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	Introduction & Discussion of the 12th High School The communities of Alpine, Blossom Valley, Harbison Canyon,Crest, and Dehesa and the Viejas and Sycuan Tribal Reservations are being asked to come together to present a united front in support of the 12th HighSchool that will soon be built pursuant to Propositions H and U.  The concern is that the current design plans submitted by the Grossmont Union High School District (GUHSD) are inadequate to serve all high school students in our communities.  Although GUHSD has a master site planfor the full build out of the school that would accommodate all our students; The District (GUHSD) has only budgeted for a school that will house a portion of ourstudents and which would not include basic educational and athletic facilitiesfound in the District’s 11 other comprehensive high schools.  The goal is simple.  The new high school should  serve all of our Alpine and Blossom Valley communities with adequate facilities.  There are three basic requirements for the new school to satisfy thisgoal... The 12th GUHSD High School Must:            1)Be properly sized and equipped to accommodate the high school studentpopulation of the Greater Alpine area. (Alpine, Blossom Valley, Harbison Canyon, Crest, Dehesa, and Viejas and Sycuan Native Americans;             2)Have facilities in parity with the other 11 comprehensive GUHSD high schools, includingbut not limited to science labs; performing arts/auditorium center; teamathletic fields and facilities; cafeteria; administrative & teacher officesand conference rooms, and up-to-date technology, and           3)Incorporate, where feasible, joint community uses (library, sports facilities,adult ed and college annex) in co-sponsorship or partnership with othergovernment entities (SD County, County Board of Ed., Grossmont/CuyamacaCommunity College District, SDSU, Alpine and Cajon Valley Union School District) and private resources.                                          -------------------------------- Although there are other important issues, such as thecurriculum for the school, we believe those issues should be deferred for now in the interest of achieving consensus and unity in support of the primary goal.  With construction costs at historiclows, the GUHSD Governing Board must act quickly and promptly take thefollowing two steps:            1)Develop an enrollment projection for the 12th High School, when all four grades will be present, based on the Greater Alpine area, and            2)Using the enrollment projection, develop a revised design plan, construction schedule and budget for a properly sized and equipped high school.  Once these essential steps are completed the District canmove forward with fully developed architectural plans to be submitted to theState and have the school general construction contractor come forth with thenecessary bids.  In the near future, it is planned to present a case for theabove-described goal to the GUHSD Governing Board.  In the spirit of coalescing support in our communities forthis effort a resolution has been developed for endorsement by our localgovernmental entities, community groups, service and businessorganizations.  Please support thisresolution as we need to demonstrate to the Governing Board that ourcommunities are unified in seeking a new high school that we will be proud ofand privileged to send our students to for their education.               PRINTABLE COPY OF THIS INTRO & DISCUSSION OF THE 12TH HIGH SCHOOL ............................................................................................................................
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	THE 12th HIGH SCHOOL RESOLUTION   Whereas; in 2004 and 2008 the citizens of East County voted in favor of and passed bond propositions (Prop H and Prop U) that total approximately $700 Million and specifically call for the construction of a 12thhigh school in the Grossmont Union High School District (GUHSD) that would serve the communities of Alpine and Blossom Valley.  Whereas; Alpine, Blossom Valley and other communities in the area such as Harbison Canyon, Crest, Dehesa, and the Viejas and Sycuan Tribal Indian Reservations strongly supported both bond propositions through direct financial contributions and volunteer efforts with the understanding that the 12th high school would be comprehensive and serve all students in these communities who wished to attend the new school.  Whereas; members of the GUHSD Governing Board on many occasions stated their support for the new high school, set aside a segregated reserve of bond money to go toward construction, and voted to acquire the sitefor the school.  Whereas; the current design plans for the new school, when it opens: (1) will be able to accommodate only a portion of the present and projected Alpine/Blossom Valley high school student population; (2) lack numerous facilities (e.g., library and performing arts auditorium) and team sports fields, and (3) do not represent a comprehensive high school that is comparable to or in parity with existing GUHSD high schools.  Whereas; the GUHSD has presented designs for a fully built out school, including the comprehensive facilities described above, but there are no plans, schedule, or bond monies budgeted or allocated to fully complete the new high school, pursuant to said designs, such that it will accommodate all Alpine/Blossom Valley students when all four high school grades (9-12) are scheduled to be on campus.  Whereas; given the current economic condition of historically low construction costs, there is a clear incentive and unfulfilled need to quickly establish certainty related to the design, planning,expenditures, and construction of the high school such that said school is properly sized and equipped to accommodate the total high school student population of the Alpine/Blossom Valley area and have facilities that are in parity with the other 11 comprehensive high schools in the GUHSD.  Therefore; be it resolved that the GUHSD Governing Board is hereby requested to establish and vote for a revised construction budget for the 12th high school to ensure the high school: 1) Accommodates all of the high school students in the Alpine/Blossom Valley area who wish to attend the new school in permanent (non-portable) facilities, and 2) Will have the necessary educational and athletic facilities that are a part of and in parity with the majority of the other comprehensive high schools.                         PRINTABLE PDF COPY OF THIS 12th HS RESOLUTION           Fyi... Here is the original Propositions H and Prop U Bond language This Gov Bd Resolution #2003-148 is the creator of Prop H, and its' commitment to Alpine/BV... Yes on Proposition H BEFORE THE GOVERNING BOARD OF THE GROSSMONT UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT SAN DIEGO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA. RESOLUTION NO. 2003-148 ...  cboc.guhsd.net/yesonh.org/resolution.html ............................................................................................................................

                A Decade of 12th HS Background - The Three GUHSD Bonds - A History
                by Bill Weaver
                January 2011 - A Discussion, An Opinion, An Essay, and Editorial

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