The Twin Rivers Unified School District (formerly known as the New North Area Unified School District) was created as a result of the November 2007 approval of Measure B, a proposal to merge the four North Sacramento (California) area school districts: the North Sacramento School District, the Del Paso Heights School District, the Rio Linda Union School District, and the Grant Joint Union High School District

Grant Joint Union High School District

Grant Joint Union High School District was a high school district located in northern Sacramento County. It was considered an urban-suburban school district, serving, at its peak, approximately 12,000 students in grades 7 – 12...

. The name Twin Rivers was selected from among 300 submitted by community members during a three-week naming contest. Twin Rivers USD has also hosted a series of community forums to obtain feedback and input from parents, classified staff, teachers, and community members. An interim office has been established for TRUSD at 5107 Dudley Blvd, Building 250B, McClellan, California.

On December 4, 2007, the trustees selected Frank Porter to serve as Twin Rivers USD Interim Superintendent. The new district assumed operational responsibility for the 37,000 students in the four merging districts on July 1, 2008.

Governing Board

The governing board for the new district was also elected in the same election. The board consists of seven members, each representing the specific geographic area in which they live. The board members are:

• Janis Green, representing area 1
• Michelle Rivas, representing area 2
• Alecia Eugene Chasten, representing area 3
• Cortez Quinn, representing area 4
• Bob Bastian, representing area 5
• Roger Westrup, representing area 6
• Linda Fowler, representing area 7

Notable Students and Staff

There have been several students and staff members of the schools that are within the Twin Rivers USD.

• Virginia Avila - Grant High School Teacher - California Teacher of the Year 2003
• Sean Chambers - Highlands High School Class of 1993, Current Highlands High School Basketball Coach - Alaska Aces (PBA)
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   star player
• Grantland Johnson
  Grantland Johnson
  Grantland L. Johnson is a Sacramento-area politician and former Secretary of California's Health and Human Services Agency, the first African-American to hold the position.-Political career:...
  
  - Grant High School graduate - Former California Secretary of Health and Human Services
• Dr. William H. Lee - Grant High School graduate - Owner/Publisher of The Sacramento Observer
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• Rob Vernatchi - Twin Rivers Adult School (formerly Grant Adult Education) NCOA Referee Graduate - NFL Official (Field Judge)
• George Wright
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  - Grant High School Graduate - Organist