Board of Education

Citizen oversight of local government is the cornerstone of democracy in the United States. School board members are locally elected public officials entrusted with governing a community’s public schools. The role of the school board is to ensure that school districts are responsive to the values, beliefs and priorities of their communities. Boards fulfill this role by performing five major responsibilities:

• Setting direction
• Establishing an effective and efficient structure
• Providing support
• Ensuring accountability
• Providing community leadership as advocates for children, the school district and public schools

These five responsibilities represent core functions that are so fundamental to a school system’s accountability to the public that they can only be performed by an elected governing body. Authority is granted to the board as a whole, not each member individually. Therefore, board members fulfill these responsibilities by working together as a governance team with the superintendent to make decisions that will best serve all the students in the community.

In California, there are approximately 1,000 school districts and county offices of education that are governed by more than 5,000 school board members. California’s is the largest public school system in the nation, serving more than 6 million students — a collective student body larger than the total population of many other states.

Board of Education Meetings information

Click on the images below for Board Member Bios

Mr. Brent Lee
President
blee@riversideunified.org

Dr. Angelo Farooq
Vice President
afarooq@riversideunified.org

Mr. Dale Kinnear
Clerk
dkinnear@riversideunified.org

Mrs. Kathy Allavie
Member
kallavie@riversideunified.org

Mr. Tom Hunt
Member
thunt@riversideunified.org

Student Board Members
2021-2022

For any board of education questions, please contact:

Beth Martin
Executive Assistant to the Board of Education
Emartin@riversideunified.org | Ext: 80417

The Riverside Unified School District is committed to ensuring equal, fair, and meaningful access to employment and education services. RUSD does not discriminate in any employment practice, education program, or educational activity on the basis and/or association with a person or group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics of age, ancestry, ethnicity, parental status, pregnancy status, color, mental or physical disability, gender, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical information, nationality, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, political affiliation, retaliation, or association with a person or group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics, or any other basis prohibited by California state and federal nondiscrimination laws respectively. Not all bases of discrimination will apply to both education services and employment.

For any questions, concerns, or to file a complaint regarding discrimination, intimidation, harassment (including sexual harassment), bullying, or Title IX, contact your school site principal and/or the District’s Compliance Officer and Title IX Coordinator: Raúl Ayala, Director of Pupil Services, 5700 Arlington Avenue Riverside, CA 92504, (951) 352-1200, or by email at rayala@riversideunified.org, and/or David Marshall, Resolution Officer, 3380 14th Street Riverside, CA 92501, (951) 788-7135, or by email at drmarshall@riversideunified.org. For Title II, please contact Kiersten Reno-Frausto, SELPA Director, 5700 Arlington Ave. Riverside, CA 92504, (951) 352-1200 ex. 83503 or by email at kfrausto@riversideunified.org. For 504 Coordinator, please contact Paul Defoe, CWA Manager, 5700 Arlington Ave. Riverside, CA, (951) 352-1200 ex. 83301 or by email at pdefoe@riversideunified.org, and for CCR Title 5, please contact Mr. Timothy Walker, Assistant Superintendent, Pupil Services and SELPA, 5700 Arlington Ave Riverside, CA 92504, (951) 352-1200 ex. 83501 or by email at twalker@riversideunified.org.

Copies of RUSD’s policies including Uniform Complaint Procedures, Sexual Harassment, Nondiscrimination, and Title IX Rights and Protection are available HERE and upon request.

Remember If you see something suspicious, say something. Contact WeTip at: 1-800-78-CRIME (1-800-782-7463) or log-on and submit a tip at www.wetip.com

For safety policy click here

Need help with drug abuse or mental health? Please visit RUSD’s Care Solace page for support.

Website by Riverside Unified School District © 2022 All rights reserved.