Lowell Joint School District

Developers fees, to be levied on builders in the Lowell Joint School District to subsidize the cost of maintaining schools, won board approval this week. Supt. Randall T. Randolph said the fees will help the district pay for $3.2 million in of repairs identified in the district's Five-Year Deferred Maintenance Plan. Effective Feb. 1, developers will pay the district $1 per square foot for new residential construction, and 17 cents per square foot for new commercial buildings, Randolph said.

Administrators of a small school district that straddles Los Angeles and Orange counties say they will consider increasing class sizes, laying off teachers and charging parents for transportation after voters rejected a $95 annual parcel tax. The transportation fee alone might cost parents up to $360 a year. The parcel tax was sought in the Lowell Joint School District, which is having to dip into its reserves to balance its $21-million budget.

The Lowell Joint School District Board of Trustees has appointed a public school teacher and Macy Elementary PTA officer to replace a board member who died this summer. Gayle K. Rogers, 44, will complete the four-year term of Joyce Canfield, who died in July. The term expires in December, 1994. Rogers, who teaches in La Puente, was selected from eight applicants for Canfield's post.

The following chart shows Stanford 9 test scores ranked, on average, against a nationally selected group. A score in the 99th percentile, for example, is equal to or better than all but 1% of scores in the comparison group. LOWELL JOINT SCHOOL DISTRICT Students in the Lowell Joint School District, which has three campuses in Orange County and three in Los Angeles County, showed improvement in most categories of the Stanford 9 test.

The Lowell Joint School District is accepting applications to replace Joyce E. Canfield on the Board of Trustees. Canfield, a school board member for two decades, died after a lengthy illness. Applications will be accepted until Friday. The board will then select a trustee to fill Canfield's term of office, which expires in December, 1994. Candidates must live in the school district's boundaries, which include parts of La Habra and Whittier.

The Lowell Joint School District will change school board elections from odd-numbered years to even-numbered years to coincide with general elections and to save between $25,000 and $50,000 per election, Supt. Ronald T. Randolph said. The reason for the savings has to do with the way elections are paid for. Counties prorate election costs among the governmental entities on the ballot.

Lowell Joint School District has decided to reclaim a site where a private school now stands. Carden School is on property at 200 N. Nada St. that belongs to the Lowell district. The area was the site of El Portal Elementary School, a public school until 1975 when El Portal and Lowell Elementary in Whittier were closed because of low enrollment. Carden signed a 21-year lease, which expires this year, to use the El Portal site.

After weeks of protests by several hundred neighbors, the Lowell Joint School District board has agreed to remove three gasoline storage tanks at Lowell School, which was closed a decade ago and is now a district maintenance yard. Residents of the densely populated neighborhood around the former elementary school claimed the underground tanks, which can hold up to 6,500 gallons of gas, posed a serious safety threat and violated county zoning ordinances.

Administrators of a small school district that straddles Los Angeles and Orange counties say they will consider increasing class sizes, laying off teachers and charging parents for transportation after voters rejected a $95 annual parcel tax. The transportation fee alone might cost parents up to $360 a year. The parcel tax was sought in the Lowell Joint School District, which is having to dip into its reserves to balance its $21-million budget.

The following chart shows Stanford 9 test scores ranked, on average, against a nationally selected group. A score in the 99th percentile, for example, is equal to or better than all but 1% of scores in the comparison group. LOWELL JOINT SCHOOL DISTRICT Students in the Lowell Joint School District, which has three campuses in Orange County and three in Los Angeles County, showed improvement in most categories of the Stanford 9 test.

Lowell Joint School District has decided to reclaim a site where a private school now stands. Carden School is on property at 200 N. Nada St. that belongs to the Lowell district. The area was the site of El Portal Elementary School, a public school until 1975 when El Portal and Lowell Elementary in Whittier were closed because of low enrollment. Carden signed a 21-year lease, which expires this year, to use the El Portal site.

The Lowell Joint School District Board of Trustees has appointed a public school teacher and Macy Elementary PTA officer to replace a board member who died this summer. Gayle K. Rogers, 44, will complete the four-year term of Joyce Canfield, who died in July. The term expires in December, 1994. Rogers, who teaches in La Puente, was selected from eight applicants for Canfield's post.

The Lowell Joint School District is accepting applications to replace Joyce E. Canfield on the Board of Trustees. Canfield, a school board member for two decades, died after a lengthy illness. Applications will be accepted until Friday. The board will then select a trustee to fill Canfield's term of office, which expires in December, 1994. Candidates must live in the school district's boundaries, which include parts of La Habra and Whittier.

The Lowell Joint School District will change school board elections from odd-numbered years to even-numbered years to coincide with general elections and to save between $25,000 and $50,000 per election, Supt. Ronald T. Randolph said. The reason for the savings has to do with the way elections are paid for. Counties prorate election costs among the governmental entities on the ballot.

Eighty-nine candidates, including 27 incumbents, are seeking election to seats on 16 Southeast Los Angeles County school and community college boards on Tuesday. Issues range from the seemingly trivial--like the need for towels after gym class at one school--to more weighty problems of drug abuse, spending and fluctuating school enrollments.

Developers fees, to be levied on builders in the Lowell Joint School District to subsidize the cost of maintaining schools, won board approval this week. Supt. Randall T. Randolph said the fees will help the district pay for $3.2 million in of repairs identified in the district's Five-Year Deferred Maintenance Plan. Effective Feb. 1, developers will pay the district $1 per square foot for new residential construction, and 17 cents per square foot for new commercial buildings, Randolph said.

The Bassett Unified School District plans to borrow $2.5 million this fall to finance maintenance projects and purchase equipment under a business venture with seven other school districts and three community colleges. The participants are banding together to issue joint certificates of participation, similar to tax-exempt bonds, to raise $15 million for special projects at their schools. Bassett, the only district in the San Gabriel Valley involved in the project, will use part of the $2.

Eighty-nine candidates, including 27 incumbents, are seeking election to seats on 16 Southeast Los Angeles County school and community college boards on Tuesday. Issues range from the seemingly trivial--like the need for towels after gym class at one school--to more weighty problems of drug abuse, spending and fluctuating school enrollments.

The Bassett Unified School District plans to borrow $2.5 million this fall to finance maintenance projects and purchase equipment under a business venture with seven other school districts and three community colleges. The participants are banding together to issue joint certificates of participation, similar to tax-exempt bonds, to raise $15 million for special projects at their schools. Bassett, the only district in the San Gabriel Valley involved in the project, will use part of the $2.

After weeks of protests by several hundred neighbors, the Lowell Joint School District board has agreed to remove three gasoline storage tanks at Lowell School, which was closed a decade ago and is now a district maintenance yard. Residents of the densely populated neighborhood around the former elementary school claimed the underground tanks, which can hold up to 6,500 gallons of gas, posed a serious safety threat and violated county zoning ordinances.