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39-595: The college was created by a vote of the public in 1960 and the first classes were held in 1961 at Victor Valley High School in an unused building. The 253-acre (102 ha) campus started construction in 1963 and was opened to students in 1965. During the 1990s and 2000s, the campus went through a number of improvements as the resident population of the High Desert increased, most notably an Adaptive Physical Education Building, Advanced Technology Building, Gymnasium, Library, an expanded Performing Arts Center, Planetarium, and

78-506: A Degree or Certificate objective within three years of enrolling for the first time): 150% of the "normal time" is also the same amount of time used to permit attendance to California Community Colleges under Federal Financial Aid programs, which is why statistics are not generally announced on students who exceed college attendance over three continuous years. Plans in 2007 called for funding and facility improvements to handle up to 30,000 students by 2017. A general obligation bond, Measure JJ

117-429: A natural debris flow zone. Bear Valley Road physically limits Victor Valley College on the south, being a major highway as well as the city limit of Hesperia. In the fall of 2022, the college enrolled 12,684 full-time. A full-time staff of approximately 600 classified, management, and instructional employees are on duty, which includes approximately 110 full-time instructors and 213 part-time instructors. In that semester,

156-673: Is a competitive team, but not a member of the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF). Several league championships have been won over the years in the Golden League, San Andreas League, and the Desert Sky League. In 1987, the wrestling team was the California State Champions. The school has won six California Interscholastic Federation Southern Section (CIF-SS) Championships. The first in 1981

195-836: Is administered by a Board of Directors, consisting of Seven Members (each with an alternate). The five board members from the cities are elected council persons assigned to VVTA by their respective city councils. The two board members are the San Bernardino county Supervisors (generally a staff person or the supervisor represents the county as the alternate). The Board is required under the JPA Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to meet at least one time each quarter of each fiscal year. Board meetings are generally monthly in Hesperia, with every third meeting in Barstow. All meetings are held in compliance with

234-514: Is also provided to Barstow and Fort Irwin. The Fort Irwin service is branded as the NTC Commuter. The Board of Directors includes council members from the above cities and the San Bernardino 1st District Supervisor. Since 1998, the Board has held a management contract with McDonald Transit Associates, Inc. for administration of the system. In January 2005, the operations contract for all transit service in

273-652: Is located in Victorville , California , United States. It is the oldest high school in the Victor Valley Union High School District (VVUHSD). The original campus was located at the former Victor Valley Junior High and University Preparatory School on Forrest Avenue in Old Town Victorville, until the current campus was built in 1952. It was the first of two high schools in Victorville, with

312-521: Is named in his honor, while the floor is dedicated to basketball coach Ollie Butler. The grassy area in the middle courtyard of the school is the "Senior Lawn", where only seniors are allowed. The courtyard is painted every year by the seniors to reflect their class. Victor Valley High School fields several teams in the Desert Sky League, including football, basketball, baseball, softball, wrestling, soccer (men's and women's), volleyball, swimming, tennis, track & field, cross country, and golf. Fencing

351-647: Is the town of Apple Valley . The San Bernardino and San Gabriel mountain ranges lie approximately 15 miles to the south, southeast, and southwest of the college. The Community College District boundaries are set east of Antelope Valley , south of Barstow , north of both San Bernardino and Rancho Cucamonga (both sharing a common border from Victorville), and northwest of Joshua Tree . The boundaries are mostly for planning and research only, as California Community College campuses statewide practice Open Enrollment policies; students are not restricted to attending any community college based on their residence status within

390-752: Is the working group for the VVTA Board. It is composed of a staff member from each of the cities and County who is generally appointed by the City Manager, County Supervisor. The TAC takes direction from the Board to make recommendations on policy issues. In addition, TAC reviews monthly all suggested Board agenda items and decides on what actions to recommend to the Board for approval. VVTA routes include Fixed, County, Intercity, and Commuter. County routes and some Fixed Routes can deviate as far as 3/4 mile to pick up passengers. County routes serve outlying rural areas. In August 2021, all routes at Lorene and 7th were moved to

