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{{short description|School district in California}}
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|established = 1965
|region = Southeastern [[Los Angeles County]]
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The '''ABC Unified School District''' is a [[school district]] that is based in [[Cerritos, California]], United States.

ABCUSD serves the cities of [[Artesia, California|Artesia]], most of Cerritos, [[Hawaiian Gardens, California|Hawaiian Gardens]], the portion of [[Lakewood, California|Lakewood]] east of the [[San Gabriel River (California)|San Gabriel River]], as well as tiny portions of [[Long Beach, California|Long Beach]], [[Norwalk, California|Norwalk]], [[La Mirada, California|La Mirada]], and [[Santa Fe Springs, California|Santa Fe Springs]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st06_ca/schooldistrict_maps/c06037_los_angeles/DC20SD_C06037.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Los Angeles County, CA|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|pages=10-12 (PDF pp. 11-13/19)|access-date=2023-11-22}}</ref>

"ABC" stands for Artesia (founded in 1875), Bloomfield (founded in 1885), and  Carmenita (founded in 1902), three districts which were unified in 1965.<ref>"[http://www.abcusd.k12.ca.us/about_abc.jsp?rn=3724 History/Info] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110525155007/http://www.abcusd.k12.ca.us/about_abc.jsp?rn=3724 |date=May 25, 2011 }}." ABC Unified School District. Retrieved on September 27, 2009.</ref><ref>"[http://www.abcusd.k12.ca.us/pdf/HistoryofABC.pdf A Pictorial History of Our Community] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110822084704/http://www.abcusd.k12.ca.us/pdf/HistoryofABC.pdf |date=August 22, 2011 }}." ABC Unified School District. December 2001.</ref>

==List of schools==

===Adult schools===
ABC Adult School is a public local adult school, established by the ABC Unified School District and headquartered in Cerritos, California.

===Continuation schools===
*[[Tracy High Continuation School]] (Cerritos)

===7-12 schools===
*[[Whitney High School (Cerritos, California)|Whitney High School]] (Cerritos)

===High schools===
*[[Artesia High School (Lakewood, California)|Artesia High School]] (Lakewood)
*[[Cerritos High School]] (Cerritos)
*[[Gahr High School]] (Cerritos)

===Middle schools===
*Carmenita Middle School (Cerritos) 
*Fedde Academy (Hawaiian Gardens) 
*Haskell Stem Academy (Cerritos) 
*Ross Academy of Creative and Media Arts (Artesia) 
*Tetzlaff Academy (Cerritos)
*Bloomfield Middle School (Cerritos) is proposed.

===Elementary schools===
*Aloha Health Medical Academy (Lakewood) -
*Bloomfield Elementary School (Hawaiian Gardens) (closed in the 1980s)
*Bragg Elementary School (Cerritos)
*Burbank Elementary School (Artesia)
*Cabrillo Lane Elementary School (Cerritos) (Closed)
*Carver Academy (Cerritos)
*Cerritos Elementary School (Cerritos)
*Elliott Elementary School (Artesia)
*Furgeson Elementary School (Hawaiian Gardens)
*Gonsalves Elementary School (Cerritos)
*Hawaiian Elementary School (Hawaiian Gardens)
*Juarez Academy of Engineering & Technology (Cerritos)
*Kennedy STEM Academy (Artesia)
*Leal Elementary School (Cerritos)
*Melbourne Elementary School (Lakewood)
*Niemes Elementary School (Artesia)
*Nixon Academy (Cerritos)
*Palms Accelerated Learning Academy (Lakewood) 
*Stowers Elementary School (Cerritos)
*Willow Elementary School (Lakewood)
*Wittmann Elementary School (Cerritos)

===Nixon Elementary===
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[[Image:PatNixon.jpg|225px|thumb|right|The late former First Lady [[Pat Nixon]], for whom the institution is named.]]

The '''Patricia Nixon Elementary School''' is located in [[Cerritos, California|Cerritos]].  It was built in 1973 and has grades kindergarten through sixth.  The school is named after the late [[First Lady of the United States]] [[Pat Nixon]]. Patricia Nixon Elementary School was recognized as a [[California Distinguished School]] in 2004 and 2008. It was also the site where one of the planes involved in the [[Aeroméxico Flight 498|Cerritos Mid Air Collision]] of 1986 crashed into the ground.

==Board of education==
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ABC Unified School District's Board of Education members are elected by geographical district, to a four-year term. The elections were held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of odd-numbered years until the 2017 election. Effective with the November 2020 US General election, elections are held in even-numbered years.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons}}
*[http://www.abcusd.k12.ca.us/ District website]
* [[List of school districts in Los Angeles County, California]]
*[http://www.sacbee.com/2012/07/12/4627414/la-judge-nixes-dismissal-of-ex.html Sacramento Bee: LA judge nixes dismissal of ex-principal lawsuit ]{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
*[https://archive.today/20130419113520/http://www.presstelegram.com/education/ci_21002087/former-principals-lawsuit-claims-she-was-demoted-reporting Long Beach Press Telegram: Former principal's lawsuit claims she was demoted for reporting alleged death threats ]
*[http://www.loscerritosnews.net/2012/07/06/court-rules-abc-school-district-fabricated-evidence-used-to-demote-former-stowers-principal/ Los Cerritos Newspaper: Court Rules ABC School District Fabricated Evidence Used to Demote Former Stowers Principal ]

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