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These data are very important because they identify those schools ~hich are corrently or soon will be overcrowded. In SAUSD, for example, ten of the 21 elementar~ schools are presently overcrowded, and by 1988, 13 will bare exceeded their design capacity. By 1989, 14 schools, two-thirds of the elementary facilities, will have student enrollments that exceed their capacity. In Garden Grove, seven of ten elementary schools are overcrouded and by 1989, eight of the ten will be over capacity. One of three intermediate schools are now overcrowded but by 1989, ~o of three will exceed their capacity. At the high school level, tqeo of three schools is overcrowded with no increase (Figure 3) in the ntl~ber of ~overcro~ded facilities through 1989 (Figure 4). In SAUSD, the overcro~diug situation is in reality ~orse than it appears considering that nine elementary schools are on a year-rouud school calendar to increase enrollment capacity (year-round school prosrameing increases a facility's enrollment capacity by approximately 25 percent). Each of SA~JSD's three high schools are presently well over their original design capacity and are projected to remain so until construction is complete on the new Century High School scheduled for opening in the fall of 1989. Nith respect to growth at the intermediate school level (grades six through eight) the SAUSD ~ras faced with a severe shortage of classrooms several years ago. As a result of that shortage, one new intermediate school ~as built (MacArthur) and an elementary school ~ras converted into an intermediate school (Sierra). Thus, for the past several years, there bas .been su~£icient classroom space at the intermediate level. However, several hundred students are bussed from east-central Santa Ana to other intermediate schools (McFadden, Spurgeon and Willard) in order to maximize the vailable use of student housing in grades six through eight. It is projected that by 1990/91 school year, there will be another 550-600 regular students at the intermediate level. Busing and the use of additional portables will not be ~d~ua[~ ~c~ ~,.,,dl~' this ~o~ch from approximately 7,700:to over 8;$00 regular students (there are approximately 250 intermediate students in special education programs). The SAUSD will apply to the State for a new intermediate school during 1987. At this time, it appears the host logical placement of such a facility would be in the east-central area of Santa Aha. In Garden Grove, because of the declining enrollment, the District is ineligible for new construction funding. To supplement school capacity and relieve the overcrowding until new schools can be built, Districts have relied heavily on the use of portables as an alternative housing method. As can be seen in Tables 11 and 12 for Santa Ana and Garden Grove, respectively, those schools with enrollments over their design capacity accomeodate their excess student population through the use of portable classrooms. Portables are not utilized exclusively for overcrowding, he.ever, they are also used for special programs and to provide additional specialized facilities. The overcrogting situation in the City's schools can be seen graphically in Figures 2 through 4 for the elementary, intermediate and high school facilities. Overcrowded facilities will be addressed in the follo~ring section on planniug factors as they relate to proposed sites for new scheols and other factors which impact school enrollment. 03 7 19