Trustees Seek Solutions to Canyon Rim Overcrowding
Parents who want their children to go to Canyon Rim Elementary School may have to show their tax bills before enrolling their kids.
It’s a last-resort measure that faces the trustees of the Orange Unified School District tonight when they vote on who gets into the overcrowded school.
“We have too many students in Canyon Rim, and with the new growth, we decided we need some kind of priority system,” said Assistant Supt. Neil McKinnon.
The trustees had been set to vote on the plan earlier this month but backed off after listening to the pleas of parents who live near the school but who may be cut off from enrollment.
The problem facing trustees is that the school itself was not built in the Mello-Roos tax district that paid for it, so attendance boundaries do not coincide precisely with the assessment district.
Administrators were sent back to get a better definition of state law regarding enrollment priorities.
The meeting will begin at 7:30 p.m. at the district’s headquarters, 1401 N. Handy St.
Information: (714) 997-6221.
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