Folsom Cordova Unified School District


Folsom Cordova Unified School District 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.

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.
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

Enrollment

Schools

High schools

  • Cordova High School
  • Folsom High School
  • Folsom Lake High School
  • Kinney High School
  • Vista del Lago High School

    Middle schools

  • Folsom Middle School
  • Mills Middle School
  • Sutter Middle School
  • W.E. Mitchell Middle School

    Elementary schools

  • Alder Creek Elementary School
  • Blanche Sprentz Elementary School
  • Carl H. Sundahl Elementary School
  • Cordova Gardens Elementary School
  • Cordova Meadows Elementary School
  • Cordova Villa Elementary School
  • Empire Oaks Elementary School
  • Folsom Hills Elementary School
  • Gold Ridge Elementary School
  • Mather Heights Elementary School
  • Mangini Ranch Elementary School
  • Natoma Station Elementary School
  • Navigator Elementary School
  • Oak Chan Elementary School
  • Peter J. Shields Elementary School
  • Rancho Cordova Elementary School
  • Riverview STEM Academy
  • Russell Ranch Elementary School
  • Sandra J. Gallardo Elementary School
  • Theodore Judah Elementary School
  • White Rock Elementary School
  • Williamson Elementary School

    Alternative schools

  • Community Education Center, Adult Education and Adolescent Parent Program
  • Cordova Lane Center, Preschool/Family Programs
  • Folsom Cordova Community Charter School, Kitty Hawk Campus
  • Innovations Academy, K-12 Online
  • Walnutwood High School, an online independent study school

    Closed Or Repurposed Facilities

  • Cordova Lane Elementary School
  • Folsom Lake High School at 955 Riley Street in Folsom
  • Granite School at 909 Mormon Street in Folsom
  • Kitty Hawk Elementary School
  • Riverview Elementary School
  • Transportation/Warehouse Building at 701 Bidwell Street, Folsom
  • Walnutwood Elementary School

    School Board

The School Board went from "at-large" elections to "by district" elections in 2020.
DistrictYearsNameTerms
22024 -YK Chalamcherla1
12022 -Kara Lofthouse1
52022 -Jennifer Laret1
22020 - 2024Tim Hooey1
12018 - 2022Joshua Hoover1
32018 -David Reid2
42016 -Chris Clark3
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

Notable teachers

  • Pete Chilcutt, former NBA basketball player; sixth-grade math and science teacher at Folsom Middle School.