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31700 North Lake Hughes Canyon Road -:· Castaic, California
October 5, 1971

Arguments against the proposed reorganization of the Hart High School District
into three Unified Districts.

First -- Absolutely no benefits acGrue to the pupils of the Castaic School District
through this proposed Unification.

The following negative results will occur to the Castaic School District:

a. The present small class loads viill be eliminated. ·

h . The many special services will be lessened - - or removed
C:afeteria, School Nurse, and similar allied services).

c. Local taxes will be considerably increased.

d. Direct local control will be diluted - - if not virtually eliminated
i n the case of Ca s taic.

The proposal is not in the best interests of the area on a long range projection.

The best program - - in line with the criteria knowledge -- established by Dr.
Drayton Kuttall for th~ State of California would _be as follows:

a. The entire area should be a single Unified School District for
the next five or six ye~r s.

b. At that time (pupil population being the criteria) the s·ingle Unified
School District should become two Unified School Districts.

c~ Subsequently -- again on pupil population -- the two Unified
Districts should then be re-divided into a total of foµr Unified
School Districts.

This is the only plan which can honestly be called "Master Planning".

The presen t "Gcrryn1andc ring" of the existing five Districts into three is not
' legitmat, ' '11astc r Planning". It is an attem pt to n1eet certain pre.sent State
criteria in the establishment of Unified Schoo" Districts.

For th · se reasons we must oppose this particular proposal.

i: Castaic School District Board of Trustees
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