Traffic and Safety
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Danna Hills locked down for two hours due to explosions

May 04, 2007
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Jonathan Volzke, The Capistrano Dispatch "Students were held in classrooms for more than two hours today after two small blasts echoed through the central mall at Dana Hills High School. No one was injured, and three students were held for questioning, a district spokeswoman said. The devices -- chemicals in water-bottle-type containers -- went off shortly after noon. They released little smoke, but district officials, sheriff's deputies and firefighters locked down the campus for the remainder of the day while investigating."

Volzke is the publisher of the Capistrano Dispatch.

CUSD student speaks out about traffic safety issue at Tesoro High School

Mar 16, 2007
Drew Goldenberg, The Ladera Post "There is a big issue that needs to be dealt with at [Tesoro High School] and that is the tiny single entrance to the school. I am not the only person at the school that feels this way – there are many. Every morning is a stress and struggle for me, my mom, and many others that attend Tesoro. I live in Las Flores, which is within a minute from the school, and on a school day if I leave my house any later than 25 minutes before school starts, I am normally late. This is caused by the absurd, small, single entrance that has to allow almost 4,000 kinds through it everyday. Not to mention that this little entrance is a building car accident maker as there have been many car accidents on it since the opening of the school in 2001." Goldenberg is a freshman student at Tesoro High School.

Parent calls traffic conditions at Tesoro High School dangerous, nightmare

Feb 16, 2007
Jeanne Johnson, The Ladera Post "For two miserable years I have driven my granddaughter to Tesoro High in the morning before I go to work in San Clemente. What a nightmare it has been. I have raised my granddaughter for 12 years on my own and this has been one of the most trying things I’ve had to contend with, along with raising a teenager. It usually takes 35 minutes out of my morning to get her to school. I also think it is very dangerous for new teenagers driving to school, as cars are quickly cutting in front of other cars with very short or no notice, or turning from a lane they shouldn’t turn from. I pray this construction schedule will happen soon ... We built a high school with only one entrance to the school and now over 3,000 kids attend it. And of course the traffic planning was overlooked. What happened? Johnson is a resident of Rancho Santa Margarita.

Reader critical of traffic planning at Tesoro High School

Feb 16, 2007
Jeanne Johnson, Letter to the Editor, The Ladera Post "We built a high school with only one entrance to the school and now over 3,000 kids attend it. And of course the traffic planning was overlooked. What happened?"

CUSD says intersection improvements needed for new high school

Nov 07, 2006
Shawn Lohman, The Orange County Register "Without La Pata improvements or intersection improvements (at Ortega) there would be an impact on the high school." Lohman is the director of facilities planning for the CUSD.

CUSD admitted schools face health, fire and safety issues during their Measure A bond campaign

Jul 19, 1999
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CUSD, Fact Sheet “Planning School Safety as A Top Priority - ... in order to maintain campus safety, many of our older schools must be brought into compliance with health requirements and safety codes. For example, bond money would enable our schools to renovate communication systems, improve exterior lighting, and install fire sprinkler systems and fire/security alarms.” The Fact Sheet flyer was prepared by CUSD to advocate support for Measure A, a $65 million school bond later approved by voters in 2000.