black (%) | Hispanic (%) | Native American (%) | Two or More Races (%) | White (%) |
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| 2019-2020 | 95 | 96 | 90-94 | 95 | >=80 | >=95 | 95 |
| 2018-2019 | 94 | 95 | 85-89 | 93 | 60-79 | 85-89 | 95 |
| 2017-2018 | 93 | 96 | 90-94 | 92 | >=80 | >=95 | 93 |
| 2016-2017 | 94 | 98 | >=95 | 92 | >=80 | 90-94 | 94 |
| 2015-2016 | 94 | 97 | 90-94 | 91 | 60-79 | >=95 | 95 |
| 2014-2015 | 95 | 97 | 90-94 | 93 | >=80 | 85-89 | 96 |
| 2013-2014 | 92 | 95 | 85-89 | 90 | 60-79 | >=90 | 93 |
| 2012-2013 | 92 | 95 | 85-89 | 89 | >=80 | >=90 | 93 |
| 2011-2012 | 93 | 95 | 85-89 | 91 | >=80 | >=90 | 93 |
| 2010-2011 | 93 | 97 | 90-94 | 89 | >=80 | >=90 | 94 |
Students
Staff
As of the 2022-2023 school year, Clovis Unified School District had 1,855.89 full-time classroom teachers. The student-teacher ratio was 23.06.
| TYPE | NUMBER OF TEACHERS |
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| Prekindergarten: | 0.00 |
| Kindergarten: | 160.53 |
| Elementary: | 1,075.53 |
| Secondary: | 619.83 |
| Total: | 1,855.89 |
Clovis Unified School District employed 58.37 district administrators and 132.55 school administrators as of the 2022-2023 school year.
| TYPE | NUMBER OF ADMINISTRATORS |
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| District Administrators: | 58.37 |
| District Administrative Support: | 112.39 |
| School Administrators: | 132.55 |
| School Administrative Support: | 201.32 |
| TYPE | NUMBER OF OTHER STAFF |
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| Instructional Aides: | 599.30 |
| Instruc. Coordinators & Supervisors: | 27.20 |
| Total Guidance Counselors: | 50.70 |
| Elementary Guidance Counselors: | 17.56 |
| Secondary Guidance Counselors: | 27.34 |
| Librarians/Media Specialists: | 0.16 |
| Library/Media Support: | 0.00 |
| Student Support Services: | 188.18 |
| Other Support Services: | 964.51 |
Schools
The Clovis Unified School District operates 49 schools. They are listed below in alphabetical order.
Noteworthy events
2016: Board adopts new dress code policy
In April 2016, the Clovis Unified Board of Education approved an update to the district's dress policy. The policy did not allow boys to wear earrings and required them to have short hair. It also stated that only girls were allowed to wear skirts and dresses. Those requirements were against a law the California State Legislature enacted in 2011 that made "discrimination based on failure to conform to narrow gender stereotypes" against the law, according to The Fresno Bee. The district's new policy eliminated gender-specific restrictions for hair and jewelry.[13][14]
The approval for the new dress policy came nearly three months after the board voted 4-3 against similar changes in January 2016. Board members Sandra A. Bengel, Betsy Sandoval, Ginny Hovsepian, and Richard Lake voted against the policy change, and a number of district parents voiced their approval of keeping the old policy.[13]
“Just because it’s a law doesn’t mean we need to put up with it. This community is being assaulted from afar with what I believe is an overreaching law regarding gender equity. I believe it’s un-American to run from a fight for a good cause,” said Hovsepian after she voted against changes to the dress policy in January 2016. According to The Fresno Bee, those in favor of keeping the old policy said there was a link between good grooming and high academic achievement.[13]
Board member Chris Casado, who voted to change the dress policy, said he supported the other board members' opinions. “I think we have potentially left for ourselves some unfriendly future issues that might develop, and I think that our obligation is protecting this district from unnecessary litigation and to follow the law,” Casado said. “If you’re talking about what you believe in your heart and your mind, I agree with everybody up there that voted ‘no’ 100 percent. But that’s not what we were elected to do.”[13]
School board candidate Isabel Machado spoke in favor of changing the dress policy at the board's January meeting. “Honestly, I’m just shocked,” she said. “I heard when I moved out here that this was ‘Clovis,’ and I sometimes still hear that I live in ‘Clovis,’ but guess what Clovis? It’s 2016.”[13]
Abré Conner, an attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union, said she was shocked by the board's vote to keep the old dress policy. “When schools require a certain hair length only for boys, or say that girls can wear earrings but boys cannot wear earrings, they discriminate and prevent students from learning in an inclusive school climate,” said Conner.[13]
Conner said the ACLU would evaluate their next steps, which could have included a lawsuit. The board's vote to change the policy in April 2016, however, brought it in line with the law.[13][14]
Contact information
1450 Herndon Ave.
Clovis, CA 93611
Phone: 559-327-9000
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See also
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Footnotes
- ↑ GV Wire, "Clovis Unified Hall of Famer Named New Superintendent," accessed September 19, 2023
- ↑ Clovis Roundup, "Eimear O’Farrell named CUSD Superintendent," May 30, 2017
- ↑ The Fresno Bee, "Q&A with new Clovis Unified Superintendent Dr. Eimear O’Farrell," accessed November 5, 2019
- ↑ The Fresno Bee, "Clovis Unified superintendent is retiring. ‘The greatest privilege of my life’," accessed September 19, 2023
- ↑ Clovis Roundup, "CUSD Superintendent Janet Young to retire following school year," April 11, 2017
- ↑ Clovis Unified School District, "About the Board," accessed July 16, 2014
- ↑ Clovis Unified School District, "Board Bylaw 9323: Board Meeting Conduct," accessed January 10, 2024
- ↑ National Center for Education Statistics, "Elementary/Secondary Information System," accessed June 17, 2024
- ↑ [https://www.cusd.com/Downloads/415120%20Certificated%20Salary%20Schedule%20with%20CTE.pdf Clovis Unified School District, "CERTIFICATED SALARY SCHEDULE SCHEDULE A 2023-2024," accessed February 2, 2024]
- ↑ Clovis Unified School District, "Certificated Salary Schedule - Schedule A (2021-2022)," accessed July 7, 2021
- ↑ Clovis Unified School District, "Certificated Salary Schedule - Schedule A (2019-2020)," accessed July 7, 2021
- ↑ U.S. Department of Education, Washington, DC: EDFacts, "State Assessments in Reading/Language Arts and Mathematics- School Year 2018-19 EDFacts Data Documentation," accessed February 25, 2021
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 13.5 13.6 The Fresno Bee, "Clovis Unified ready for legal fight over dress code," January 27, 2016
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 ABC 30, "Clovis Unified Enacts New Dress Codes Changes," April 7, 2016
