$40 Million OKd for New Campus in South Gate
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The blue-ribbon committee overseeing the Los Angeles school repair and construction bond voted Wednesday to endorse the use of more than $40 million for a new high school in South Gate to relieve one of the district’s most overcrowded campuses.
Funds from Proposition BB, the $2.4-billion bond approved by voters in April, would cover half the anticipated $78.3-million cost for land and construction. The other half would come from a future state bond. The committee also agreed to allow up to $2.7 million in BB funds for costs not eligible for state reimbursement.
South Gate’s existing high school, built in 1932 with a capacity of 2,000 students, has an enrollment of about 4,000. Even on a year-round schedule, it must bus several hundred students to other schools. The new school would accommodate 2,828 students on a traditional schedule.
The Los Angeles Unified School District has selected a 28.8-acre site for the new campus, between Atlantic Boulevard and the Los Angeles River, a few blocks south of Firestone Boulevard.
Cliff Mansfield dissented in the 7-1 vote; Timothy Lynch abstained.
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