CALTRANS AGREES TO SELL LAND TO LAUSD.Byline: Helen Gao Staff Writer Plans for a new 1,700-student North Hollywood high school North Hollywood High School, originally called Lankershim High School when it opened in 1927, is a secondary school in North Hollywood in Los Angeles, California. The school mascot is the husky, and the school colors are blue, white, grey. cleared a major hurdle Tuesday when Caltrans agreed to relocate an equipment yard and sell the property to the Los Angeles Unified School District The Los Angeles Unified School District (the "LAUSD") is the largest (in terms of number of students) public school system in California and the second-largest in the United States. Only the New York City Department of Education has a larger student population. . District officials have been negotiating with the California Department of Transportation The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) is a government agency in the U.S. state of California. Its mission is to improve mobility across the state. It manages the state highway system and is actively involved with public transportation systems in California. for the past 2 1/2 years to purchase the six-acre parcel bounded by Chandler Boulevard, Cumpston Street and Fair and Vineland avenues. School district officials, who plan to build 18 schools in the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. , cheered the agreement. ``This is a great example of two agencies working toward a common goal,'' said Jim McConnell, the district's chief executive of facilities. ``Caltrans has acted swiftly and wholeheartedly in reaching an agreement to allow this school to be funded and built.'' The $71.7 million school would help relieve crowding at North Hollywood and Grant high schools. The sale price for the Caltrans property was not available because the acquisition had not been finalized. Construction is scheduled for bidding in the second quarter of 2003, but an opening day has not yet been set. In the past few years, the district had struggled to find a suitable location for the new school. District officials drew community ire for considering the Robinsons-May corporate headquarters at Laurel Canyon Boulevard Laurel Canyon Boulevard is a major street in the city of Los Angeles, California. It starts off at Polk Street in Sylmar in the northern San Fernando Valley near the junction of the San Diego (Interstate 405) and the Golden State Freeways (Interstate 5). and Oxnard Street and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority land near the North Hollywood subway station. If the district were to take the Robinsons-May site, the community would have lost 2,000 jobs. The MTA (1) (Message Transfer Agent or Mail Transfer Agent) The store and forward part of a messaging system. See messaging system. (2) See M Technology Association. 1. (messaging) MTA - Message Transfer Agent. site is proposed for a 30-acre commercial, office and housing project. |
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