Board members are elected at large by the voters of the District to four-year terms of office and, as a Board, represent the entire District. The Board of Trustees acts as a unit; an individual member has no authority to act alone.

The Board chooses and employs a Superintendent of Schools to administer the educational program within controlling laws and local district policy which is set by the Board. The Board acts upon recommendations made by the Superintendent, including ratification of the employment of staff.

LEGAL AUTHORITY

The Board is responsible to the State of California and to the local citizens for providing an educational program for District pupils in grades nine through twelve. Its actions must be in conformity with the following:

1. The Constitutions of the United States and the State of California.

2. Federal and California statutes and court decisions.

3. The California Administrative Code, Title V, Education Code.

(Rules and Regulations of the State Board of Education).