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Palos Verdes Peninsula district courting transfer permit students
- 05-18-2010
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By Melissa Pamer/Los Angeles Daily Breeze
In an effort to raise revenue and reverse a trend of declining enrollment, the Palos Verdes Peninsula school district has begun aggressively marketing a policy allowing parents who work on The Hill to send their children to the area's high-achieving campuses. Those who are employed at least 15 hours per week within the district's boundaries can apply for a transfer permit for their child. District officials have in recent weeks reached out to the four local city councils, the chamber of commerce, private preschools, golf courses, and Terranea Resort, which opened nearly a year ago and is expected to provide the bulk of the new students, said assistant superintendent Susan Liberati. (more...)
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