West Valley College
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| Type | Community college |
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| Established | 1963 |
| President | Bradley Davis |
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Academic staff
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198 full-time and 270 associate |
| Students | 14,058 |
| Location | Saratoga, California, United States |
| Campus | 143 acres (58 ha) |
| Affiliations | West Valley–Mission Community College District |
| Website | http://www.westvalley.edu/ |
West Valley College is a community college in northern California. It is part of the 112-campus California Community College system.
As of March 2017, the West Valley-Mission Community College District is engaged in contentious negotiations with its faculty union. There is the possibility of a faculty strike.
The college was founded as West Valley Junior College in 1963. It was to serve the footprint of the Campbell Union High School District, the Los Gatos-Saratoga Joint Union High School District and the Santa Clara Unified School District. The district was formed by voter approval in January 1963. The first classes began September 14, 1964. The first campus took over the space of the defunct Campbell Union Grammar School, at 1 East Campbell Avenue near Winchester Boulevard in Campbell, CA across the street from Campbell High School.. The grammar school itself was closed because its WPA era buildings were deemed unsafe in the event of an earthquake. While some of the existing buildings were put to use, most of the classrooms were portable, parked on the former playgrounds. Since all the activity was behind the main building, the effective entrance to the campus was off the back of the school from Latimer Avenue. Because of this, the school picked up the local moniker of UCLA, a parody of UCLA but standing for University of Campbell, Latimer Avenue.
The land for the new campus, where the school is located now was purchased in 1966. Groundbreaking for the new construction was June 15, 1967. Starting in 1968 the first new building was occupied and a few classes transitioned to the new campus, many in temporary classrooms while further permanent structures were built. The transition was completed in 1975.
The campus occupies 143 acres (58 ha) in the city of Saratoga. One of the distinguishing features of the school's location is that it is located right off of the West Valley Freeway.
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