Palos Verdes Peninsula Schools Finances

The Palos Verdes Peninsula School Board voted unanimously Monday night to close Miraleste High School, the smallest of the district's three campuses, and sell or lease the property, located on the east side of the affluent community. Trustees said the move, which has been vigorously opposed by Miraleste parents, will save the financially strapped district about $750,000 annually.

Students on the Palos Verdes Peninsula stopped singing six years ago when the elementary school music program got axed. Borrowing books became bothersome when staff cutbacks left the district with only one full-time librarian. And parents joke that students had better not get sick at school since four registered nurses float among the district's 13 schools.

Students on the Palos Verdes Peninsula stopped singing six years ago when the elementary school music program got axed. Borrowing books became bothersome when staff cutbacks left the district with only one full-time librarian. And parents joke that students had better not get sick at school since four registered nurses float among the district's 13 schools.

The Palos Verdes Peninsula School Board voted unanimously Monday night to close Miraleste High School, the smallest of the district's three campuses, and sell or lease the property, located on the east side of the affluent community. Trustees said the move, which has been vigorously opposed by Miraleste parents, will save the financially strapped district about $750,000 annually.