429-657: The Victor Valley Transportation Center (VVTC). On Sunday, October 2, 2022 VVTA returned to full-service. Routes 1-9 are Barstow routes; 10-19 are Intercity routes; 20-29 are County routes; 30-39 are Routes primarily in Adelanto; 40-49 are Apple Valley, 50-59 are Victorville, 60-69 are Hesperia, and 100 series are the NTC Commuter. All routes operate 7 days a week. NTC Commuter Routes 111-118 operate Weekdays only.. Sunday, October 6, 2024, route restructuring and schedule changes. Barstow service hours expanded to be

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468-759: The Victor Valley, California area. In 2023, the system had a ridership of 1,476,600. In June 2015, VVTA was designated as a Consolidated Transportation Services Agency (CTSA) for the High & North Desert regions of San Bernardino County. This represented an expanding role and commitment to the Authority's already established Mobility Management department and increased the VVTA service area from 425 to 950 square miles. VVTA operates local fixed-route, county commuter (discontinued in 2005), and ADA complementary paratransit bus services in

507-432: The " Axe Game ". The Bell game has been played since 1969. Apple Valley leads the overall series 33-15. The "Axe" game has been played since 1932 and is the longest high school rivalry game in the High Desert of Southern California. Barstow High School leads the series 51-44-4. The Jackrabbits have played in two CIF-SS Championships. The first was in 1966 against Lawndale High School , which they lost 19-7. The second

546-651: The 1971 ABA Draft. The 1977 CIF-SS 2A Player of the Year, Tony Anderson, was selected in the seventh round by the New Jersey Nets in the 1982 NBA draft , after playing for UCLA . Neither Jerry Hyder nor Tony Anderson played professional basketball in the United States. The school's all-time leading scorer also played under Butler, Clyde "Scooty" Rivers (1978–1982), who went to play at the University of Utah . Coach Butler

585-684: The CIF-SS 2A Division and had the Champion in the 110 high meter and 300 meter intermediate hurdles, the tennis team won the San Andreas league title, and the wrestling team won the CIF State Title. Since 1988, twelve former Jackrabbits were drafted in the MLB Amateur Entry Draft. Under Hall of Fame Coach Ollie Butler, the basketball program won 13 league titles and 605 games. From 1974 to 1983,

624-549: The Jackrabbits have won eight various CIF-SS titles. For individual titles, the Jackrabbits have 15 wrestlers with a CIF-SS title, eight with a CIF Masters title, and three with a CIF State title. Victor Valley Transit Authority Victor Valley Transit Authority (VVTA), the second largest transit operator in San Bernardino County (with over 1,020,119 passengers a year), is a transit agency providing bus service in

663-556: The Jackrabbits won ten consecutive league titles between the Golden League and San Andreas League. At the time, it was the third longest streak in CIF-SS history and currently ranks ninth. In 1977 and 1978, the Jackrabbits made back-to-back appearances in the CIF-SS 2-A Basketball Championships, losing both times to Channel Islands High School . In 1987, the Jackrabbits played in the CIF-SS 2-A Basketball Semi-Finals, where they lost to eventual winner Woodbridge High School . Three players were drafted to professional basketball. The first

702-681: The Jackrabbits won the school's only California State Title, anchored by two-time Olympian and Pride World Champion, Dan Henderson . In 1990, the wrestling team won the CIF-SS 3-A Championship and finished fourth in the State Championships. Long-time head coach Sam Gollmyer retired and was inducted into the California Wrestling Hall of Fame. The team won the CIF-SS Coastal Division Championship and CIF-SS Division 4 Team Dual-Meet Championship in 2012. In all,

741-626: The Mojave River floodplain adjacent to the Mojave River and the Mojave Fish Hatchery, which is run by the State of California. The Lower Campus is home to many of the career technical programs and athletic facilities. The land directly north of the campus property (adjacent to Spring Valley Lake and golf course) offers additional expansion room, which is somewhat limited by hilly terrain, washes, and

