RESIDENTS DISCUSS SCHOOL SITES.Byline: Troy Anderson Daily News Staff Writer Residents in the northeast 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. told Los Angeles school The Los Angeles School of Urbanism is an academic movement emerged during the mid-1980s, loosely based at the University of Southern California and UCLA, that poses a challenge to the dominant Chicago School of Urbanism. district officials Monday night that they want a ``first-class high school'' in their neighborhood that doesn't create problems for homeowners. ``We don't want a second-class high school for children perceived to be second-class citizens second-class citizen n. A person considered inferior in status or rights in comparison with some others: "He believes women . . . are second-class citizens under the Constitution" Edward M. ,'' said Arleta resident David Lichtman. ``We have first-class neighborhoods and we deserve first-class schools.'' About 250 residents attended the Where Should We Build New Schools meeting at San Fernando High School San Fernando High School, located in San Fernando, California, is a secondary school that is a part of the Los Angeles Unified School District. The school colors are black and gold. All girl teams are referred to as Lady Tigers, all boy teams simply as Tigers. in Pacoima on Monday night. The meeting was sponsored by 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. to get public comment on where to build up to three new high schools in the Northeast Valley area. High schools in this area are overcrowded o·ver·crowd v. o·ver·crowd·ed, o·ver·crowd·ing, o·ver·crowds v.tr. To cause to be excessively crowded: a system of consolidation that only overcrowded the classrooms. and officials said they expect an additional 6,000 students in the Northeast Valley by the year 2006. Five potential sites mentioned by school district officials Monday night include a 25-acre parcel at Sepulveda and Roscoe boulevards at a cost of $1.2 million an acre. It would require the relocation of 11 homes. A second possibility is a 23-acre site on Van Nuys Boulevard on the north and south sides of Arleta Avenue. It would require no home relocations, but is near a Metrolink track, which raises concerns about student safety. The third site is 23 acres at Kester Avenue and Tupper Street. It would require the relocation of 52 homes and cost $2.3 million an acre. The fourth site is the former Gemco store property on Van Nuys Boulevard. Officials did not give the price of the 12.6 acre site, but described it as affordable. This site has previously drawn community opposition. The fifth proposed site is a 20-acre Department of Water and Power property at San Fernando Road San Fernando Road is a major street in the city and county of Los Angeles. It starts off in Castaic as The Old Road, passing through Santa Clarita and the Newhall Pass, where upon its intersection with Sierra Highway near the junction of the Golden State (I-5) and the and Sheldon Street. Residents complained it is located near a landfill with odor and environmental problems. Jackie Barham, a school district official, said that no site has been selected yet, and told the audience that the district will not build on toxic sites and does not want to relocate homeowners. Los Angeles Unified School District officials have proposed construction of 99 new schools to meet the need throughout the district. |
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