Chaffey College -- then and now
Photos courtesy of Chaffey College
When old timers talk about Alta Loma, they often describe Chaffey College as a school in the middle of nowhere. This black and white photo shows that the school site in the late 1950s was indeed in the middle of nowhere in an unincorporated area that was already in the middle of nowhere.In 1960, when the Alta Loma campus was dedicated, Councilwoman Diane Williams was among the students who helped move furniture from Chaffey High in Ontario (former site of Chaffey College) to the Haven Avenue school. Williams, who lived in Ontario at the time, said it was rather scary driving at night in the middle of nowhere.
Yesterday, the City Council spent two hours walking and golf carting around the campus. The school that was once in the middle of nowhere has more students than ever with nearly 21,700 students, which is a 6 percent increase from last year.
Some residents near the community college wish the school was still in the middle of nowhere. They've been complaining to the city about rude students who park and litter outside their homes. Their concerns are what prompted the City Council to visit Chaffey.
Council members discovered that there is parking at Chaffey but often times, the available parking spaces are too far from the classrooms. The solution for now appears to be permit parking. That means as early as next semester, students who park in the residential neighborhood near Amber Lane could find a big fat ticket after class.
Thanks Wendy!
Remember the big "C" on the hill?
Rock-on Chaffey College!
We use to go rabbit hunting in the late 60`s and early 70`s of course that`s when nothing was around great pictures.
Typical-Alta Loma snobs don't want the lowly Chaffey students parking near thier Mc Mansion.Thank God I am out of that hellhole!!
I remember going there in the 80's and having trouble parking. Sometimes I would ride the bus and they dropped you off right in the middle of the campus. Maybe a suggestion to help alleviate the parking issues.
I agree that the parking is terrible this semester, especially the first couple weeks of school. It is not as bad now. It is like that at every school I've been to, though. Come on people, you knew you were buying a home across the street from a college when you bought it. Now you don't like it. The same thing happens around airports. People complain about the traffic and the noise, without realizing that the airport is the reason for the growth of the area. Lara, great comment.
Lara and Diana, what stupid logic. If the college came first why did they not anticipate the need for more parking spaces in the future and acquire the land before home developers came in?
Geeze, what's the big deal. The students don't want to walk too far, the home owners don't want their residential street a college parking lot. You need a parking permit to park AT Chaffey College, so make the streets around it permit parking also.
A better alternative would be to help the financial problems of Chaffey and raise the parking fee. At the price point where students begin to carpool, use public transportation,or other alternatives modes than driving a car, plenty of spaces will open up. Supply and demand. Increased cost of parking permits could be put in place next semester so this could be quickly resolved.