L.A. Unified Vows To Construct 85 Schools by 2006
Los Angeles school leaders have set 2006 as their deadline to build 85 new schools in a push to relieve severe overcrowding and improve facilities.
Superintendent Roy Romer announced the deadline for the first time this month and also revealed the proposed locations of the new schools.
Today, about 16,000 students in the 723,000-student district are bused to schools outside their neighborhoods because the local schools are full. In addition to the new schools, the $1.8 billion construction program would expand 62 existing campuses as...
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