Central LA HS #11 Community Elected Officials   Local District: 4 Board Member: Jose Huizar City Council: Ed Reyes Congress Member: Lucille Roybal-Allard State Senator: Gilbert Cedillo Assembly Member: Jackie Goldberg Los Angeles County Supervisor: Gloria Molina Project Description Summary Site Acres: 33.5 Total Classrooms: 109 2-Semester Seats: 2,600 Funding: Developer Fees School Type: New High School Program: 66 classrooms, 14 specialized classrooms, 12 special education, 1 flexible room, 16 science labs, auditorium, library, cafeteria, and a 10 to 12 acre park. Project Team Regional Director: Don O'Neil Senior Project Manager:   Rick Hijazi Owner Authorized Representative: Mikael Joki Design Manager: Armando DeLao Architect: WWCOT General Contractor: TBD Environmental Project Manager: Tom Watson CEQA Project Manager: John Anderson Public Comments: ceqa-comments@laschools.org Please include project name in subject line. Senior Outreach Organizer: Jose De Paz Community Outreach Organizer: Marina Perez

Los Angeles Unified School District Office of Communication 333 S. Beaudry Ave. 1st Floor Los Angeles, CA 90017 213.241.6766 213.241.8952 (fax) Contact Hilda Ramirez, Shannon Johnson, LAUSD Ana Cubas, Huizar aide 213.700.7694 Friday May 23, 2003 LAUSD Approves "HS #11" Option to Complete Belmont Learning Center Plan Serves 2,600 High School Students and Includes Only Park Space in Downtown Los Angeles The Board of Education of the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) today approved a plan to build a new high school and a 10-12 acre park at the Belmont Learning Center (BLC). The Board's approval, by a vote of 4-3, means that construction will proceed to deliver 3,100 high school student seats to an extremely overcrowded area. Superintendent Roy Romer recommended the approval of the HS #11 option, which was developed cooperatively by LAUSD School Board Members Jose Huizar, Marlene Canter and Mike Lansing. Under the HS #11 option, the District will complete a high school on the BLC site, demolish two buildings that sit atop a seismic fault, complete the remaining buildings (2,100 student seats) and build two new structures: a new 500-seat academy, Central LA HS #12 will be built at the Central LA High School #10 site (known as 3rd Street Annex). "This is a tremendous victory for our community," said Huizar, who represents the area. "The commitment of the parents, students, community leaders and elected officials has been the catalyst for the extraordinary plans of the HS #11 option." HS #11 combines the development of 3,100 high school seats in the Pico-Union/Westlake area with a 10-12 acre park (HS #11 Park) to be developed by the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy. "This is a real victory for children and public education in Los Angeles," said Romer. "HS #11 transforms downtown Los Angeles, providing safe schools and a park - both essential to a thriving community. We can now move forward with building a complex of schools that connect elementary, middle and senior high schools students in the area and provide a link that will enhance the quality of education in the downtown area." With approval of the HS #11 option, the District will: Deliver 3,100 high school seats within 4 years Demolish the existing Administration and Academy #1 buildings on the BLC site Complete Academy Buildings #2, 3, 4 (already 60 percent complete) Construct two new buildings. One will be a new 500 seat academy and the other new building will contain a library, auditorium, cafeteria, and parent and student center Build a 500-seat academy at Central LA High School #10 After construction of other schools serving the Belmont community is completed, convert the existing Belmont High School to a middle school, which adds 2,400 middle school seats to the area Work with the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy to create a 10-12 acre park that will feature a soccer field, several picnic areas, an urban fishing pond and an outdoor amphitheater for use by students and the community The District will complete environmental studies under the guidance of the State's environmental agency, the California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC). The DTSC certifies schools as safe before they are occupied by students. The cost of completing the project is approximately $131 million and would be mostly funded by developer fees. A breakdown of costs: $80 million to redesign and complete existing buildings to create 2,100 seats at the BLC $20 million to build new 500-seat academy at the BLC site $1 million for demolition $20 million to build a second 500-student academy at the 3rd Street Annex site