The ABC Unified School District is a

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that is based in

Cerritos, California Cerritos (Spanish for "Little hills") is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States, and is one of several cities that constitute the Gateway Cities of southeast Los Angeles County. It was incorporated on April 24, 1956. As of 20 ...

, United States. ABCUSD serves the cities of Artesia, most of Cerritos,

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, the portion of Lakewood east of the San Gabriel River, as well as tiny portions of

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, Norwalk, and

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(the ABC portion of La Mirada contains only business areas, no residents). "ABC" stands for Artesia (founded in 1875), Bloomfield (founded in 1885), and Carmenita (founded in 1902), three districts which were unified in 1965.A Pictorial History of Our Community
." ABC Unified School District. December 2001.

List of schools

Adult schools

ABC Adult School is a public local adult school, established by the ABC Unified School District and headquartered in Cerritos, California.

Continuation schools

* Tracy High Continuation School (Cerritos)

7-12 schools

* Whitney High School (Cerritos)

High schools

* Artesia High School (Lakewood) *

Cerritos High School Cerritos High School, also called CHS, is a comprehensive, four-year public high school located in Cerritos, California, serving grades 9-12. It is part of the ABC Unified School District. As of the 2014-15 school year, the school had an enrol ...

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Gahr High School Richard Gahr High School, often simply known as Gahr High School, is a public, STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math) magnet high school in Cerritos, California, serving grades 9- 12. Gahr High is one of three comprehensive high ...

(Cerritos)

Middle schools

*Carmenita Middle School (Cerritos) *Fedde Middle School (Hawaiian Gardens) *Haskell Middle School (Cerritos) *(Faye) Ross Middle School (Artesia) *Tetzlaff Middle School (Cerritos) *Bloomfield Middle School (Cerritos) is proposed.

Elementary schools

*Aloha Health Medical Academy (Lakewood) - *Bloomfield Elementary School (Hawaiian Gardens) (closed in the 1980s) *Bragg Elementary School (Cerritos) *Burbank Elementary School (Artesia) *Cabrillo Lane Elementary School (Cerritos) (Closed) *Carver Elementary School (Cerritos) *Cerritos Elementary School (Cerritos) *Elliott Elementary School (Artesia) *Furgeson Elementary School (Hawaiian Gardens) *Gonsalves Elementary School (Cerritos) *Hawaiian Elementary School (Hawaiian Gardens) *Juarez Elementary School (Cerritos) *Kennedy Elementary School (Artesia) *Frank Leal Elementary School (Cerritos) *Melbourne Elementary School (Lakewood) (Cerritos) *Niemes Elementary School (Artesia) *Patricia Nixon Elementary School (Cerritos) *Palms Elementary School (Lakewood) *Cecil B. Stowers Elementary School (Cerritos) *Willow Elementary School (Lakewood) *Helen Wittmann Elementary School (Cerritos)

Nixon Elementary

The Patricia Nixon Elementary School is located in Cerritos. It was built in 1973 and has grades kindergarten through sixth. The school is named after the late First Lady of the United States

Pat Nixon Thelma Catherine "Pat" Nixon (''née'' Ryan; March 16, 1912 – June 22, 1993) was First Lady of the United States from 1969 to 1974 as the wife of President Richard Nixon. She also served as Second Lady of the United States from 1953 to 1961 wh ...

. Patricia Nixon Elementary School was recognized as a California Distinguished School in 2004 and 2008.

Board of Education

ABC Unified School District's Board of Education members are elected by geographical district, to a four-year term. The elections were held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of odd-numbered years until the 2017 election. Effective with the November 2020 US General election, elections are held in even-numbered years.

References

External links

District website
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Sacramento Bee: LA judge nixes dismissal of ex-principal lawsuit Long Beach Press Telegram: Former principal's lawsuit claims she was demoted for reporting alleged death threats Los Cerritos Newspaper: Court Rules ABC School District Fabricated Evidence Used to Demote Former Stowers Principal
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