Charter Oak Unified School District is a unified school district located in Covina, California, serving nearly 5,000 students in the cities of Covina, Glendora and San Dimas. The superindendent is Dr. Mike Hendricks, winner of the 2016 Outstanding Instructional Leader Award from the Association of California School Administrators.GovernanceCharter Oak Unified School District is governed by a five-member Board of Education, which appoints a superintendent, who runs the daily operations of the district. Board members are elected directly by voters residing within the district. Current board members are: Joseph M. Probst, president; Jane E. Bock, vice president; Brian R. Akers, Dr. Don H. Davis and Jeanette V. Flores.Early historyCharter Oak School Unified District traces its roots to 1894. Charter Oak School opened in September of that year with 24 students housed in a tent. The one-room school house opened in November. A second classroom was added in 1903. Bonds were approved in 1911 to build two more classrooms. A third classroom was completed later that year and the fourth was open in 1915. Electric lights were installed in 1920. In September 1922, a new school building was built using $60,000 in school bonds. The new school had eight classrooms, a principal’s office, teachers’ restroom and an outdoor stage with an open-air auditorium to accommodate the school’s 220 pupils. The original school building was converted into a cafeteria. In 1928, a $10,000 bond was passed to build a manual arts building and state-of-the-art cafeteria.
