University and District interns constituted 4.9% of the staff, with no teachers holding emergency credentials.
Teachers were 64.4% White, 8.3% Asian, 9.8% Hispanic, 7.2% African American, 2.9% Filipino, with remaining individuals having provided multiple or no responses or belonging to groups with less than 2% representation.
[5] Former California Treasurer and Attorney General Bill Lockyer served on the district's board of directors at the beginning of his political career.
Two mayors of San Leandro, Stephen H. Cassidy and Pauline Cutter, also began their political careers on the school board.
In the school year of 2008–09, students were 39.7% Hispanic, 16.4% African American, 15.6% Asian, 13.1% White, 8.7% Filipino, with remaining individuals having provided multiple or no responses or belonging to groups with less than 2% representation.
[7] In 2006–07 assessments tests, 37% of students were rated proficient and above in language arts, compared to 48% countywide and 43% statewide.
The November 1994 bond proposal failed, with a 62.1% favorable vote (two-thirds required to pass).
The November 2006 General Obligation bond for $109,000,000 to renovate and modernize schools, and reduce overcrowding, passed, with a 68.66% favorable vote.