BONDS KEY TO NEW A.V. CAMPUSES GROWTH POSES CHALLENGES FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS.Byline: Karen Maeshiro Staff Writer As a home building boom fuels growth in student enrollment, Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley school districts are seeking relief through the passage of school construction bonds. Voters in the Palmdale School District The Palmdale School District is a school district that serves a major part of the city of Palmdale, California (USA). The Palmdale School District was first formed in 1888. Approximately 28,000 students are enrolled in the Palmdale School District. last November approved a $25 million bond measure, paving the way for the construction of two schools one on the district's east side and one of the district's west side. The Antelope Valley Union High School District The Antelope Valley Union High School District (A.V.U.H.S.D.) is located in the Antelope Valley area of California, in northern Los Angeles County. The district includes eight public high schools, one trade school, and two continuation high schools in the cities of Palmdale , which is projecting it will add 6,300 students to its rolls by 2006 for a total enrollment of 25,900, is asking voters in March to approve a $103.6 million bond measure. In the Lancaster and Westside Union school districts, schools are being constructed with money from bond measures approved by voters in the 1990s. Growth is a challenge for school districts to manage at a time when the state is having difficulty funding school construction, said Lori Ordway-Peck, Westside's assistant superintendent Assistant Superintendent, or Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), was a rank used by police forces in the British Empire. It was usually the lowest rank that could be held by a European officer, most of whom joined the police at this rank. of business services. Palmdale's Measure W was passed under the provisions of Proposition 39, the California ballot measure that made it possible for school districts to pass bond measures with 55 percent of the vote, rather than the standard two-thirds majority. The $25 million bond measure passed with a 25-vote margin after all the absentee and provisional ballots were counted and will pay for Golden Poppy golden poppy of California. [Flower Symbolism: Golenpaul, 627] See : Flower, State and Ana Verde Plaza schools. Construction is expected to begin this spring at Golden Poppy at 62nd Street East and Avenue R-4. Construction is expected to begin in late summer on Ana Verde Plaza at Division Street and Rayburn Road. Construction will likely to take 15 to 18 months. Measure W will add $30 a year to the property tax bill of a home assessed at $100,000. Both schools will cost $18 million each. Golden Poppy is in line to receive $9.3 million in state matching funds Noun 1. matching funds - funds that will be supplied in an amount matching the funds available from other sources cash in hand, finances, funds, monetary resource, pecuniary resource - assets in the form of money . If Ana Verde doesn't qualify for matching funds, district officials intend to borrow the additional money and pay it back when state funds become available. The district also began construction in January on a nearly $6 million school for severely emotionally disturbed special-education students. The 28,777-square-foot Yellen Learning Center will serve from 90 to 120 kindergartners through eighth-graders from throughout the Antelope Valley. The school's construction is being funded with state aid, using Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County's eligibility for hardship funding. The Palmdale district is expecting a student enrollment of about 23,000 in the 2002-03 school year, up 4 percent from the previous year. The high school district also is seeking passage of its bond measure under Proposition 39. If approved, it will cost taxpayers $29.25 for a house assessed at $100,000. The money would pay for the construction of William J. Pete Knight High School Pete Knight High School is located in Palmdale, California and is part of the Antelope Valley Union High School District. Pete Knight was the 7th school to join the district. proposed for 70th Street East and Avenue R-8. The school would house 3,000 students and is estimated to cost $70 million. The bond also would pay for the construction of R. Rex Parris continuation high school A continuation high school is an alternative to a comprehensive high school primarily