780-606: The Ralph M. Brown Act. Board meetings are presided by the Board-appointed Chair. The board of directors is responsible for such acts as adopting the budget, approving route and schedule changes, public hearings as required, appointing the CEO/General Manager, appointing a technical advisory committee, establishing policy, and adopting rules and regulations for the conduct of business. The VVTA Technical Advisory (TAC) committee

819-432: The State of California. Victor Valley College is split into Upper and Lower campuses by a 60 feet (18 m) escarpment running through the school property. The Upper Campus sits on the bluff (plateau) and is bounded on the west by Spring Valley Lake Parkway. The upper-campus academic and administration buildings are clustered around the man-made Sewell Pond (2,877 feet (877 m) above sea level). The Lower Campus lies in

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858-811: The Student Activities Center. On February 14, 2012, Victor Valley Community College District opened its first satellite campus in Apple Valley called the Regional Public Safety Training Center just northwest of the Apple Valley County Airport (nicknamed the Eastside Center in the Five-Year Plan.) The new center contains 46,000 sq. ft. of classrooms, conference rooms, laboratories, and lecture halls. Directly outside

897-524: The Victor Valley area was consolidated under a separate contract with ATC (later Veoila, now Transdev). In 2018, National Express Transit became the system operator. Keolis Transit America (KTA), a subsidiary of Keolis North America, began operating the network Oct. 1, 2020. Barstow Area Transit formerly ran the transportation service in Barstow and surrounding areas of San Bernardino County , including

936-558: The Victor Valley area. It has a maintenance facility located in Hesperia. The service structure consists of 23 local fixed and deviated routes, 3 County routes and ADA complementary paratransit service. VVTA was established through a Joint Powers Authority in 1991. The JPA includes the four cities of Adelanto, Apple Valley, Hesperia and Victorville and certain unincorporated portions of the County of San Bernardino including Oro Grande, Helendale, Lucerne Valley, Phelan, Piñon Hills, Wrightwood. Service

975-998: The campus. The closest freeway access to Victor Valley College is on Interstate 15 to the West approximately seven miles away on Bear Valley Road. Victor Valley College's athletic teams are nicknamed the Rams. The college currently sponsors eight men’s and seven women’s varsity teams. The college competes as a member of the California Community College Athletic Association (CCCAA) in the Western State Conference (WSC) for all sports except football and wrestling, which competes in Southern California Football Association (SCFA) and Southern California Wrestling Association (SCWA). Victor Valley High School Victor Valley High School

1014-497: The center, a prop area called "CERT City" (named after County of San Bernardino Community Emergency Response Team) has large vehicles, a hazard tower and disaster areas for simulated exercises. Construction on the second satellite campus, the "Westside" Workforce Development Center in West Hesperia remains in the planning stages with hopes to complete the project before 2020. The college provides nearly 40 major courses of study, with

1053-620: The college ranked last in the state in terms of "Percentage of FTEF to Full-Time Faculty" (35.7%). Student race and ethnicity statistics for the fall 2022 semester show that VVC is 64% Hispanic/Latino, 18% White, and 10% Black or African-American. 71% of the student body is under the age of 25 years, and 42% of the campus attends in-person, with 31% having some distance education courses in their schedule and 28% attend only in distance education classes. The following statistics apply out of all students who complete their programs of study within 150% of their "normal time" attending college (Completion of

1092-489: The communities of Hinkley , Lenwood , Grandview, Yermo , Harvard, Daggett and Newberry Springs . It was merged into VVTA in 2015. MV Transportation, Inc. was contracted by the city to operate Barstow Area Transit. Barstow Area Transit operated Monday through Friday from 6:00 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. and on the weekends from 9:00 a.m. to 11:30 p.m; the system carried more than 144,000 passengers each year. The system featured three routes: Central Barstow , which

1131-546: The following events: men's 100 meters, men's 110 meters high hurdles, men's 300 meter intermediate hurdles (twice), men's long jump (twice), women's 400 meters, and women's triple jump. From 1983 to 1991, the team had 13 Individual 3A CIF-SS Champions in various weight classes and three California State Champions. In 1983, the Jackrabbits placed third in the CIF-SS Championships. In 1986, they placed second, and in 1987, placed third. Despite finishing third that year,

