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A ll high school p u p ils have bus tra n s p o rta tio n to the

San Fernando High School, a Los Angeles C ity High School, and

sin ce they are req u ired to leave home q u ite e a rly e$ch morn­

ing to a tte n d school, many p atro n s have expressed a d e s ire to

have a sm all high school lo c a te d w ith in th e a re a o f th ese s ix

elem entary d i s t r i c t s . The Los Angeles C ity school a u th o ritie s

do not approve of th is u n til th e number of high school p u p ils

liv in g in these d i s t r i c t s g re a tly in c re a se s.

Since th ese d i s t r i c t s a re in common to th e ex ten t o f be­

in g independent in th e elem entary f ie ld and a p a rt of th e Los

Angeles C ity High School D is tr ic t, i t seems ap p ro p riate to

make a ra th e r comprehensive survey o f them a l l . Any scheme

o f re o rg an izatio n would e ffe c t them a l l in th e ir high school
problem and p o ssib ly to a more or le s s e x te n t in th e elem ent­

a ry f ie ld .

In making th is survey th e w rite r has attem pted to b rin g

out a few fa c ts en lig h ten in g th e p atro n s of th ese d i s t r i c t s

a s to th e a d v is a b ility of e sta b lish in g a high school in New­

h a ll or v ic in ity in th e n ear fu tu re or when the population

in cre ases very g re a tly . Among the q uestion s he has attem p t­

ed to answer are th e follow ing:

I . The high school s itu a tio n .

1. C onsidering th e ra th e r slow growth o f th ese com­

m u n ities, a t about what tim e in th e fu tu re could Newhall or

v ic in ity expect to have a high school, i f th e r e s u lts of the

survey should not w arrant one in the near fu tu re ?

I I . F in an cial a b i l i ty to pay.