Antelope Valley High School - Yucca Yearbook (Lancaster, CA)

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 tuictuiE Antelope Valley—the nation's fastest growing area— has become the main desert home of a poultry industry that now produces one fourth of the state’s fryers, an agricultural industry that pushed output to 38 million dollars in 1954, a jet aircraft industry that is building Dr. Roy A. Knapp District Superintendent BOARD OF TRUSTEES—Sitting, left to rgiht: Mr. Gus F. Kliopulos, Mr. Wallace Ward, Dr. Roy A Knapp, district superintendent. Standing: Mr. James Wilson. Mr. William J. Sinclair. Absent when nicture was taken was Mr. George F. McNamee. 31 million dollars worth of factories to assemble jet planes, a real estate industry that has festooned the Mojave Desert’s highways with bright pennants adver- tising vast new housing developments. Charged with responsibility for the smooth opera- tion of the Antelope Valley Joint Union High School and Junior College—which lies at the southeastern edge of the Mojave—is Dr. Roy A. Knapp, district superin- tendent. During his tenure—first as teacher, then prin- cipal, then superintendent—the district has grown to keep pace with the post-war boom in population. Having spent more than two decades at AV, Dr. Knapp has acquired a wide background for coping with the many problems associated with his office. These include the presentation of school problems at board meetings, preparing the school budget, recommending policy on personnel, supervising the transportation sys- tem and the construction of new and maintenance of existing buildings. He received his BA at Huron College in South Dakota, his MA at Claremont and last year he was awarded an honorary doctor’s degree from his alma mater in colorful ceremonies. The Board of Trustees met twice a month to deal with their biggest problems of the 1954-55 school year —-the ever-increasing enrollment and the need for new school buildings. Presiding over the board was Mr. Wallace Ward, Lancaster businessman. Other members were Gus Eliopulos, Westsidc rancher; George Mc- Namee, president of the Tropico Powder Company, Rosamond; James Wilson, Fastside rancher, and Wil- liam J. Sinclair, owner of the Littlerock Beverage Com- pany. The man immediately responsible for taking care of AV’s growing financial problems is Mr. Albert Lo- Buono, assistant superintendent in charge of finance. Mr. LoBuono has been an administrative assistant to Dr. Knapp since 1946, and prior to that, was a commer- cial teacher on AV’s faculty, starting in 1941. Mr. Albert I.oBuono. Assistant Superintendent In Charge of Finance