1170-438: The most popular being Liberal Arts, Registered Nursing, and Business Management. As a junior college, VVC awards associate degrees . Thirty-three of these programs offer associate degrees in either Associate of Arts (A.A.) or Associates of Science (A.S.), along with California's Associates Transfer Degree (AA-T or AS-T) which guarantees admission to either Cal State University or University of California campuses that participate in

1209-455: The program. Offices are also present on-site from universities in partnership with VVC to allow distance education coursework in a handful of majors that provide students with bachelor's degrees. There are also Certificates of Achievement or Certificates of Participation for 128 Vocational subjects including Administration of Justice, Fire Technology, Construction, Computer Networking and Repair, and Medical/Nursing. Victor Valley College lies on

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1248-491: The second being Silverado High School , completed in 1996. Visible from the homeside of Ray Moore Stadium is the Victorville "V," which was placed on a hill as a landmark for the original location of the High School on Forrest Ave. Keith Gunn, then high school football coach and later principal, spearheaded the project in the 1930s, with the cement being donated by Southwestern Portland Cement Company. The Keith Gunn Gymnasium

1287-535: The southern edge of the Mojave Desert . The college sits directly to the south of Spring Valley Lake (a planned unincorporated community in San Bernardino County). It is located at the confluence of Victorville , Hesperia , and Apple Valley . The property lies at the most southeastern point in the city of Victorville . Directly south of the campus is Hesperia and east of the campus past the Mojave River

1326-573: Was Greg Hyder , the all-time leading scorer for Eastern New Mexico University and a third-round selection by the Cincinnati Royals of the NBA in the 1970 NBA draft . Greg would play one year in the NBA. Greg's younger brother, Jerry, who played alongside Greg at Eastern New Mexico University where they won the 1969 NAIA Basketball Championships, was selected in the 14th round by the Denver Rockets in

1365-572: Was approved by the residents of the Victor Valley in November 2008. These construction projects are documented in the District's Five-Year Plan and are ongoing (estimated completion academic years listed below). Victor Valley Transit Authority operates two public-access bus stops on campus. One bus stop acts as a transfer point to connect to routes in the Victor Valley region. Bicycle loaders are common on these buses and bicycle racks are provided throughout

1404-511: Was called Route 1 while running as a clockwise loop and Route 2 while running counterclockwise; West Barstow/Grandview/Lenwood , which was called Route 3 while running clockwise and Route 4 while running counterclockwise; and Hwy 58 which traveled crosstown as Route 5. In May 2023, the board of directors voted to replace its Battery Electric buses in favor of Hydrogen Fuel Cell Buses due to not meeting range requirements. Current plans are for eleven fuel cell buses Victor Valley Transit Authority

1443-516: Was elected into the SCIBA Hall of Fame in 1999 and the floor in the Keith Gunn Gymnasium is named in his honor. In 1996 the Jackrabbits played in their third CIF-SS Basketball Championship in the 1-AA large school division losing to Long Beach Jordan High School, 54-38. The Jackrabbits compete annually against Apple Valley High School in the "Bell Game" and against Barstow High School in

1482-477: Was in 1987 against Arroyo High School , where the Jackrabbits lost 7-3 in overtime. Two players from the school are tied for the CIF-SS longest run from scrimmage of 99 yards. The first was run in 1998 by Carl Brown and the second in 2002 by Curtis Rudd, Jr. From 1952 to 1990, the Jackrabbits won multiple Golden and San Andreas League Team and individual Championships in both men's and women's tennis. The Jackrabbits have had eight CIF-SS Individual Champions in

1521-629: Was won by the women's C\cross country team in the CIF-SS 2A Division, and the remainder were won by the wrestling team. Though not a sanctioned CIF sport, the fencing team has won the California High School Championships numerous times, including six straight wins from 2006-2012. In 1987 the football team played in the CIF-SS Finals, the basketball team played in the CIF-SS Semi-Finals, the track and field team took third in

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