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CANYON COUNTRY CAMPUS
College of the Canyons students can attend classes at both brant student support, and an innovative eye for current and
the Valencia and Canyon Country campuses, and a sub- future training and educational needs. e 70-acre campus
stantial number of students do so. However, in any given site, on rolling, chaparral covered hills along Sierra High-
semester, as many as one-third of all enrolled College of the way, has matured and grown in the past ve years, with the
Canyons students are taking classes exclusively at the Can- additional of new classrooms, programs, support services,
yon Country Campus. In the most recent graduating class, student gathering spaces, and campus beautication. e Si-
77 percent of graduating students district-wide had taken at erra Highway area, is expected to grow by more than 5,500
least one class at the Canyon Country Campus, up from 68 single-family and multi-family units of new construction in
percent a year earlier. is compelling gure demonstrates the coming decade. Accordingly, the campus will eventually
how quickly the campus has been incorporated into district accommodate up to 10,000 students per semester when the
operations and how vital it has become for the academic campus build-out is completed.
success of our students.
e passage of local bond Measure M has allowed the col-
e Fall of 2012 not only marked the fth anniversary of lege to install infrastructure needed for future permanent
the Canyon Country Campus, it also marked the beginning buildings, avoiding the impact that ination would have on
of a new ve-year Educational and Facilities Master Plan its buying power. e college has already installed most of
for College of the Canyons. is document, including plans the underground utilities and infrastructure that will sup-
for the Canyon Country Campus, describes the projected port the build-out of permanent facilities. is infrastruc-
growth, construction, service evolution, and instructional ture includes, power, phone, cable, network and data, the
programming projected to be o ered at the Canyon Coun- water system and central plant piping so the college can
try Campus in the coming years. create a permanent campus that supports its ecological, sus-
tainable development goals.
e Canyon Country Campus is a valuable part of College
of the Canyons, demonstrating instructional excellence, vi-
Planned Buildings
Science Building Instructional Building
Size: 21,000 square feet Size: 21,000 square feet
Classroom & Student Potential Future Building
Resource Center Planetarium / Science Center
Size: 34,000 square feet
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