The Alliance for College-Ready Public Schools (The Alliance) — The Alliance is led by two of the top educators in Los Angeles, CEO Judy Ivie Burton (formerly LAUSD area superintendent) and VP Howard Lappin (former principal at Foshay Junior High School and a renowned school reformer). After a long history of in-school/after-school programs dating back almost a decade, Alliance opened its first charter high school in 2004. The board includes the former president of the LAUSD’S Board of Education, as well as the president of Bank of America California, and a retired president of Anne Klein. In recognition of the high quality of its leadership, LAUSD has already granted the Alliance four charter contracts. For more information, visit www.laalliance.org
PCSD has built four permanent campuses for The Alliance. The first is a 500-seat high school campus in the City of Huntington Park, the second, an 875-student middle and high school campus in the Pico-Union community of Los Angeles, the third, a 400-seat high school campus near the Watts community of South Los Angeles and the fourth a 560 seat high school to be expanded by the addition of a 400 seat middle school campus in the Hyde Park community of South Los Angeles. Currently, PCSD is developing one new campus for The Alliance at the prestigious Sheenway Foundation site, also near the Watts community and will be expanding the Park Mesa/Hyde Park neighborhood campus.
Schools
| Huntington Park College-Ready Academy High School | |
| Site | 2071 Saturn Avenue, Huntington Park, CA 90255 |
| Neighborhood | City of Huntington Park, 3 miles southeast of downtown Los Angeles |
| Seats Created | 500 |
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| Gertz-Ressler High School & Richard Merkin Middle School | |
| Site | 2023 S. Union Avenue |
| Neighborhood | Pico-Union area, just west of downtown LA |
| Seats Created | 875 |
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| College Ready Middle Academy # 4 | |
| Site | 9719 S. Main Street, Los Angeles, CA 90003 |
| Neighborhood | Green Meadows section of Los Angeles |
| Seats Created | 400 |
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| College Ready Academy High School # 7 | |
| Site | 2941 70th Street, Los Angeles, CA 90043 |
| Neighborhood | Hyde Park |
| Seats Created | 585 |
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| Heritage College-Ready Academy High School | |
| Site | 10101 S. Broadway, Los Angeles, CA 90003 |
| Neighborhood | Watts |
| Seats Created | 550 |
