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Azusa Unified superintendent highlights student achievements, new safety steps and a balanced budget
Summary
Superintendent Arturo Ortega delivered a year-end address celebrating academic distinctions at Azusa High, growth in dual enrollment, student arts and athletics successes, facilities and safety upgrades, community health services, and a balanced district budget.
Arturo Ortega, superintendent of the Azusa Unified School District, opened the year-end address by saying, "My name is Arturo Ortega, and I am the proud superintendent of the Azusa Unified School District." He framed the remarks as a summary of the district's accomplishments for students, staff and the community over the past school year.
Ortega highlighted multiple areas of district progress—from career-readiness programs and expanded dual enrollment to arts, athletics, facilities improvements, and community health partnerships. He told attendees the district had maintained a balanced budget while directing resources into classrooms. "We are proud to celebrate a year filled with growth, achievement, and community spirit," he said.
The address included specific recognitions at Azusa High School (NAF Distinguished Academies and a California Department of Education dual-enrollment award), new career-technical offerings at Sierra High School, and plans to expand the Mandarin Dual Language Immersion program. Ortega also outlined safety measures, including completed parking improvements and a new visitor management system piloted at Valleydale Elementary.
The superintendent credited partnerships with the City of Azusa, the Azusa Police Department, Azusa Pacific University and Citrus College for regular school events and noted mobile health services such as the UCLA Mobile Eye Clinic and a mobile flu-shot clinic had served students this year. Ortega closed by reiterating the district's commitment to ensuring that "every student has the opportunity and the resources to thrive."
