South Bay Union High School District, also known as the Redondo Union High School District, was a school district in Los Angeles County, California. It served residents of

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, Manhattan Beach, and Redondo Beach. It also served Torrance in the 1947-1948 school year. - The article states " Los Angeles Unified School District" but the Los Angeles schools were not yet unified into a single school district
as this happened in 1961

History

It was established circa 1905. - See "Preserving History" segment.

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was the district's first high school.

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was part of this district only for the 1947-1948 school year, as California law prevented the newly-formed Torrance school district from immediately controlling high schools. The following year it became the

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and took control of Torrance High. The second comprehensive high school that remained a part of the district,

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, opened in 1950. It had 7,000 students in 1970. The number of students decreased, prompting the district to close Aviation High School in 1982. In 1991 the elementary school districts within South Bay Union HSD had plans to unify into a single K-12 school district. In spring 1991 the enrollment was down to 2,900. For the 1991-1992 school year the district was facing a budget shortfall of $1.4 million dollars and was considering closing either

. In November 1992 residents of the district approved Proposition V by 59.1%, which dissolved South Bay Union and created separate K-12 unified school districts for the constituent cities. The school district was scheduled to dissolve in July 1993.

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and

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were formed as a result.

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continued to serve Hermosa Beach for grades K-8, with residents able to choose between Redondo Union and Mira Costa high schools.

Schools

; Open at the time of the district's dissolution *

(Manhattan Beach) *

(Redondo Beach) * Pacific Shores

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- Closed June 30, 1993 ; Left the district prior to dissolution * Aviation High School (Redondo Beach) - closed in 1982 *

( Torrance) - Was in the Redondo Beach Union HSD for the 1947-1948 school year, after it left the

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and before it joined the

. At the time in California law a newly formed school district could not immediately take high school facilities, so Torrance High joined South Bay Union HSD for the one year wait.

References

{{Torrance, California Former school districts in California School districts in Los Angeles County, California School districts established in 1905 1905 establishments in California School districts disestablished in 1993 1993 disestablishments in California