CONEJO SCHOOLS PLAN OPEN-ENROLLMENT VISITS.Byline: Michael Coit Daily News Staff Writer Conejo Valley Unified School District Conejo Valley Unified School District or CVUSD is a school district in Ventura County. It serves Thousand Oaks, California and its subsections Newbury Park and Westlake Village. parents considering sending children to a different middle or high school under open enrollment this fall can visit the campuses over the next six weeks. District officials have scheduled visitation times to help meet the state-mandated goal of giving parents a choice of schools within the district. While school choice is available at all grade levels, a classroom crunch and burgeoning enrollment limit the movement among elementary schools. The visitation program is limited to the four middle schools and three high schools as a result, said Richard Simpson Richard Simpson can refer to:
"They don't have to give any reason and if there's not space, there's a lottery," he said. "We end up with a waiting list and then go down the list." The 1996-97 school year will mark the third year that parents will be given a choice of where their children may attend school, with most of the movement expected among students in middle school and the first year of high school. For the current school year, the district approved about 95 percent of requests for enrolling students in schools that they were not originally assigned to attend. About 500 of the district's 18,500 students - less than 3 percent - switched schools. Half of those students were in middle schools, Simpson said. Once in high school, students most often switch campuses to enroll in special academic programs not available on all campuses. For example, Westlake offers an advanced human physiology Human physiology is the science of the mechanical, physical, and biochemical functions of humans in good health, their organs, and the cells of which they are composed. The principal level of focus of physiology is at the level of organs and systems. and anatomy program using cadavers, Thousand Oaks Thousand Oaks, residential city (1990 pop. 104,352), Ventura co., S Calif., in a farm area; inc. 1964. Avocados, citrus, vegetables, strawberries, and nursery products are grown. offers a computer repair program, and Newbury Park offers an international studies program that provides up to six courses for college credit. SCHOOL CHOICE To help parents better use their school choice option, the Conejo Valley Unified School District has set up a series of open houses at the district's secondary schools. For more information, call (805) 497-9511. Colina Middle School Colina Middle School is a public school located in Thousands Oaks, California, United States, part of the Conejo Valley Unified School District. The motto is "Work Hard, Make Friends, and Have Fun." The school mascot is the Colina Cougar. : 11 a.m. March 12 and April 16. Los Cerritos Middle School: 9:30 a.m. March 22 and 1:30 p.m. April 19. Redwood Intermediate School: 9:30 a.m. March 20 and 1:30 p.m. April 14. Sequoia Intermediate School: 9:30 a.m. April 10 and 7 p.m. April 18. Newbury Park High School: 9 a.m. April 18 and 23. Thousand Oaks High School Thousand Oaks High School is a high school established in 1962 and located in Thousand Oaks, California. It is a California Distinguished School, and offers curriculum at all levels for Thousand Oaks students. The mascot is the lancer. : 10 a.m. April 10 and 7 p.m. April 18. Westlake High School Westlake High School may refer to:
SOURCE: Conejo Valley Unified School District CAPTION(S): CHART Box SCHOOL CHOICE (See text) |
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