The school board is elected separately from the Alameda city council, and has been since April 1969.
In 2009, the district received significant media attention[1][2] for controversy surrounding an anti-bullying curriculum approved by the Board of Trustees, known as "Lesson 9", which focused on reducing bullying against LGBT students.
In 1878 the next bond measure was used to purchase six lots on the south side of Alameda Avenue between Oak and Walnut.
As a result, construction of Alameda High School started in November 1924, and it opened in August 1926.
In 1933, the Field Act was passed after an earthquake severely damaged schools in Long Beach.
While federal funds were used to rehabilitate some existing schools to comply with the Field Act, a $222,000 bond was passed in 1940.
The lion's share of the bond was used to buy land and build Encinal High School.
In 1951 a survey showed that 45 percent of children enrolled in Alameda schools had parents living or working on federally related properties.
Building out of South Shore led to an all-time enrollment high of 12,500 students.
In 1989 a $47.7 million bond issue was passed, which originally cost taxpayers $103 for every $100,000 in property value.
This tax was originally set to sunset in 2014, but was instead kept in place to pay for a subsequent bond issue in 2004.
The election was on June 3, and the measure garnered only 57.5% of the vote, falling short of the two-third's supermajority required to pass.
In 2013, the California Supreme Court held that a prior lower court ruling would stand, a ruling that upheld a portion of the Borikas lawsuit over Measure H, declaring that the school district could not set different tax rates for commercial and residential property, and setting the stage for a refund of millions of dollars of commercial property taxes collected under measure H.[9][10] In 2016, Measure B1 passed with 74% of Alameda voters voting yes.
In April 2018, the Alameda County Superior Court entered a judgment upholding Measure B1.