for students who are considered at-risk of not graduating at the normal pace. The requirements to graduate are the same but the scheduling is more flexible to allow students to earn their credits at Avenue Q and Sixth Street East, and for two campuses, one in Palmdale and one in Lancaster, for Phoenix High School, the district's last stop for expelled students. It also would pay to renovate Antelope Valley, Palmdale and Quartz Hill high schools Quartz Hill High School is a public, co-educational high school located in Lancaster, California. Founded in 1964, it is the third oldest comprehensive high school in the Antelope Valley High School District (AVHSD). . If California voters in November 2002 pass a school construction bond measure to provide matching funds, the high school district could afford to build another high school. With matching funds, it also could enlarge Highland High School Highland High School or Highlands High School may refer to: In the United States:
Westside Union School District started construction in January on the $10 million Esperanza School, the district's first new school in seven years, to accommodate youngsters moving with their families into the rapidly growing Rancho Vista area. The building will be financed by money raised from an extension of a school construction tax approved by Westside voters in 1998. ANTELOPE VALLEY PUBLIC SCHOOLS ACTON-AGUA DULCE UNIFIED Schools: Five for K-12 in Acton and Agua Dulce Agua Dulce is Spanish for "sweet water". It also refers to various locations: In Mexico:
Traditional calendar Pupil-teacher ratio: 22.1 Credentialed teachers: 84 percent One-year dropout (1) On magnetic media, a bit that has lost its strength due to a surface defect or recording malfunction. If the bit is in an audio or video file, it might be detected by the error correction circuitry and either corrected or not, but if not, it is often not noticed by the human rate: 0.6 percent Average SAT scores: 495 verbal, 469 math Web site: aadusd.k12.ca.us/ ANTELOPE VALLEY UNION HIGH Schools: Eight for 9-12 in Palmdale, Lancaster, Quartz Hill and Littlerock Traditional calendar Pupil-teacher ratio: 26.4 Credentialed teachers: 66.8 percent One-year dropout rate: 2 percent Average SAT scores: 482 verbal, 478 math Web site: avdistrict.org/ EASTSIDE UNION ELEMENTARY Schools: Four K-8 in east Lancaster Year-round calendar Pupil-teacher ratio: 22.9 Credentialed teachers: 90.1 percent Web site: None HUGHES-ELIZABETH LAKES UNION Schools: One for K-8 in Lake Hughes Traditional calendar Pupil-teacher ratio: 19.7 Credentialed teachers: 91.3 percent Web site: None KEPPEL UNION ELEMENTARY Schools: Six for K-8 in Littlerock, Pearblossom, Sun Village and Lake Los Angeles Year-round calendar Pupil-teacher ratio: 21.2 Credentialed teachers: 85.2 percent Web site: www.keppel.k12.ca.us/ LANCASTER ELEMENTARY Schools: Seventeen for K-8 in Lancaster Traditional and year-round calendar Pupil-teacher ratio: 21.1 Credentialed teachers: 84.9 percent Web site: www.lancaster.k12.ca.us/schools.htm MOJAVE UNIFIED Schools: Seven K-12 in Mojave, Cantil and California City Traditional calendar Pupil-teacher ratio: 21.5 Credentialed teachers: 82.6 percent One-year dropout rate: 1.1 percent SAT scores: 484 verbal, 490 math Web site: www.mojave.ca.us/mojaveschools/ MUROC JOINT UNIFIED Schools: Nine for K-12 at Edwards Air Force Base Edwards Air Force Base, U.S. military installation, 301,000 acres (121,805 hectares), S Calif., NE of Lancaster; est. 1933. It is one of the largest air force bases in the United States and has the world's longest runway. , Boron boron (bōr`ŏn) [New Gr. from borax], chemical element; symbol B; at. no. 5; at. wt. 10.81; m.p. about 2,300°C;; sublimation point about 2,550°C;; sp. gr. 2.3 at 25°C;; valence +3. and North Edwards Traditional calendar Pupil-teacher ratio: 20.8 Credentialed teachers: 85.6 percent One-year dropout rate: 1.1 percent SAT scores: 492 verbal, 512 math Web site: www.muroc.k12.ca.us/ PALMDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT Also includes Head Start State Preschool, which serves approximately 1,350 children in the Antelope Valley. Schools: Twenty-four for K-8 in Palmdale Year-round calendar Pupil-teacher ratio: 22.9 Credentialed teachers: 75 percent Web site: www.psd.k12.ca.us/ SOUTHERN KERN UNIFIED Schools: Six for K-12 in Rosamond Traditional and year-round calendar Pupil-teacher ratio: 21.7 Credentialed teachers: 85.7 percent One-year dropout rate: 1.3 percent SAT scores: 469 verbal, 478 math Web