The five Board of Education members are elected at large by voters of the district to serve four-year terms. In addition, a selection process involving high school students determines a non-voting student representative who sits on the Board to represent students.
Among its many duties, the Board adopts the annual budget and approves all expenditures; establishes district policy; authorizes employment of personnel; approves curriculum textbooks and courses of study; and makes decisions on all contracts.
The Superintendent is the chief executive officer of the district and serves as Secretary to the Board of Education.
Regular meetings of the Board of Education are normally held on the first and third Tuesdays of each month in the boardroom of the district's Education Center, 10331 Stanford Avenue, beginning at 7 p.m. Special meetings may be called when necessary; the agenda, location and time will be announced in advance.
Persons with a disability who require a disability-related accommodation or modification, including auxiliary aids and services in order to participate in a Board meeting, shall contact the Superintendent’s Office by noon on the Friday before the scheduled regular meeting. Requests shall be made by calling (714) 663-6111 or by fax to (714) 663-6100.
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George West, Ed.D. .
President
Dean, College of Education, Hope International University; retired public school teacher, school and district administrator; B.A. and M.A. degrees, California State University, Long Beach; Ed.D., University of La Verne. Elected 2008, present term expires Nov. 2012. |
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Bao Nguyen
Vice-President
Community organizer and educator; GGUSD graduate of Pacifica High School; B.A. degree, UC Irvine; M.A. degree, Naropa University in Colorado; state-certified in mediation. Appointed July 2011, present term expires Nov. 2012. |
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Bob Harden
Member
Computer consultant, graduate of California State University, Long Beach; former member, City of Garden Grove General Plan Advisory Committee. Elected 1994, present term expires Nov. 2014. |
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Lan Quoc Nguyen, Esq.
Member
Attorney; GGUSD graduate of Bolsa Grande High School; B.A. degree, UC Riverside; J.D. degree, UC Hastings College of Law; former Garden Grove planning commissioner. Elected 2002, present term expires Nov. 2014.
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Linda Reed
Member
Elementary school principal, former elementary school teacher, GGUSD graduate, M.A. degree, California State University, Fullerton; 2005 Recipient of National Terrell H. Bell Award for School Leadership, ACSA Middle School and Elementary School Principal of the Year. Elected 1996, present term expires Nov. 2012.
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Laura Schwalm, Ph.D.
Superintendent
Orange County native who joined GGUSD in 1973. Served as an elementary and high school teacher, moving to administration in 1979. Assumed superintendent's position in May 1999 after serving as associate superintendent for business/personnel; graduate of Laguna Beach High School, B.A. from UC Riverside, M.A. from Cal-State Fullerton, Ph.D. from USC.
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