Betty Lou Young and Randy Young Santa Monica Canyon: A Walk Through History Casa Vieja Press: Pacific Palisades, CA, 1997, 182 pp., 1993, 1992
". . . The state legislature passed the Charter Schools Act in the fall of 1992, and in June 1993, Canyon School together with Palisades High, Palisades Elementary and Marquez Elementary, was granted a charter, enabling it to operate autonomously from the Los Angeles Unified School District and free from most state rules and regulations . . .
". . ." p. 107