site: None. WESTSIDE UNION Schools: Ten for K-8 in Quartz Hill, west Lancaster and west Palmdale Year-round calendar Pupil-teacher ratio: 20.4 Credentialed teachers: 81.5 percent Web site: None. WILSONA ELEMENTARY Schools: Three for K-8 in Lake Los Angeles Traditional calendar Pupil-teacher ratio: 19.4 Credentialed teachers: 78.5 percent Web site: None. ANTELOPE VALLEY PRIVATE SCHOOLS Accelerated Learning, 1661 W. Lancaster Blvd., Lancaster, (661) 940-1636, kindergarten-grade 12 Antelope Valley Adventist School, 45045 Date Ave., Lancaster, (661) 942-6552, preschool-grade 10 Antelope Valley Christian, 3700 W. Ave. L, Lancaster, (661) 943-0044, preschool-grade 12, Web site: www.avcs.edu Bethel Bethel, in the Bible Bethel (bĕth`əl) [Heb.,=house of God]. 1 Ancient city of central Palestine, the modern Baytin, the West Bank, N of Jerusalem. Christian School A Christian School is a school run on Christian principles or by a Christian organization. The nature of Christian schools varies enormously from country to country according to the religious, educational, and political culture. , 3100 W. Ave. K, Lancaster, (661) 943-2224, preschool-grade 12, Web site: www.bethelchristian.net Desert Christian Schools, 44648 15th St. W., Lancaster, (661) 948-5071, preschool-grade 12, Web site: www.desertchristian.com Desert Vineyard Christian School, 1011 E. Ave. I, Lancaster, (661) 948-3766, preschool-grade 8 Grace Lutheran School Lutheran schools and education were a priority for Lutherans who emigrated to the United States and Australia from Germany and Scandinavia. One of the first things they did was to create schools for their children. , 856 W. Newgrove St., Lancaster, (661) 948-1652, preschool-grade 8 Lancaster Christian School, 44339 Beech Ave., Lancaster, (661) 942-2137,kindergarten-grade 8, Web site: www.lancasterchristianschool.net Paraclete High School Paraclete High School is a Catholic High School in Lancaster, CA operated independently of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles. 186 seniors graduated in the 2006-2007 school year. , 42145 30th St. W., Quartz Hill, (661) 943-3255, grades 9-12, Web site: www.paraclete.pvt.k12.ca.us/ Pearblossom Private School, PO Box 847, Pearblossom, (661) 944-0914, kindergarten-grade 12 Pinecrest Schools, 2110 W. Ave. K, Lancaster, (661) 723-0366, preschool-grade 8, Web site: www.pinecrestschools.com/lancaster/ Rosamond Christian School, 3275 Glendower St., Rosamond, (661) 256-2382, kindergarten-grade 12 Sacred Heart Catholic School Sacred Heart Catholic School is an elementary school in Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada. It has special education as well as playground equipment for younger students and over 300 students. It is considered a feeder school to Valley Heights Secondary School. , 45002 Date Ave., Lancaster, (661) 948-3613, kindergarten-grade 8, Web site: www.sacredheartlancaster.org Sonshine Christian School, 8533 E. Ave. T, Littlerock, (661) 944-1331, preschool-grade 7 St. Mary's Catholic School St. Mary's Catholic School is a K-8 educational institution located in Richmond, Virginia, serving 400 students. In 2004, St. Marys School won the prestigious Blue Ribbon Award. This award is awarded to few schools and only the ones with the highest academic standards. , 1600 E. Ave. R-4, Palmdale, (661) 273-5555, kindergarten-grade 8 Westside Christian School, 40027 11th St. W., Palmdale, (661) 947-7000,kindergarten-grade 8 CHARTER SCHOOLS Desert Sands, 701 W. Ave. K, Lancaster, (661) 942-3357, grades 9-12 Guidance Charter School, 1125 E. Palmdale Blvd., kindergarten-grade 8 Henry Hearns Charter School of Excellence, 37721 100th St. E., Littlerock, (661) 944-9797, kindergarten-grade 8, Web site: avdistrict.org/hearns/default.htm Opportunities For Learning, 2505 E. Palmdale Blvd., Palmdale, (661) 265-1957; 1160 Commerce Center Drive, (661) 951-3646, grades 7- 12 CAPTION(S): photo, 2 boxes Photo: (color) Schools like Gifford C. Cole Middle School may fall victim to overcrowding overcrowding overcrowding of animal accommodation. Many countries now publish codes of practice which define what the appropriate volumetric allowances should be for each species of animal when they are housed indoors. Breaches of these codes is overcrowding. unless voters pass bond measures to build new campuses in the Antelope Valley. Jeff Goldwater/Staff Photographer Box: (1) ANTELOPE VALLEY PUBLIC SCHOOLS (see text) (2) ANTELOPE VALLEY PRIVATE SCHOOLS (see text) |
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