PARENTS WANT KIDS TO STAY PUT SCHOOL RELOCATION PROTEST SPREADS TO STEVENSON RANCH.Byline: CONNIE LLANOS llanos (yä`nōs), Spanish American term for prairies, specifically those of the Orinoco River basin of N South America, in Venezuela and E Colombia. Staff Writer STEVENSON RANCH Stevenson Ranch, California (in the 91381 ZIP Code) is a Los Angeles County, USA, unincorporated community west of Santa Clarita a few miles south of Six Flags Magic Mountain amusement park. The Stevenson Ranch fountain was redone in 2007. -- A mother of two, Suzy McLister is among a growing number of parents in the Stevenson Ranch area who are feverishly fe·ver·ish adj. 1. a. Of, relating to, or resembling a fever. b. Having a fever or symptoms characteristic of a fever. c. Causing or tending to cause fever. 2. writing e-mails, passing out fliers and rallying others to ensure their children stay at West Ranch High School West Ranch High School is a public high school in the community of Stevenson Ranch, Los Angeles County, California. Mr. Bob Vincent has been the school's principal ever since it opened in 2004. to ease 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. . The two-year-old school is crowded and expected to be jammed over the next three years because of delays in building a new high school in Castaic. The William S William, crown prince of Germany William or Frederick William, 1882–1951, crown prince of Germany, son of William II. In World War I he commanded (1914) an army on the Western Front and was nominal commander in the German attack . Hart Union High School District is weighing whether to transfer Castaic students or others to less crowded campuses. Stevenson Ranch parents don't want their kids to move. "To shuffle kids around after elementary school elementary school: see school. and to different junior highs and high schools is a real concern," McLister said. "It was a concern with the Castaic community, and now it's a concern for us." And while Hart district officials have tried to assure Stevenson Ranch parents their kids will stay at West Ranch ranch, large farm devoted chiefly to raising and breeding cattle, horses, sheep, and goats. The cattle ranch was introduced from Latin America to Texas and the plains of the W United States and Canada. , parents are keeping their eyes on every move. They are planning to attend Wednesday's Hart board meeting in full force. For McLister it's about the educational experience of all children, and she is worried overcrowding will have a negative impact. "I could go on about taxes but that's not the argument, this is about our children, we don't want to see the quality of education fall because of overcrowding." School board member Paul Strickland backtracked on a suggestion made last week to transfer students from neighborhoods near Calgrove Boulevard and Wiley Canyon Road to Hart High or another campus. Instead, Strickland is suggesting open enrollment for those students, allowing families the option to enroll children at West Ranch, Valencia or Hart high schools Hart High School may refer to:
"We just need to figure out how to accommodate all the students without overcrowding a particular site," Strickland said. Strickland added that enrollment will drop drastically at Valencia and Hart after this school year. "West Ranch is not the one and only school," Strickland said. The bottom line for some Stevenson Ranch-area parents is that they want Castaic kids transferred some place else until the high school opens in their community. This, as the two communities consider joining to form a city. John Kunak, a member of the Castaic Town Council, said the high school issue should actually bring the communities closer. "We are all fighting for the same thing -- we want our kids to stay together at West Ranch until Castaic High School is built," he said. The Hart board could take action on the issue as early as Wednesday. connie.llanos@dailynews.com (661) 257-5254 If you go The board of the Hart School High School District will meet at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at Hart High School, 24825 Newhall Ave. Information: www.hartdistrict.org CAPTION(S): photo, box Photo: Students leave West Ranch High on Wednesday. A growing number of parents in Stevenson Ranch are concerned their children may be forced to attend other schools to reduce overcrowding. David Crane/Staff Photographer Box: If you go (see text) |
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