There were 6093 UNEXCUSEDabsences in 2017-2018, costing the district:
$270,651
Besides revenue, students miss out on the learning that takes place in the classroom. It takes at least two days to catch up for every one day of school missed.
Report an Absence
If your child is absent, please call our attendance line at 707-542-2395 or email attendance@bvusd.orgYou can also submit your child's absence information by using this form:Absence Reporting Form
Welcome to Bennett Valley Union School District
Relentlessly Pursuing Success for All Students
Scholarship Our fundamental purpose is to educate young people with the highest possible quality instruction; to nurture students' intellectual, physical, and social growth, helping each to achieve to his/her highest potential.
Mentorship We provide a multi-tiered system of academic supports, interventions, and enrichments to students that include after and during school programs. We offer parents meaningfully ways to be involved with the education of their children.
Friendship We strive to ensure a safe environment for all students that nurtures each child's social and emotional development.
Bell Schedules
Website Accessibility Notice: The Bennett Valley Union School District is committed to ensuring that its website is accessible to individuals with disabilities. If you experience difficulty accessing any content on the Bennett Valley Union School District website, please contact webmaster at webmaster@bvusd.org or the superintendent, Dr. Sue Field at sue.field@bvusd.org or fax at 707 544-6629 or call 707 542-2201 to request the information in an alternative format, or to provide feedback on how the the Bennett Valley Union School District can improve its website accessibility. To view the entire Website Accessibility Policy, click HERE.
The Bennett Valley Union School District is committed to having an inclusive environment and does not permit discrimination of any one. Please click HERE to view our Title IX Non-Descrimination Policy.
Our Schools
Bennett Valley Union School District serves students from preschool to grade six in its two schools, Strawberry and Yulupa. The district's schools are located in Southeast Santa Rosa in quiet, residential neighborhoods combining the best of rural and suburban settings. The Bennett Valley Union School District is a school community where the state of the arts in teaching and learning meld with the past, teaching children of their roots, while providing them wings for tomorrow. Within a learning climate that encourages innovation and creativity, children are nurtured to learn a broad-based academic and extended curriculum necessary for their continuing education and future success. Parent involvement, a hallmark of our district, is vitally important to our overall educational program. Parents and educators work together in an ever-evolving partnership for the children of Bennett Valley.
