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EDUCATION h"LEqENT OF THE GENERAL PIAN 019 INTRODUCTION Educational services and facilities are principal contributors to a co~unity's quality of life, Often the level and character of such services become key factors in the locational decisions of families and businesses. In the provision of educational services, traditionally the agency responsible for providing the services conducts the long range planning for facilities and programs. Such is the case in Santa Aha ~ahere four independent districts, each under the auspices of a board of trustees, are responsible for providing public education within the City. The General Plan, by establishing land use and development policy, directly impacts the future growth o£ the City and the student population to he served by these districts. Though independently £unctioning political entities, the City and the four school districts are best able to plan for the future growth of Santa Ana and the quality of its educational services by a coordinated, cooperative approach in their long range planning activities. This education element addresses the physical planning issues related to the provision of education services such as the location of facilities and the projection of student enrollment as it relates to the need £or additional schools. As a mid-term planning document, this Element addresses education planning activities into the year 2000. Prograa~natic issues such as staffing, budgeting, salaries, etc. are handlea by district boards and will not be addressed in this document. . EDUCATIONAL SI~RVICES AND FACILITIES Educational Services The City of Santa Ana's school age population is presently served by £our school districts - Santa Aha Unified, Garden Grove Unified, Tustin Unified, and Orange Unified. These Districts, as shown in Figure 1, are located either entirely within Santa Aha as is the SAUSD, or partially as is Orange, Tustin and Garden Grove Unified. However, public education in the City is provided primarily by SAUSD whose facilities account for approximately 90 percent of school resources available in the City. The Garden Grove Scheol District serves students residing ~est of the Santa Aha River and more than one-sixth of the City's total student population. Supplemsnting Santa Ana and Garden Grove are the educational services provided by the adjacent districts mentioned above and a variety of private, parochial and commercial schools. Higher education in Santa Aha is provided by Rancho Santiago College whose main facility is located in the City. As there are no plans for the physical expansion of Rancho Santiago College within Santa Aha over the 13-year time frame o£ this element, it w111 not be addressed here. This element focuses on the primary and secondary educational services provided by the public school systems within the City of Santa Ana and addresses those areas in which the planning process can be better coordinated between the districts providing these services and the City.