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t r i o t s having such service*

L ocation of the sch o o ls* The six school d i s t r i c t s in

t h i s survey l i e m ainly between th e Ridge, th e s ta te highway

over which i s spofcen of as th e Ridge Route, and th e range o f

m ountains ju s t n o rth of San Fernando V alley. Newhall, th e

la rg e s t school in th e group, has eig h t te a c h e rs . I t i s lo ­

cated nine m iles n o rth of San Fernando on the main lin e of

th e Southern P a c ific R ailro ad . Saugus has two te a c h e rs and

i s but two m iles n o rth of Newhall. I t i s also on th e main

lin e of th e Southern P a c ific R ailroad and i s a ju n ctio n

fo r th e Southern P a c ific Line to Ventura extends out from

h e re . C astaic Union, w ith th re e te a c h e rs, is te n m iles n o rth

o f Newhall on th e Ridge Route where a new highway under con­

s tru c tio n extends from the p resen t one to p o in ts n o rth . New

Era is lo d ated in Boquet Canyon, six and a h a lf m iles n o rth ­

e a st of Newhall. Honby School is also six and a h a lf m iles

n o rth east of Newhall on the Mint Canyon highway. F elto n is

fiv e m iles west of Newhall in Pico Canyon in th e Standard

O il Company te r r ito r y . The l a s t th ree schools have but one

te a c h e r each.

The high school s itu a tio n . A ll high school stu d en ts in

th ese elem entary d is tr ic ts go by bus to th e San Fernando

High School, which is under th e Los Angeles C ity School Sys­

tem . P u p ils liv in g in C astaic Union, Honby, and New Era

D is tr ic ts are req u ired to leave th e ir homes by six t h i r t y

in the morning and those liv in g in Saugus and Newhall D is­
t r i c t s a t seven by bus fo r th e San Fernando High School. This

fa c t has caused many p atron s in the p ast to express a d e sire