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Fourth Alliance School Moves onto Permanent Campus
“It’s like being home. The spirit of our students was overwhelming from the first day we walked onto the campus,” says Emilio Pack, Principal of College-Ready Academy High School #4, now settled into its close to an acre location just south of midtown Los Angeles.
The transition for the grade nine students of CRAHS #4, the teachers, and staff was enthusiastic and smooth. After five months of sharing facilities first at the LAUSD Miguel Contreras Learning Center and then at the Frank E. Baxter Education Complex, they moved easily into their new classrooms in mid-February. The first phase of the new campus includes nine classrooms, an office structure, a courtyard and parking lot. Phase 2 of the campus, scheduled to begin development in April, will expand the campus to include 13 more classrooms, a multi-purpose room and a library for growth to 500 students. “The icing on the cake are the dozens of trees that were planted by our stakeholders assisted by the Tree People and the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power,” Mr. Pack reports. “Students, parents, teachers, and friends of our school came out on a Saturday to plant this Alliance forest. It’s a beautiful addition.”
The permanence of the campus is reflected in the twenty-five-year Proposition 39 lease agreement with the Los Angeles Unified School District. “We can put down roots here and build our community,” Mr. Pack explains. “Our student body represents the widest range in the Alliance. They came from 23 different middle schools and reflect the diversity of Los Angeles. Now we have one school home.”
