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Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District (PVPUSD) is a School District based in Palos Verdes , California. It is headed by a superintendent -- presently Walker Williams -- and governed by a five-person, publicly elected school board. The current board members are:

Barbara Lucky, President (term expires in 2009)

Malcolm S. Sharp, Vice President (term expires in 2009)

Ginny Snider, Clerk (term expires in 2009)

Dora de la Rosa (term expires in 2007)

Dave Tomblin (term expires in 2007)

The current district officials are:

Walker Williams - Superintendent of Schools, Former Deputy Superintendent of Human Resources

Pearl Iizuka - Deputy Superintendent of Business Services

William Franchini - Deputy Superintendent of Human Resources, Former long-time Executive Director of the Torrance Teachers Association

Dr. Susan Adams Liberati - Deputy Superintendent of Educational Services, former Assistant Superintendent in Beverly Hills Unified School District, former administrator in Torrance Unified School District, married to Dr. Mario Liberati, Senior Director of Certificated Human Resources at Torrance Unified School District

High School Principals:

Kelly Johnson - Palos Verdes Peninsula High School since 1991

Christopher Bowles - Palos Verdes High School since reopening in late 1990s

In addition, three high school students are appointed as student board members. For the school year 2006-07, they are Kristen Hunter, Randy Lair and David Lluncor. Past student board members have included three children (Jason, Justin and Jodi) of current board member Ginny Snider. Snider, a former officer of the PVPUSD teacher's union, is an advocate for teachers.

The PVPUSD serves the cities of Palos Verdes Estates , Rancho Palos Verdes , Rolling Hills , and Rolling Hills Estates .

Parts of the city of Rancho Palos Verdes, known as Eastview, are served both by the PVPUSD, and the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD). Two LAUSD-owned schools fall within the city of Rancho Palos Verdes: Dodson Middle School and Crestwood Elementary School.

In 1999, an optional attendance boundary was agreed upon by the two school districts in which residents in Eastview could opt to either send their children to PVPUSD schools or LAUSD schools. Middle school-aged students in the area may attend Miraleste Intermediate School and high school-aged students attend both Palos Verdes Peninsula High School in Rolling Hills Estates and Palos Verdes High School in Palos Verdes Estates. The LAUSD school, Crestwood Elementary, serves a sizeable number of Eastview children. Many families live in the Eastview area in order for their children to attend Crestwood.