Betty Lou Young and Randy Young Santa Monica Canyon: A Walk Through History Casa Vieja Press: Pacific Palisades, CA, 1997, 182 pp., 1976
"Prospects for major change appeared on the horizon in 1976, with court's decision to implement racial integration in the schools through mandatory busing. Canyon School . . . propose[d] its own voluntary plan . . .
"A voluntary plan carefully crafted by a PTA group under the leadership of the principal, Victor Tomaszewski, was set in motion in 1978 . . . The PTA was disbanded and replaced by a three-school advisory council . . . Enrollment plummeted . . . and private schools welcomed the influx. . . .
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"After three years, mandatory busing was ended by court order, but the minority children already enrolled . . . continued to attend Canyon School. . . ."