Portable classrooms have been placed in the lower play yard of Marquez Elementary, while a new school is constructed on the upper yard.
Lorena Padilla-Melendez the Director of the Community Relations Department for the LAUSD Facilities Services Division announced that Los Angeles Unified School District is holding community meetings this week to discuss the two elementary and the high school that were damaged by the Palisades Fire.
Erica Gass is the lead organizer for the two elementary schools, Palisades and Marquez and Arlene Osoria is the lead for Palisades Charter High School.
The purpose of the meetings is to introduce the architectural teams and to discuss the designs.
- Palisades Charter Elementary School – Wednesday, June 5 at 6 p.m. (in person and via Zoom)
- Palisades Charter High School – Thursday, June 6 at 6 p.m. (via Zoom)
- Marquez Charter Elementary School – Friday, June 7 at 6 p.m. (in person and via Zoom)
At PALISADES ELEMENTARY, Practice click here., an award-winning architecture firm based in Pasadena, has been selected for the rebuild. The architects are nationally recognized for innovative, sustainable, and community-centered design. This meeting will be held in-person at the Brentwood Elementary Science Magnet Multi-Purpose Room, 740 South Gretna Green Way, L.A. Ca. 90049. Or on Zoom lausd.zoom.us/j/82736650786 Meeting ID: 827 3665 0786
PALISADES CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL will have the DLR Group click here. as the lead architect to “reimagine” this charter high school. DLR Group sees “this project not just as a rebuild, but as an opportunity to create a more resilient and future-ready campus for those who call PaliHi home.” The meeting will be held at 6 p.m. via Zoom lausd.zoom.us/j/87064132905 Meeting ID: 876 6413 2905
MARQUEZ ELEMENTARY will be the focus of NAC click here. established in 1960, as a national leader in K-12 educational design and architecture. The firm won an award in 2024 for innovation in Design for Venice High School as well as a 2024 award of Excellence in Project Design for the Malibu High School Campus Addition.
People can join in person at Nora Sterry Elementary Multi Purpose Room (Auditorium) 1730 Corinth Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90025 or by Zoom https://lausd.zoom.us/j/86322095435 Meeting ID: 863 2209 5435
The baseball field was ripped out at Palisades High School so portable classrooms could be placed on the field, during construction of new classrooms.