Palm Springs, California
In the state legislature, Palm Springs is located in the 37th Senate District, represented by Republican Jim Battin, and in the 80th Assembly District, represented by Republican Bonnie Garcia. Federally, Palm Springs is located in California's 45th congressional district, which has a Cook PVI(Partisan Voting Index) of R +3(Republican +3%)[4] and is represented by Republican Mary Bono Mack.
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Education
Public education in Palm Springs is under the jurisdiction of the Palm Springs Unified School District, an independent district with five board members. The District has fourteen elementary schools, four middle schools, three comprehensive high schools, one continuation high school, one independent study program, eight headstart/state preschools, three full-day headstart programs, four childcare programs, and an extensive adult education program. The PSUSD serves the Desert Communities of Cathedral City, Desert Hot Springs, Palm Desert, Palm Springs, Rancho Mirage and Thousand Palms. [2]
The Palm Springs Unified School District has four middle schools: Desert Springs Middle School, James Workman Middle School, Nellie N. Coffman Middle School and Raymond Cree Middle School. The largest middle school in the Palm Springs Unified School District, Desert Springs Middle School, [3] is located in Desert Hot Springs and serves approximately 1,800 students in grades six through eight.
James Workman Middle School [4] is located in Cathedral City and serves the north side of Cathedral City and a small portion of Palm Springs. James Workman serves approximately 1,500 students in grades six through eight. Nellie N. Coffman Middle School [5] is located in Cathedral City and serves approximately 1,200 students in grades six through eight.
Raymond Cree Middle School is located in Palm Springs and is the smallest middle school in the Palm Springs Unified School District. Raymond Cree [6] serves approximately 1,000 students in grades six through eight. Public school (kindergarten through twelfth grade) enrollment within Palm Springs itself has steadily declined since the early 1990s, due to an exodus of families from the city and the resulting demographic changes.
Private schools in Palm Springs and nearby communities include Desert Adventist Academy (K-8), Desert Chapel (K-12), St. Teresa's (K-8), King's School (K-8), Desert Christian (K-12), and Marywood-Palm Valley (K-12). The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Bernardino has recently built a Catholic high school called Xavier College Preparatory High School
The Desert Community College District, headquartered in Palm Desert with its main campus, College of the Desert located there. California State University, San Bernardino and University of California, Riverside used to have satellite campuses available within the College of the Desert campus, but now have their own buildings a few miles away.
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Sites of interest
- Moorten Botanical Garden and Cactarium
- The Fabulous Palm Springs Follies
- Palm Springs Aerial Tramway
- San Jacinto Mountain
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Sports
Palm Springs is home to the Palm Springs Power, a semi-pro league baseball team composed of college all stars. It has a winter league baseball team, the Palm Springs Chill of the Arizona Winter League. The Palm Springs Stadium, was once the spring training site of the California Angels (now Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim) American League baseball team from 1961 to 1993.
The Palm Springs area features a number of sporting events including the Pacific Life Open, one of the most significant tennis events in the world, after the four Grand Slam tournaments; the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic, the Kraft Nabisco Championship, and dozens of boxing events held throughout the valley. Palm Springs has also hosted the Easter Bowl, the national junior tennis championships, and several NCAA golf tournaments.
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Communications
Palm Springs is the 144th largest TV market as defined by AC Nielsen.
The CW, FOX, My Network, PBS and other networks are covered by low power TV stations in the market.
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External links
- ^ US Gazetteer files: 2000 and 1990. United States Census Bureau (2005-05-03). Retrieved on 2008-01-31.
- ^ Western Regional Climate Center
- ^ American FactFinder. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved on 2008-01-31.
- ^ Will Gerrymandered Districts Stem the Wave of Voter Unrest?. Campaign Legal Center Blog. Retrieved on 2008-02-10.
- Palm Springs, California is at coordinates Coordinates:
- City of Palm Springs Homepage
- Palm Springs Bureau of Tourism page
- Downtown and Uptown Palm Springs page
- Palm Springs Official VillageFest page
- Palm Canyon Theatre page
- Palm Springs Historical Society page
- Desert Art Center non-profit page
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