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JSerra Catholic High School is a private coeducational Catholic high school located in San Juan Capistrano, California. Named after now-Saint Junípero Serra, the school was founded by parents in 2003 and is independent of, though sanctioned by, the Diocese of Orange. Total enrollment as of 2015 was 1225. The school is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges. In 2006, 2007 and 2008 the school was named as one of the top 50 Catholic high schools in the United States by the (Catholic High School Honor Roll ) of the Cardinal Newman Society.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url=http://www.chshonor.org/roll/index.php?year=2006 )〕 ==History== Planning for a new Catholic high school to serve South Orange County began in 1998. Unlike most Catholic schools, which are established by dioceses or religious institutes, the effort was spearheaded by Catholic laity led by Marc Spizziri, a local car dealer, and Timothy Busch, a tax attorney. The original plan had been to build on 35 acres of land owned by Rancho Capistrano Ministries, founded by Robert A. Schuller and run by Crystal Cathedral Ministries, which had been donated by businessman John Crean. Negotiations failed, however, as Rancho Capistrano wanted to participate in teaching, but the high school would have excluded non-Catholic instructors from teaching religion. They acquired a different parcel nearby, near Interstate 5, where the current campus is located. The planned athletics fields, aquatics facilities, and performing arts center garnered stiff opposition from members of the Juaneño band of the Acjachemen people. The land was the site of the former village of Putiidhem. Patricia Martz, a professor at California State University, Los Angeles who joined the opposition, estimated as many as 175 bodies could be buried there. Others, however, like local archaeologist Henry Koerper at Cypress College, cast doubt on those estimates, noting that only seven burial plots had been discovered. David Belardes, designated by the state of California to represent the Juaneño, agreed to the plan so long as only fields, not buildings, were constructed, and that a monument be placed on the land. Other factions of Juaneños rejected Belardes' authority, however, and joined neighboring property owners and environmentalists in a group called Spirit of Capistrano to block the project. Adding further complications, the Capistrano Unified School District identified the site as its first choice for a new middle school, and considered using eminent domain to take possession of it.〔 Two lawsuits wre filed, and opponents attempted to hold a public referendum on the project, though they failed to gather enough signatures.〔 Picketers greeted students on the first day of school, September 3, 2003. Ultimately, the school district decided against the use of the property for its middle school. A last lawsuit, brought against the city of San Juan Capistrano for changing the zoning to allow the school's construction, was dismissed later in the month, and construction went forward as planned on November 18, to be completed for 2006. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「JSerra Catholic High School」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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