Sierra Independent School District

Sierra Independent School District (Cartadanian: Distrito Escolar Independente de Sierra) is the largest public school system in Verona, and second-largest in Cartadania after the statewide school district of Sanova. As its name implies, it serves as the community school district for the entirety of the city of Sierra, as well as all or parts of some neighboring cities and parts of unincorporated Sierra County, though it is independent of the city of Sierra and is legally a separate governmental entity. It operates 686 schools including 435 elementary schools, 131 middle schools, 109 high schools, and 11 specialty campuses.

Sierra Independent School District Distrito Escolar Independente de Sierra
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Type	Public
Grades	PreK - 12
Established	1894
Location	910 8th Ave, Sierra, Verona 30013
Superintendent	Dr. Liana Ventura
Schools	686
Budget	$18.2 Billion
Students	1.11 million
Teachers	170,000
Website	Sierra ISD

History

Sierra ISD (SISD; DEIS) was established in the 1890s, after the Verona General Assembly voted to separate school and municipal governments. Its jurisdiction was formed when Sierra City Public Schools (of then independent city Sierra) merged with neighboring school districts. With amendments and changes to Verona's constitution and education system, all school districts were granted independent taxing authority. This in turn allowed Sierra ISD to tax it's residents in order to vastly improve its school system.

In 1992, the district, under superintendent Linda Fine, massively rezoned Sierra schools, moving students from overcrowded ones to underutilized ones. Harriet R. Cook, a former SISD school board member, wrote that Fine accomplished this goal with a minimum of press coverage and controversy by using a participative process that minimized conflict between various cities and neighborhoods. Cook credits the move with being the catalyst for the 1995 establishment of geographic districts patterned around high school feeder patterns.

In 1994, after superintendent Cook left the district, the school district voted 6-1 to make Katherine Gomez the interim superintendent; the school district board members described this as a "symbolic" motion as Gomez was the first Hispanic interim superintendent. Gomez served until Jason Giles became the superintendent.

Governance

Superintendents

Political divisions

Taxation

Student body

Student body history

Coverage area

Cities

Sierra ISD is the de facto school district for Sierra County (in fact named for the county and not the city), while other districts formed in supplement. Because the jurisdiction of the school district has been cut by the creation of school districts in other cities, there were exclaves of the school district in the southern and northeastern portions of the county. These are mostly covered by South Sierra ISD and Valencinco ISD.

Sierra ISD covers all of the following cities:

Adria
Agoura Hills
Aquia
Del Amo
Duarte
Giraçao
Hermosa
Malibu
Sierra
Tarisa
Vicara

Sierra ISD covers portions of the following cities:

Mirada (areas bordering Sierra, northwest of Sierra Creek)

Facilities

Schools

Main article: List of schools in the Sierra Independent School District

Support Facilities

Administration Building
Aaron B. Cohen Center
Hamilton Stadium
Transportation East
Transportation South
Transportation West
Transportation Central
Starr Pavilion
Sierra ISD Storage Annex
Sierra ISD Law Enforcement Center
Lakeland Convocation Center

Alternative Education Campus

Bridgeport Academy
Hampton Academy
Elmwood Heights Academy
The Adenborough School
Gateway Career & Technology Education Center
Opportunity Awareness Center
Carrollton Woods/School of Choice
Andina-Sierra Joint Collegiate Prep School