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The Manhattan Beach Unified School District is responsible for public education in the city of Manhattan Beach, California. It oversees 5 elementary schools, 1 middle school, and 1 high school. Manhattan Beach is a city located in Los Angeles County, California. ...
The district as a whole received a score of 886 on the 2004 California Academic Performance Index, making it one of California's best performing districts. Each individual school also ranks at the top of its respective category [1]:
To the east are the cities of Lawndale and Redondo Beach.
The large, sandy beach in ManhattanBeach, as seen facing south, with the pier and the Palos Verdes Peninsula in the background.
ManhattanBeach features 2.1 miles (3.4 km) of ocean frontage, 40 acres (162,000 m²) of recreational beach, and a total of 59 acres (239,000 m²) of parkland in 10 parks, 1 municipal golf course, and 1 parkway, the Valley/Ardmore "Greenbelt" [1].
The settlement agreement, approved last week by a federal district court judge, resolves the case that began in 1999, when Deborah and John Porter claimed that the ManhattanBeachUnifiedSchoolDistrict had failed to provide their son with a "free and appropriate public education," as required by state law.
This month's settlement followed a December 2004 decision by US District Court Judge Gary Allen Feess, who said it appeared that the schooldistrict "has endeavoured to use the power it has … as a means of retaliating against the Porters" for their criticism and lawsuit.
Schooldistrict officials, in a statement issued on August 18, said the district "takes very seriously its legal obligations to this student and to the district's entire special needs community, and is committed to ensuring that each and every student with a disability receives a free and appropriate public education."
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