year. Effective with the April 2017 election, board of education members are elected by geographical district instead of at-large. Starting with the 2020 California Primary election, Glendale Unified School District Board of Education election is being held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in March to comply with the statewide election law (Senate Bill 415). The current board of education is as follows: Dr. Vivian Ekchian – superintendent Dr. Armina Gharpetian – president Mrs. Nayiri Nahabedian – vice president Mr. Gregory Krikorian – clerk Mrs. Jennifer Freemon – member Mr. Shant Sahakian – member Election results Source: City Clerk, City of Glendale Schools Elementary schools (Kindergarten – Grade 6) Balboa Elementary School Cerritos Elementary School Columbus Elementary School (K-5th) Dunsmore Elementary School Thomas A. Edison Elementary School Benjamin Franklin Elementary School John C. Fremont Elementary School Glenoaks Elementary School Thomas Jefferson Elementary School Mark Keppel Elementary School (K-5th) La Crescenta Elementary School Abraham Lincoln Elementary School Horace Mann Elementary School (K-5th) John Marshall Elementary School (K-5th) Monte Vista Elementary School Mountain Avenue Elementary School John Muir Elementary School Verdugo Woodlands Elementary School Valley View Elementary School Richardson D. White Elementary School (K-5th) Middle schools (Grade 7 – Grade 8) Theodore Roosevelt Middle School (Grade 6 through Grade 8) Rosemont Middle School (Grade 7 and Grade 8) Eleanor J. Toll Middle School (Grade 6 through Grade 8) Woodrow Wilson Middle School (Grade 6 through Grade 8) High schools (Grade 9 – Grade 12) Anderson W. Clark Magnet High School Crescenta Valley High School Glendale High School Herbert Hoover High School Allan F. Daily High School Other schools College View School – special-needs students Verdugo Academy – independent/homeschool students Jewel City Community Day School - independent students Safety The district contracts with the Glendale Police Department for schools within Glendale, and the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department for schools within Montrose and La Crescenta. Cybersurveillance of students In 2012, the District hired Geo Listening for a pilot program to monitor public online activity of students at the Crescenta Valley, Glendale, and Hoover High Schools. While the school district has claimed that the program, now expanded to all of the District's schools, is meant to detect cyberbullying, critics have questioned whether it violates the privacy rights of students and whether the $40,500 spent on the program so far is well spent. Analysts working for Geo Listening comb through posts students from