REPORT SHOWS NEW DEMAND FOR CONEJO CAMPUS.Byline: Bhavna Mistry Staff Writer With a recent report showing that most Moorpark College Moorpark College is a California-state funded community college located on a 134 acre (542,000 m²) property reclining on a hill in Moorpark, a town in Ventura County, California. students come from the Conejo Valley The Conejo Valley is a region spanning both Southeastern Ventura County and Northwest Los Angeles County in Southern California, United States. It was discovered in 1542 by Spanish explorer Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo, and eventually became part of the Rancho El Conejo land grant by , campus officials reaffirmed Friday their need for a satellite campus in 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. . Some 4,481 students come from the Conejo Valley, followed by 3,711 from Simi Valley, 1,399 from Moorpark and 953 from Camarillo, a new report shows. ``It shows that we have a huge group of students coming from that area,'' Moorpark College President James Walker said. ``We need to serve their presence in the southeastern areas.'' Last year, college officials announced a partnership with the 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. to build the Conejo Education Center, a joint facility to house a 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 and a satellite college campus. ``We're thrilled with the idea to bring a center to a more convenient location,'' Walker said. ``I think it's going to be wonderful.'' School district officials said they had been looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. a year to house a continuation high school and already had the land. ``It's just a partnership that makes sense,'' said Jerry Gross, superintendent for the Conejo Valley Unified School District. ``I think we can build a facility here that would be more cost-effective for us.'' Gross said that the shared facility could save the district $1.5 million. Moorpark College already has partnership agreements with the school district where they lease out portions of Newbury Park and Thousand Oaks high schools for evening classes. The Conejo Education Center will be a 45,000-square-foot campus located at the Moorpark Freeway and south of Janss Road. It is expected to be completed by 2003. Of the expected $15 million cost, the satellite campus is expected to cost $5.2 million to $5.5 million. |
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