HIGH SCHOOLS JOIN CELL PHONE PROGRAM.Byline: Paul O'Donoghue Daily News Staff Writer Moorpark High School Moorpark High School, located in Moorpark, California, is a public high school in the Moorpark Unified School District and currently has an enrollment of 2,478 students.[1] has received two cell phones and 160 free minutes of airtime to add to its existing communication arsenal to help teachers and administrators keep in touch on campus. Moorpark High and Santa Susana High School Santa Susana High School is the third high school located in Simi Valley. The school campus is a middle school that was converted. The school colors are: silver, black, white, and teal. The school mascot is the Troubador. They are a school of the arts. in Simi Valley Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. are among 13 schools in Ventura and Santa Barbara Santa Barbara (săn'tə bär`brə, –bərə), city (1990 pop. 85,571), seat of Santa Barbara co., S Calif., on the Pacific Ocean; inc. 1850. counties to receive the phones and airtime under the latest round of a 2-year-old nationwide program called Safe Schools, sponsored by AT&T. Under the program, the two new phones may be used by school security guards, parking lot monitors, adult crossing guards, playground supervisors, teachers and parents traveling with students on field trips, and other adults charged with students' safety, officials said. Before they received the two new phones on Monday, Moorpark High officials had seven cell phones, all used by athletics coaches. The athletics department bought the phones in the past year in response to injuries suffered by student athletes, said Assistant Principal David Baldwin. ``We had some injuries - not major ones - a twisted ankle, busted leg, that kind of thing,'' said Baldwin, who heads the school's athletic department. While the school was satisfied with its speed in getting the injured students treated, parents were not informed as quickly as desired, Baldwin said. So the athletics department decided to buy the seven cell phones to allow coaches to reach parents fast in the event of injuries to students or other important incidents, Baldwin said. The phones, Ericsson Digital PCS (1) (Personal Communications Services) Refers to wireless services that emerged after the U.S. government auctioned commercial licenses in 1994 and 1995. This radio spectrum in the 1. models, cost $60 each and, depending on the airtime plan, charges for monthly service are between $24.99 and $39.99. ``It's not cheap, but we figure it's worth it,'' Baldwin said. The other schools awarded phones and airtime under the latest round of the AT&T program include E.P. Foster, Blanche Reynolds and Juanamaria elementary schools in Ventura; Marina West Elementary, Laguna Vista Elementary, Ocean View Junior High, Oxnard High School Oxnard High School, or OHS as it is commonly referred to, is a public four-year high school serving grades 9-12 in Oxnard, California. The school is the oldest in the Oxnard Union High School District, and is the oldest public high school in all of Ventura County. and St. John's 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. , all in Oxnard; Mesa Union School in Somis; and Joe Nightingale Elementary and Fesler Junior High School in Santa Maria. |
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