Board of Trustees

In California, a school board of trustees is a group of elected or appointed community members responsible for governing public school districts. Their primary purpose is to ensure districts reflect community values and prioritize student achievement through policy-making and oversight. Key responsibilities include:

  • Setting the district’s vision and goals
  • Approving budgets and ensuring fiscal responsibility
  • Hiring and evaluating the superintendent
  • Adopting policies for district operations
  • Advocating for students and communicating with the community

These duties are carried out collectively, with authority vested in the board as a whole, not individual members.

For more information, please visit:

Balea Avila

Balea Avila

Area 4, President
balea.avila@pioneerunion.org

Douglas Woods - Clerk

Douglas Woods

Area 1, Clerk
douglas.woods@pioneerunion.org

Danielle Darpli

Danielle Darpli

Area 2
danielle.darpli@pioneerunion.org

 

Jennifer Kuehn

Jennifer Kuehn

Area 3
jennifer.kuehn@pioneerunion.org

 

Philip Sippel

Philip Sippel

Area 5
philip.sippel@pioneerunion.org

 

Board Policies

The Board Policies for the Pioneer Union Elementary School District are hosted on the GAMUT/SIMBLI solutions website. This site is used by the Pioneer Union Elementary School District Governing Board to organize, manage, and align critical information for the district including board policies and board meetings. We invite all of our community stakeholders to access this site to better understand the work that is happening in our district and we welcome your input and dialog to help us best serve our students.

Please visit: https://simbli.eboardsolutions.com/Index.aspx?S=36030782

Board of Trustees Map

For a detailed Board of Trustees map, please click here(PDF).

PUESD Board of Trustee Map (2022)