Westminster School District

Westminster School District
Address
14121 Cedarwood Street
Westminster
, Orange County, California, 92683
United States
Coordinates33°45′27″N 117°59′40″W / 33.7574°N 117.9945°W / 33.7574; -117.9945 (District office)
District information
TypePublic
GradesPre-K through 8th
Established1872; 152 years ago (1872)
PresidentFrances Nguyen[1]
Vice-presidentJeremy Khalaf[1]
SuperintendentGunn Marie Hansen, Ph.D.[2]
Asst. superintendent(s)Rich Montgomery[4]
Business administratorManuel Cardoso Jr.[5]
Director of educationRichard J. Noblett, Ed.D.[6]
Schools17[3]
NCES District ID0642150[3]
Students and staff
Enrollment9,338 (2016-17)[3]
Teachers394.06 FTE[3]
Student–teacher ratio23.7[3]
Other information
Websitewww.wsdk8.us
MapLocation of district office (blue map pin) within Orange County (shown in orange)

The Westminster School District (WSD) is an elementary school district in Orange County, California, established in 1872 and headquartered in Westminster.[7] It operates schools in Westminster, Garden Grove, Huntington Beach, and Midway City.[8]

It operates elementary and middle schools. High school students attend schools in the Huntington Beach Union High School District as well as in the Garden Grove Unified School District.[9]

Racial segregation and discrimination against Mexican-American students by the school district resulted in a 1947 federal court case, Mendez v. Westminster, which ordered desegregation of the district's schools, so that Mexican and non-Mexican children attended the same schools. The plaintiffs had argued that Mexican-Americans were white and therefore should be allowed to attend the schools reserved for white children. The courts ruled that even if the students were not white, public schools "must be open to all children by unified school association regardless of lineage", except when segregation was explicitly authorized by state law.[10]

  1. ^ a b "Board Members – Board of Trustees". Westminster School District. Retrieved 2024-03-07.
  2. ^ "Superintendent". Westminster School District. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for Westminster". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved 2019-09-09.
  4. ^ "Human Resources". Westminster School District. Retrieved 2019-09-10.
  5. ^ "Business Services". Westminster School District. Retrieved 2022-05-31.
  6. ^ "Educational Services". Westminster School District. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  7. ^ "Westminster School District". www.wsdk8.us. Retrieved 2019-09-10. 14121 Cedarwood Street, Westminster, CA 92683
  8. ^ "Directions – Schools". Westminster School District. Retrieved 2019-09-10.
  9. ^ "Feeder Districts". Huntington Beach Union High School District. Retrieved 2015-06-25.
  10. ^ "Mendez et al. v. Westminster School District of Orange County, 64 F. Supp. 544 (1946), Conclusions of the Court". Retrieved 3 August 2012.