The Morgan Hill Unified School District (MHUSD) is a

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operating eight

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, two

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s, and three high schools in southern

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. Its jurisdiction covers all of

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and

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, as well as Coyote Valley and the Santa Teresa district of

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. Alongside its traditional schools, MHUSD, in special partnership with

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and Stanford University, operates four specialized public ''"focus academies"'', in STEAM, mathematics and music, engineering, and health sciences.MHUSD schools have been awarded as

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, California Distinguished Schools, and California Gold Ribbon Schools.

History

Live Oak Union High School was established in 1903. At the organization of Live Oak Union, previously existing rural school districts Highland, Burnett, San Martin, Machado and Morgan Hill were included, and, in August 1921, Coyote, Llagas and Uvas districts were added to what eventually became Morgan Hill Unified School District. In September 2004, Ann Sobrato High School was opened to grades 9 through 10. By August 2006, the school was fully staffed and supported grades 9 through 12. The 120-acre (49 ha) tract for the school was donated by the Sobrato family, in honor of Ann Sobrato.

Administration

The district has 400

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(FTE) teachers, serving 8809 students, across 14 schools. The district is governed by a publicly elected seven-member Board of Education, while management is entrusted to the Superintendent, who is selected by the Board. The district's jurisdiction area covers 296 square miles (767 square kilometers) in southern

, stretching all of Morgan Hill, California, all of

, all of unincorporated Coyote Valley, and the Santa Teresa district of

Academics

Focus Academies

Alongside its traditional schools, MHUSD, in special partnership with

(formerly the Tech Museum of Innovation), a leading

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institution, operates 5 specialized public ''"focus academies"'', through its innovative ''Tech Academies Initiative'': ''Focus Academies'' will provide the opportunity for students to specialize their studies within broad fields (engineering, STEAM, maths, music, health sciences), allowing for greater, in-depth learning within subjects within programs designed by noted subject matter experts, including scientists from The Tech Museum of Innovation and Stanford University medical professors. *Paradise Valley Engineering Academy *P.A. Walsh STEAM Academy — run in partnership with The Tech Museum of Innovation *Jackson Academy of Maths & Music *El Toro Health Science Academy — first elementary-level health sciences program in California; created in partnership with Stanford University *San Martin/Gwinn Environmental Science Academy

Awards and rankings

MHUSD schools were awarded as California Distinguished Schools in 1989, 1993, 1995, 1997, 2004, and 2012. Jackson was awarded as a

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in 1999.National Blue Ribbon Schools 1982-2018
/ref> Four schools in the district were awarded as California Gold Ribbon Schools in 2015, including Sobrato and Live Oak, which were also awarded as California Exemplary Programs in 2015.

Schools

''Schools highlighted in pale green are MHUSD Focus Academies.''

Elementary schools

Charter schools

Middle schools

High schools

References

External links

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Charter School of Morgan Hill
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