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DISTRICTS MULL NEW BONDS 4 BOARDS EYE MEASURES ON UPCOMING BALLOTS.


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As new tract homes bring more students, 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 building new schools, planning others and thinking about asking voters to approve more taxes and bond issues.

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
, Westside School District, Lancaster School District Lancaster School District may refer to:
  • Lancaster School District (California)
  • Lancaster School District (Minnesota)
  • Lancaster Central School District, New York
  • School District of Lancaster, Pennsylvania
  • Lancaster Independent School District, Texas
 and Muroc Joint Union School District officials are all thinking about putting bond measures on the June or November ballots, though none have made final decisions yet.

Voters in all four of those districts have passed tax measures in the past eight years, but officials say those moneys have been exhausted by building other schools.

Antelope Valley Union High School District in Lancaster is building the new Eastside High School Eastside High School or East Side High School can refer to:
  • Eastside High School (Gainesville, Florida)
  • Eastside High School (Covington, Georgia)
  • Eastside High School (Paterson, New Jersey)
  • Eastside High School (Taylors, South Carolina)
, whose first class started this fall in temporary quarters. A ninth high school is proposed to open in 2008 in east Palmdale.

Lancaster School District is planning two new elementary schools elementary school: see school.  and a middle school. Westside officials want to build at least six schools within the next decade.

Muroc officials are considering a bond to help pay for school-modernization projects and for new facilities at West 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.  Elementary and Boron Junior/Senior High.

Here is a list of schools in the Antelope Valley

ANTELOPE VALLEY PUBLIC SCHOOLS

ACTON-AGUA DULCE UNIFIED DISTRICT

Schools: Two elementary, one middle, one high school in Acton and Agua Dulce Agua Dulce is Spanish for "sweet water". It also refers to various locations:

In Mexico:
  • Agua Dulce, Veracruz
In the United States:
  • Agua Dulce, California
  • Agua Dulce, El Paso County, Texas
  • Agua Dulce, Nueces County, Texas
 

Traditional calendar

Pupil-teacher ratio: 23-to-1

Credentialed teachers: 86.5 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: N/A

Average SAT scores: 478 verbal, 456 math

Web site: aadusd.k12.ca.us

ANTELOPE VALLEY UNION HIGH DISTRICT

Schools: Eight comprehensive high schools, two continuation, one community-day in Palmdale, Lancaster, Quartz Hill and Littlerock

Traditional calendar

Pupil-teacher ratio: 25-to-1

Credentialed teachers: 75.5 percent

One-year dropout rate: N/A

Average SAT scores: 479 verbal, 456 math

Web site: avdistrict.org

EASTSIDE UNION DISTRICT

Schools: Three elementary, one middle, one community-day school in east Lancaster

Traditional calendar

Pupil-teacher ratio: 23-to-1

Credentialed teachers: 86.2 percent

Web site: None

HUGHES-ELIZABETH LAKES UNION DISTRICT

Schools: One K-8 school in Lake Hughes

Traditional calendar

Pupil-teacher ratio: 21-to-1

Credentialed teachers: 90 percent

Web site: www.helusd.org

KEPPEL UNION DISTRICT

Schools: Five elementary, one middle in Littlerock, Pearblossom, Sun Village and Lake 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.  

Year-round calendar

Pupil-teacher ratio: 21-to-1

Credentialed teachers: 89.8 percent

Web site: www.keppel.k12.ca.us

LANCASTER DISTRICT

Schools: Twelve elementary, five middle, one alternative, one community-day in Lancaster

Traditional and year-round calendar

Pupil-teacher ratio: 21-to-1

Credentialed teachers: 89.7 percent

Web site: www.lancaster.k12.ca.us/schools.htm

MOJAVE UNIFIED DISTRICT

Schools: Three elementary, two middle, one high, one alternative, one continuation, one community-day in Mojave, Cantil and California City

Traditional calendar

Pupil-teacher ratio: 23-to-1

Credentialed teachers: 85.6 percent

One-year dropout rate: N/A

SAT scores: 496 verbal, 501 math

Web site: kcsos.kern.org/schoolsaz/

MUROC JOINT UNIFIED DISTRICT

Schools: Three elementary, one middle, two high, one continuation 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 and North Edwards

Traditional calendar

Pupil-teacher ratio: 20-to-1

Credentialed teachers: 91.0 percent

One-year dropout rate: N/A

SAT scores: 501 verbal, 511 math

Web site: www.muroc.k12.ca.us

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.
 

Schools: Eighteen elementary, five middle, one alternative, one special-education, one opportunity in Palmdale

Traditional calendar

Pupil-teacher ratio: 24-to-1

Credentialed teachers: 86.5 percent

Web site: www.psd.k12.ca.us

SOUTHERN KERN UNIFIED DISTRICT

Schools: Two elementary, one middle, one high, one alternative, one continuation in Rosamond

Traditional calendar

Pupil-teacher ratio: 22-to-1

Credentialed teachers: 85.5 percent

One-year dropout rate: N/A

SAT scores: 490 verbal, 517 math

Web site: kcsos.kern.org/schoolsaz

WESTSIDE UNION DISTRICT

Schools: Eight elementary, two middle in Quartz Hill, Leona Valley, west Lancaster and west Palmdale

Year-round calendar

Pupil-teacher ratio: 22-to-1

Credentialed teachers: 82.9 percent

Web site: www.westside.k12.ca.us

WILSONA DISTRICT

Schools: Two elementary, one middle, one community-day in Lake Los Angeles

Traditional calendar

Pupil-teacher ratio: 21-to-1

Credentialed teachers: 83.2 percent

Web site: www.theav.com/schools/wilsona.htm

ANTELOPE VALLEY PRIVATE SCHOOLS

Accelerated Learning, 1661 W. Lancaster Blvd., Lancaster, (661) 940-1636, Grades k-12.

Antelope Valley Adventist School, 45045 Date Ave., Lancaster, (661) 942-6552, Preschool-10.

Antelope Valley Christian, 3700 W. Ave. L, Lancaster, (661) 943-0044, Preschool-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-12, Web site: www.bethelchristian.net.

Desert Christian Schools, 44648 15th St. W., Lancaster, (661) 948-5071, Preschool-12, Web site: www.desertchristian.com.

Desert Vineyard Christian School, 1011 E. Ave. I, Lancaster, (661) 948-3766, Preschool-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-8.

Lancaster Baptist School, 4020 E. Lancaster Blvd., Lancaster, (661) 946-4668. Grades k-12.

Lancaster Christian School, 44339 Beech Ave., Lancaster, (661) 942-2137, K-8, Web site: www.lancasterchristianschool.com.

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, 9-12, Web site: www.paraclete.pvt.k12.ca.us.

Pearblossom Private School, P.O. Box 847, Pearblossom, (661) 944-0914, K-12.

Pinecrest Schools, 2110 W. Ave. K, Lancaster, (661) 723-0366, Preschool-8, Web site: www.pinecrestschools.com/lancaster.

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, K-8, Web site: www.sacredheartlancaster.org.

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, K-8.

Westside Christian School, 40027 11th St. W., Palmdale, (661) 947-7000, K-8.

CHARTER SCHOOLS

Desert Sands, 701 W. Ave. K, Lancaster, (661) 942-3357; 3030 E. Palmdale Blvd., (661) 272-0044, grades 9-12.

Guidance Charter School, 1125 E. Palmdale Blvd., (661) 272-1701, K-8.

Opportunities For Learning, 2505 E. Palmdale Blvd., Palmdale, (661) 265-1957; 1160 Commerce Center Drive, (661) 951-3646, 7-12.

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