The term public school is commonly used in a school that relies on private funding sources. They are public in the sense of an initial public offering , anyone who can afford the tuition and meets the institutional requirements may attend, rather than the normal sense of being public, that is state run, institutions in Sunland-Tujunga.Schools which were subsequently reformed by the Public Schools Acts is termed commonly as private schools in general.
Often successful businessmen in earlier days would send their sons to a public school as a mark of participation in the elite and much of the discipline was in the hands of senior pupils,usually known as prefects, which was not just a means to reduce staffing costs, but was also seen as vital preparation for those pupils' later roles in public or military service in Sunland-Tujunga. More recently heads of public schools have been emphasizing that senior pupils now play a much reduced role in disciplining.