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030 Attendance Areas Attendance areas for the SAUSD are divided into three grade levels: elementary (K-S); intermediate (5-8); and high school (9-12). In the GGUSD, the 7th grade is included in the intermediate level. The basis of each attendance area is a centrally located school facility that serves the students within its boundaries. Attendance areas serve primarily as the basis for the "neighborhood school" philosophy, but also as a tool for plannin~ and program development. As such, these boundaries are not permanent, but are adjusted as necessary to meet changing student housing needs. Over the next few years, for example, boundaries in the SAUSD will be cbanl~ed to reflect the new high school under construction in the southeast portion of the City and the eleven new elementary schools that are proposed for construction at various sites throughout the City. Because of the districtwide decline in enrollment in Garden Grove, it is unlikely that any boundary changes will occur as a result o£ new school construction. Figures 2 and 4, respectively, show the elementary, intermediate, and high school attendance area boundaries in Santa Aha for all districts. In the Garden Grove District, the boundaries reflected do not necessarily indicate the presence of a school facility as in Santa Ana. This is indicative of the £act that Santa Aha borders the .Garden Grove District and some attendance areas include parts o£ Santa Ana~ even thongh the school £acility is in Garden Grove. The irregularity of School District boundaries is also apparent in northern and eastern Santa Aha where portions o£ the City are included in the Orange and Tustin Unified School Districts. Unlike west Santa Ana, however, these areas cover only a small part of Santa Ana and are characterized by. low-density residential development. The low number of Students generated in this area is reflected in the fact that there are only two schools outside of the SAUSD--one in the Orange District and one in Tustin's District. School Facilities There are presently a total of 57 public school facilities within Santa Aha. The SAUSD maintains 24 elementary schools, seven intermediate schools, three high schools and five special education facilities. Table 7 indicates these schools, their acreage, and the year o£ construction. There are 16 GGUSD facilities either located in Santa Aha or serve a large number of Santa Ana students. These facilities are listed in Table 8. The dates of construction are indicated because after a SO-year period, each school facility is eligible for rehabilitation funds £rom the State to upgrade the site. Twenty-six, or nearly hal£ of the City's schools have become eligible to receive rehabilitation funding. This number includes two elementary schools in the Orange and Tustin Districts. One o£ these facilities, the Gladys Wallace School in the Tustin District, is leased and operated by the SAUSD. In order to provide an indicator of the City's current educational facilities and their potential for housing additional students or expansion, a capacity to design schedule is indicated in Tables 9 and 10 for SAUSD and GGUSD, respectively. The optimum design capacity is defined as that capacity which provides maximum use of available square footage without overcrowding both classroom and other related instructional areas (i.e., library, music roo~s, speech therapy rooms, etc.). 12