The Band from Paloma Valley High School recently won five out of six first place awards at the "Music in the Parks" competition held at Disneyland. Pictured with the school's trophies are: Brian Morris, principal at Paloma Valley High School, Michael Blanton, 11th grade, Amanda Morino, 12th grade, Angelica Cortez, 12th grade, Jake Rood, 11th grade and Patrick Arnold, band director. The students pictured are members of the Jazz Band. The bands won first place in High School Concert Band 11AA, Overall High School Concert Band, High School Concert Band 1AA, Overall High School Jazz Ensemble and High School Jazz Ensemble AA.

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The Press Enterprise ran a story about Brian Morris, the new principal at Paloma Valley High School. The article is pretty positive, painting Morris as someone who seems well liked by the faculty, and has a good head on his shoulders...

http://www.pe.com/..../PE_News_Local _S_sprincipal20.33d2396.html

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PERRIS -- The Menifee school system came a step closer to its decade-long goal of gaining control of Paloma Valley High School on Wednesday night when board members of the district that now operates the school signed off on an agreement to hand it over -- along with outstanding debt from its construction.The Perris Union High School District board voted 5-0 to approve the agreement and 5-0 to move forward with the lengthy process required before Menifee Union School District can take on the high school. The Menifee Union School District board is expected to vote on the deal at its Oct. 9 meeting.
The decision on whether to shift Paloma Valley High will ultimately be made by voters in the Menifee district after county and state officials weigh in on the change. The move could take as long as five years to come to fruition, officials said. Read More of this article atwww.nctimes.com/articles/2007/09/20/news/californian/menifee/20_01_179_19_07.txt

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Apparently, someone brought a gun to school at Paloma Valley High School today, which caused a school-wide lockdown. This happened from 12:00pm to 2:00pm.

This is according to a student of Paloma Valley High who lives near me. I don't have anymore details.

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The Press Enterprise reports today that the first steps towards migrating Paloma Valley High School into the Menifee Union School District has begun.

Menifee Union school trustees hope that drafting and signing a pre-unification agreement with the Perris Union High School District will help move the process forward.

On Tuesday, trustees voted 5-0 to work with the Perris Union High School District in creating the agreement, which would spell out what would happen if the two were to split.

There is a state law on the books that says that no "unification bid" may be allowed if it's going to financially hurt another school district. Therefore, Menifee Union School District needs to work out a plan with Perris Union High School District to make sure that the loss of students won't create any financial shortfalls for Perris.

Read the full article here...
http://www.pe.com/..../PE_News_Local_H_unify09.3e9c5e7.html

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