New Crackdown Hits S.P.U.H.S.D

The Cardinal Newspaper
Friday, September 30, 1977

In the 1970s there were a variety of problems with Santa Paula High School students hanging out on lawns and walls around campus, and non-students wandering the campus. Articles discussing this appeared in both the Santa Paula Chronicle and the school newspaper, the CARDINAL. Below is an article from the CARDINAL on the topic:

The SPUHS Administration has begun a crackdown on loitering and unauthorized visiting by non-students on campus.

According to SPHS Principal Mr. D.E. McMahan, the program was begun as a result of a resent state law that makes it a misdemeanor for persons to loiter on high school grounds, and because of the increasing problems that the high school has had to deal with caused by loitering, and unauthorized visiting by non-students.

Under the new program persons caught loitering on campus will be first verbally warned, and then they will be issued a written warning. In addition to the written warning, a notice will be sent to people guilty of a second offense. People guilty of a second offense will run the risk of being arrested by the police.

At the Carpinteria game on Friday, one person was arrested for loitering. Thus far this semester, seven written notices have been sent out.

In addition to soliciting the help of the Police, the Administration has sought the assistance of 75 residents around the high school.

The Administration has asked these people to authorize the police to keep students from loitering around their homes.

Mr. McMahan has stated that with the new program the campus has become "much more orderly."