The Los Angeles City School District was a school district that served Los Angeles, California, and some adjoining areas between 1870 and 1961.
17-577: The district was formed on May 2, 1870, with the same boundaries as the city of Los Angeles. In 1890 the Los Angeles City High School District was formed to serve high school students. The Los Angeles City School District and various other feeder elementary school districts served elementary and junior high students. The elementary school district annexed various elementary school districts during its existence. The annexations include: The Palos Verdes Peninsula region
34-580: A part of the Los Angeles High School District. On August 18, 1921, Los Angeles City High School District added the territory of the following grade school districts: Alturas, Beverly Hills, Calabasas, Castaic, Cornell, Culver City, Felton, Garripatos (the district was later renamed to Topanga), Honby, Las Vergenes, Liberty, Live Oak, New Era, Newhall, San Francisquito, San Martinez and Saugus. The high school district annexed Venice Union High School District in 1925. Residents of
51-579: A school district in the mid-1920s, but the first two formal referendums on secession, on April 11, 1932 and March 16, 1937, respectively, failed on 1,346-572 and 932-378 bases. However on August 20, 1946, Torrance voters did approve a new city charter, 1,371-761, which allowed for a new district to be created. Torrance seceded in 1947 and created a new school district, which in 1948 became the Torrance Unified School District (TUSD). The Los Angeles City School District removed all of
68-764: A similar manner as Beverly Hills. On January 30, 1945, the Santa Clarita Union High School District (also known as the William S. Hart Union High School District ) took the territories of the Bee, Newhall, Castaic Union and Saugus Union school districts. In 1947, Torrance High School was transferred to the Redondo Union High School District , and the elementary schools in the City of Torrance were formed into
85-627: Is Greg Nehen. The A.V.U.H.S.D. cares for all high school level education in the metropolitan area. The elementary and junior high education is cared for by the Palmdale School District , Lancaster School District , Westside Union School District , Keppel Union School District , Wilsona School District , or Eastside Union School District depending on where the student lives. Antelope Valley Regional Occupational Program (AV ROP) in Palmdale +Virtual Academy grades 7-12 office
102-775: The Palos Verdes School District , formed in 1925, were zoned to Los Angeles City High School District facilities for high school. On July 22, 1929 the Oak Flat district territory was transferred from Antelope Valley Joint Union High School District to Los Angeles City High School District. On July 22, 1932, the Huntington Park School District became included in the Los Angeles City High School District. On March 23, 1936, Beverly Hills left
119-737: The Topanga School District and the Las Vergenes Union School District as separate remnants of the high school district, renamed to the West County Union High School District. Los Angeles City High School District Los Angeles City High School District (known in its last year as West County Union High School District ) was a school district that served high school -aged residents of western Los Angeles County, California from 1890 to 1962. At times
136-669: The Los Angeles City High School District and formed the Beverly Hills High School District; by operation of law this became the Beverly Hills Unified School District . On December 29, 1942, the Bee School District was transferred from Antelope Valley Joint Union High School District to the Los Angeles City High School District. On January 25, 1945, Culver City left the Los Angeles High School District in
153-805: The Torrance City School District; the latter became Torrance Unified School District the following year and took the high school. The citizens of the Los Angeles City School District voted to become a unified school district on June 7, 1960. On July 1, 1961, it became the Los Angeles Unified School District . Additionally, the Palos Verdes School District became the Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District on
170-519: The West County Union High School District to the same border as Las Virgenes grade school district as of July 1, 1962, the 1935 state law known as the Unification Act caused their automatic unification on that date; the resulting district took the name Las Virgenes Unified School District . Its citizens approved a bond issue and state aid authorization in the April 16, 1963 election, leading to
187-531: The cities of Palmdale and Lancaster and their immediate suburbs. The district also recently opened three middle schools (grades 7-8). Two are in Palmdale & one is in Quartz Hill. The district also provides online instruction via their Virtual Academy for grades 7-12. The office of Virtual Academy is in Quartz Hill. The main district office is located in Lancaster. The Superintendent of the A.V.U.H.S.D.
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#1732773289719204-537: The district included Beverly Hills , Culver City , and Torrance . The district formed in 1890; it served students of the Los Angeles High School while the Los Angeles City School District and various other elementary school districts served elementary and junior high school students. The high school district expanded its territory by annexing other high school districts and including other elementary school districts in its boundaries. In 1906,
221-1060: The district took the Jewell Union High School District . In 1909, the district took the Hollywood Union High School District and the San Pedro City High School District . In 1910 it took the Wilmington Union High School District . In 1913 it took the Van Nuys High School District . In 1914, it took the San Fernando Union High School District . In 1916, the Owensmouth Union High School District , became
238-545: The furniture from the Torrance elementary and middle schools; Gnerre wrote that "LAUSD [ sic ] was not pleased with the outcome of the election." The elementary school district disappeared on July 1, 1961, when it became a unified school district, the Los Angeles Unified School District . The change of the Los Angeles City and the Palos Verdes School District into being unified school districts left
255-571: The opening of Agoura High School , 3 years after the dissolution of the 1890 high school district. Schools on the list joined LAUSD in 1961 unless otherwise stated. Antelope Valley Union High School District The Antelope Valley Union High School District (A.V.U.H.S.D.) is located in the Antelope Valley area of California, in northern Los Angeles County . The union high school district includes eight public high schools, one trade school, and two continuation high schools in
272-464: The same day. The remainder of the high school district, with only the territory of the Las Vergenes Union School District and Topanga School District , and no high school, renamed itself the West County Union High School District. The new L.A. Unified was only required to provide high school service to the remaining West County district for three years. On October 3, Topanga School District citizens also voted to join L.A. Unified. Since this reduced
289-471: Was formerly in the Los Angeles city district. However that area seceded effective January 26, 1925, when the Palos Verdes School District was established. Torrance was originally in the district; Sam Gnerre of The Daily Breeze wrote that "As early as the 1920s, the city had expressed unhappiness over being allied with LAUSD." [ sic ] Dr. J.S. Lancaster created a campaign to establish
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