Oak Park Unified School District

Oak Park Unified School District (OPUSD) is a K-12 school district in southeast Ventura County, California, USA. It consists of seven public schools in the community of Oak Park.[1]

History

When the community of Oak Park was created in the 1900s, it was within the Simi Valley Unified School District. However, there was no high school in the area, so students had to be bused 23 miles (37 km) each way to Simi Valley for school.

In the early '70s, residents appealed to the Las Virgenes Unified School District to annex their neighborhood. School district officials were so inclined, but residents of neighboring Agoura Hills considered people in Oak Park to be lower class.[2] In a 1974 school board meeting where the idea was discussed, one woman complained about Oak Park's "little dope addicts," after which a fight broke out between her husband and an Oak Park resident, and the idea was scrapped.[2]

In 1977, voters approved a measure to create their own school district, followed by a $40-million bond measure to finance new classrooms. Oak Park High School opened in 1981.[3][4]

Schools

The district's seven schools are:

High schools

Middle schools
  • Medea Creek Middle School

Elementary schools
  • Brookside Elementary School
  • Oak Hills Elementary School
  • Red Oak Elementary School
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References
  1. D'Angelo, Alexa (February 27, 2019). "Oak Park Unified named 'exemplary district' by state". Ventura County Star. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  2. Pool, Bob (April 2, 2006). "Rebuffed, Then Polished". Los Angeles Times.
  3. Moore, Jean (July 6, 2016). "Oak Park schools won't use any pesticides unless it's an emergency". Ventura County Star. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
  4. Leung, Wendy. "Oak Park parents learn more about gender diversity lessons to be taught in coming weeks". Ventura County Star. Retrieved 2019-09-11.


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