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# Big things, small packages
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- Published: 2008-06-14T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T19:54:31.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Malibu, #archive-import

*By Msgr. Lloyd Torgerson*

I’d like to applaud the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District Board for the new alternative high school that is being proposed for the district. I want to speak in favor of this model of education. For the last 70 years, St. Monica Catholic High School has been a smaller, secondary institution that has also been alternative, service-learning, and environmentally conscientious.

As pastor of St. Monica, I can vouch for the great atmosphere and community that such institutions bring to education and to the students who attend them. So bravo to the SMMUSD, and best wishes in this endeavor.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on June 14, 2008.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/061408.pdf?ref=smdp.com)