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Palisades Charter High School (usually abbreviated as "Pali High,"or "Pali," uncommonly as "PCHS" / "PHS" ) is a secondary school in Los Angeles, California, United States. The public high school serves the neighborhoods of Pacific Palisades, Palisades Highlands, Kenter Canyon and portions of Brentwood (including Brentwood Circle). Residents in Topanga, an unincorporated section of Los Angeles County, may attend Palisades or Taft High School.〔http://www.palihigh.org/ourpages/auto/2008/1/31/1201801274118/Palisades%20Chtr%20HS%20Attendance%20Area.pdf?rn=2636086〕〔"(Enrollment Demands May Force a Lottery at PaliHi )." ''Palisadian-Post''. February 14, 2007. Retrieved on October 22, 2011.〕 The school serves grades 9 through 12. Formerly directly administered by the Los Angeles Unified School District school, with the land still owned by the district, the school is now an independent charter school, no longer administered by LAUSD. Its current enrollment numbers 2,903 students, and many of them endure long bus rides to attend one of the most highly ranked public high schools in the Los Angeles area. In 2005, Palisades was recognized as a California Distinguished School. In 2015, Palisades was named one of America's Best High Schools by Newsweek and U.S. News & World Report. The school is located at 15777 Bowdoin Street, Pacific Palisades, California, 90272. Paul Revere Charter Middle School feeds into Palisades. ==History== The school was founded in 1961.〔 It was built for $6,000,000. The founding principal was Herbert L. Aigner (died in 2000).〔"(Herbert Aigner; Palisades High Founding Principal )" (Obituary). ''Los Angeles Times''/ January 25, 2000. Retrieved on March 29, 2014.〕 The Class of 2012 was the 50th graduating class. Prior to the founding, the property was called All Hallows Farm and for many years was owned by the Conway family: Hollywood film director Jack Conway; his wife, actress Virginia Conway — daughter of silent screen star Francis X. Bushman — and their two sons, one of whom, Pat Conway became an actor as well. This property was subsequently rented to actress Debbie Reynolds and her husband, singer Eddie Fisher. It was then taken, some years later, by the State by eminent domain to build the high school. Several members of the class of 1965 were profiled in a ''Time'' magazine article, which led to a best-selling 1976 book by class members David Wallechinsky and Michael Medved, ''What Really Happened to the Class of '65?''.〔Tevi Troy. ("Right Read: Michael Medved engages and explains," ) ''National Review'', February 9, 2005.〕 The book featured interviews with several members of the class, whose experiences were recounted both individually and in groupings around shared themes such as the Vietnam War and the draft, drug experimentation, and sex. Various teachers from the school also were interviewed, among them English teachers Miss Jean O'Brien, history teacher Mr. Johnson, and Mrs. Rose "Mama G" Gilbert, who retired during 2012-2013 after 63 years of teaching. At age 94, Mrs. Gilbert was the oldest active teacher in the LAUSD.〔http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17595740/ "Millionaire Teacher Won't Quit at 88!"〕〔Martha Groves and Louis Sahagun, ("Rose Gilbert dies at 95; revered Palisades High English teacher" ), ''Los Angeles Times'', December 17, 2013.〕 The success of the book later inspired a short-lived television dramatic anthology series of the same title, which ran from December 1977 to July 1978 on NBC.〔Michael Peck. ("Televisionary" (Q&A column) ), June 28, 2005.〕 In 1989 ''20/20'' aired an episode about the students of Palisades High School. Howard Rosenberg of the ''Los Angeles Times'' wrote that "Palisades High School is characterized here as both an institution of high academic performance and high drug and alcohol use. What "20/20" doesn't ask tonight is how both are possible at the same school."〔"(TV REVIEW : '20/20' Takes a Look at Palisades High School )." ''Los Angeles Times''. April 21, 1989. Retrieved on March 29, 2014.〕 In 1993 the school, along with three feeder elementary schools, received approval from the Los Angeles Board of Education to become a charter school. This was the first time a group of schools in California became charter schools.〔Chavez, Stephanie. "(Palisades Schools Get OK for Charter Status : Reform: Program at four campuses is an attempt to raise student achievement standards. It will be watched as a model of how school clusters work. )" ''Los Angeles Times''. June 29, 1993. Retrieved on March 29, 2014.〕 This school was the focus of a false email chain letter started around 2002. The message falsely claimed that a satiric message to parents about student truancies and homework problems was actually on the school's answering machine. The message was originally written in response to parent outrage that students who skipped class more than ten days per 90-schoolday semester (not counting legitimate absences, like sickness) could receive a failing grade in that class. This was reported on several web sites, including TruthOrFiction.com,〔(truthorfiction.com )〕 Snopes,〔(snopes.com )〕 and BreakTheChain.org.〔(breakthechain.org )〕 Disregarding a majority vote of the parents and students, which came down 1740–1010 against, the board of directors voted in 2006 to change the starting date of school for the 2007–2008 school year, which upset the student body, many of whom took action by skipping class in protest. After much disagreement among the principal, the Board, teachers, parents, and students, the school finally announced on Tuesday, May 8, that the calendar change would not be enacted, mostly due to ongoing contract discussions with United Teachers Los Angeles which reminded administrators of a clause which prevented schedule changes without teacher approval. 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「Palisades Charter High School」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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