anaheim-gazette 1964-11-18

'Staggering' City Tax Possible Under JC Local residents would face staggering tax bills if Orange established it's own Junior College District Superintendent of Schools Harold Kibby said yesterday. Kibby, in an interview dealing with the many aspects and problems dealing with the establishment of such a district, estimated the tax assessment from "Orange going it alone" would amount to 90 cents per 100 dollars assessed valuation. At present, local taxes amount to 53 cents per $100 assessed valuation. "And even then, I doubt if we could get permission since $150 million assessed valuation is required before a junior college district is formed," said Kibby. "We won't reach that figure until two or three years from now," he added. Favors Proposal Kibby stated that he favored Orange joining the proposed giant junior college district taking in Orange Coast and Santa Ana Junior College districts as well as Garden Grove and possibly other areas. Kibby said that if Orange established its own junior college, there was no guarantee that local students could go to other areas for specialized courses which would not be offered in Orange. At present, 58 per cent of Orange High School graduates attend other junior college facilities. Kibby estimated that, as of A ward system has been proposed," said Kibby, "which would insure equal representation." Excellent Programs In reviewing the information that is now available on the proposed junior college district, Kibby said that the Orange Coast, Santa Ana and Fullerton junior college districts all present excellent education programs for the students in their districts. "The they have the right to know the intent of the non-districted districts so they can plan their future educational programs and facilities," said Kibby. The superintendent was referring to the Jan. 15, 1965 deadline by which the Orange Unified School District must make its feelings known on the proposal. (The first meeting of the Citizens Advisory Committee which is studying the proposal is scheduled for Nov. 24 at Villa Park High School.) By the enlargement of the districts, more opportunities could be provided in the terminal and vocational programs, Kibby stated. "At the present, the financial backing behind each student is slightly in favor of the Southern County Organization," he added. The future building program in the Southern County District is on the pay-as-you-go basis and if the Tustin, Laguna Beach and San Juan Capistrano Districts were involved in any instances. Electronic Voter Proves Itself Say Officials Results of Orange County's first electronic tally of ballots indicate that mechanized voting counting will be standard operating procedure for many years to come — at least until some new accurate and faster method is invented. That's the general opinion voiced by election officials and engineers as they analyze the work of the Coleman Electronic Vote Counting System used in the Nov. 3 election. But certain changes in equipment and voting laws are necessary, according to the officials — namely the marking devices. The new design could be completed and manufactured by next April, when the tally system may be used again in the Santa Ana municipal elections. Coleman officials said. County supervisors, electric officials and engineers from the Coleman Co. in Santa Ana, do signers of the electronic tallying system, all voiced strong satisfaction with the system's accuracy and economy. However, virtually all agree a new and simpler marking device is needed to avoid the confusion of last week's election and to further eliminate the possibility of tampering with the marking device. Coleman officials report nearly 4,000 marking pens were damaged in Orange County by the election. They have charged sabotage was involved in many instances. In the meantime, Coleman engineers are studying re-design of the marking pens. County Clerk William E. John said the system definition had proved its accuracy a Kibby said that if Orange established its own junior college, there was no guarantee that local students could go to other areas for specialized courses which would not be offered in Orange. At present, 58 per cent of Orange High School graduates attend other junior college facilities. Kibby estimated that, as of this week, there were 1,115 Orange students attending junior college. “It’s broken up pretty evenly between Fullerton (about 50 per cent) and Orange Coast and Santa Ana (about 50 per cent),” said Kibby. The superintendent said that with Orange joining the proposed district, it would have a By the enlargement of the districts, more opportunities could be provided in the terminal and vocational programs, Kibby stated. “At the present, the financial backing behind each student is slightly in favor of the Southern County Organization,” he added. The future building program in the Southern County District is on the pay-as-you-go basis and if the Tustin, Laguna Beach and San Juan Capistrano Districts choose not to join, an excellent educational program can be provided on the junior college level with the combination of the central area of Santa Ana Junior College, Orange Coast Junior College, Garden Grove High School District, and Orange Unified School District into a junior college district, according to the superintendent. 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The board decided to refer the junior college proposal to the advisory committee for a recommendation after receiving a report from Superintendent Harold Kibby urging that serious consideration be given to a district including Santa Ana, Orange Coast and the Garden Grove area. The need to accommodate the growing number of college-age students in the Orange Unified District and disadvantages of not being within a junior college district were cited by the superintendent. Garden Grove school officials will consider the proposal for a new junior college district at meetings next week. The Garden Grove Union High School District board will take up the subject tonight and the new Garden Grove Unified School District board will discuss it tomorrow night. The idea of an expanded junior college districts being advanced by Orange Coast and Santa Ana officials who have invited all central and southern Orange County areas not yet in a junior college district to join. Such a district could provide a broad tax base for a strong education program, the school leaders have said. Three of the school districts which have been invited to join — Tustin and Capistrano Union High School and Laguna Beach Unified — have indicated they hope to form their own junior college district. Census Survey To Be Taken Questions designed to provide national information on employment and unemployment will be asked in the Census Bureau's Current Population Survey in Orange next week, it was announced today by Leonard C. Isley, Director of the Census Bureau regional office. Answers to the questions furnished by local sample households will be combined with those gathered in 356 other sample areas in the country to obtain national estimates of the November employment developments. Similar inquiries are made in the Current Population Survey each month at the request of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U. S. Department of Labor. 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