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Oxnard Union High School District
The Oxnard Union High School District (OUHSD) is a union high school district in Ventura County, California. The district serves students in grades 9–12 on the Oxnard Plain, including the cities of Oxnard, Port Hueneme, and Camarillo, California as well as adjacent unincorporated communities including El Rio, Somis, and Channel Islands Beach. As of 2020[update] the superintendent is Dr. Tom McCoy.
The Oxnard Union High School District was established in 1901. Oxnard High School, the first school formed under the auspices of the district, opened the following year near downtown Oxnard.
From 1957 to 1974, Joseph W. Crosby served as OUHSD superintendent. During his tenure, the district experienced massive population growth. His first major undertaking as Superintendent was to staff and open the newly constructed Adolfo Camarillo High School. Crosby then immediately spearheaded an ambitious construction program funded by a school bond measure that enabled the building of several new high schools: Hueneme (opened 1959), Thousand Oaks (1962), Rio Mesa (1965), Channel Islands (1966), and Newbury Park (1967).
On July 1, 1974, the Conejo Valley Unified School District (CVUSD) was formed in Thousand Oaks from the easternmost territory of OUHSD. The new district took control of the two existing public high schools within its boundaries, Thousand Oaks and Newbury Park.
In 1995, OUHSD relocated Oxnard High School to a new site on Gonzales Road, the first comprehensive campus to open in three decades. This replaced the original location on Fifth Street, which has stood in the flight path of Oxnard Airport since 1934. The city of Oxnard purchased the old campus and converted it into a park.
By 2023 the district budget was about $300 million per year. Statewide tests showed better achievement in language arts than in mathematics, even though the district served students speaking over nine languages, from Arabic to Zapotec.
Measure H, a $135 million bond measure, was passed by district voters in 2004 to build two new high schools and make improvements to existing campuses. The bond paid for two new swimming pools for Camarillo and Hueneme high schools that were finished in 2014. Delays and rising cost meant only one of the two new high schools was built from this bond, a new magnet high school in Camarillo, Rancho Campana, completed in 2015. At the time of Rancho Campana's opening, OUHSD was searching for sites in Oxnard for two more new campuses.
In the June 2018 primary election voters approved $350 million in bonds, Measure A, with 56.39% of the vote (55% needed to pass). It included more money for the second new school and a long list of other projects. On November 13, 2019, the district's board of trustees voted to purchase land for this school, a 53-acre (21 ha) parcel in northeast Oxnard for $26.9 million.
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Oxnard Union High School District
The Oxnard Union High School District (OUHSD) is a union high school district in Ventura County, California. The district serves students in grades 9–12 on the Oxnard Plain, including the cities of Oxnard, Port Hueneme, and Camarillo, California as well as adjacent unincorporated communities including El Rio, Somis, and Channel Islands Beach. As of 2020[update] the superintendent is Dr. Tom McCoy.
The Oxnard Union High School District was established in 1901. Oxnard High School, the first school formed under the auspices of the district, opened the following year near downtown Oxnard.
From 1957 to 1974, Joseph W. Crosby served as OUHSD superintendent. During his tenure, the district experienced massive population growth. His first major undertaking as Superintendent was to staff and open the newly constructed Adolfo Camarillo High School. Crosby then immediately spearheaded an ambitious construction program funded by a school bond measure that enabled the building of several new high schools: Hueneme (opened 1959), Thousand Oaks (1962), Rio Mesa (1965), Channel Islands (1966), and Newbury Park (1967).
On July 1, 1974, the Conejo Valley Unified School District (CVUSD) was formed in Thousand Oaks from the easternmost territory of OUHSD. The new district took control of the two existing public high schools within its boundaries, Thousand Oaks and Newbury Park.
In 1995, OUHSD relocated Oxnard High School to a new site on Gonzales Road, the first comprehensive campus to open in three decades. This replaced the original location on Fifth Street, which has stood in the flight path of Oxnard Airport since 1934. The city of Oxnard purchased the old campus and converted it into a park.
By 2023 the district budget was about $300 million per year. Statewide tests showed better achievement in language arts than in mathematics, even though the district served students speaking over nine languages, from Arabic to Zapotec.
Measure H, a $135 million bond measure, was passed by district voters in 2004 to build two new high schools and make improvements to existing campuses. The bond paid for two new swimming pools for Camarillo and Hueneme high schools that were finished in 2014. Delays and rising cost meant only one of the two new high schools was built from this bond, a new magnet high school in Camarillo, Rancho Campana, completed in 2015. At the time of Rancho Campana's opening, OUHSD was searching for sites in Oxnard for two more new campuses.
In the June 2018 primary election voters approved $350 million in bonds, Measure A, with 56.39% of the vote (55% needed to pass). It included more money for the second new school and a long list of other projects. On November 13, 2019, the district's board of trustees voted to purchase land for this school, a 53-acre (21 ha) parcel in northeast Oxnard for $26.9 million.