2008
2008 was the year that PCSD developed 3 new high schools: Green Dot's Animo Ralph Bunche, Animo Justice, and Animo Pat Brown for a total of 1,650 students. The campus at 1655 E. 27th Street for Animo Ralph Bunche and Animo Justice is the first high school campus in California to earn the LEED for Schools Certification from the U.S. Green Building Council. Furthermore, PSCD continued to provide project management services in connection with Animo Venice and Animo Oscar De la Hoya, two Green Dot projects totaling 1100 new seats that are financed by public bond dollars. These two campuses will be completed in time for the 2009-2010 school year.
During 2008, PCSD also built Phase I of the Frederick Douglass Middle and High School complex for ICEF, and created an incubator site for another ICEF school. While PCSD continued to provide strategic facilities support to the 5 leading charter management organizations, PCSD began to work in partnership with two smaller charter school operators: KIPP LA and the Watts Learning Center. The collaboration with KIPP has already resulted in the opening of two new campuses, one in East LA for an existing middle school, KIPP LA: Prep, and one in Lincoln Heights for a new elementary school, KIPP Raices. On behalf of the Watts Learning Center, a new classroom building was completed to satisfy the needs of expanding programs on its existing campus, and PCSD continues to search for property to co-create a new and separate middle school campus.
In 2008, PCSD received philanthropic support specifically focused upon supporting the creation of such new seats for qualifying non-CMO’s. In 2008, PCSD completed 3,730 seats for 11 schools on 7 campuses.
| Animo Watts Phase II: Green Dot | |
| Site | 820 E. 111th Place, Los Angeles, CA 90059 |
| Neighborhood | South Los Angeles |
| Seats Created | 280 |
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| Frederick Douglas High School: ICEF | |
| Site | 3200 Adams Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90018 |
| Neighborhood | South Los Angeles |
| Seats Created | 600 |
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| Animo Pat Brown High School: Green Dot | |
| Site | 8255 Beach Street, Los Angeles, CA 90001 |
| Neighborhood | Florence-Firestone area of unincorporated Los Angeles County in the Second Supervisorial District |
| Seats Created | 570 |
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1) Animo Justice Charter High School: Green Dot |
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| Site | 1655 East 27th Street, Los Angeles, CA |
| Neighborhood | South Los Angeles |
| Seats Created | 1,120 |
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| Lakeview Charter Academy: PUC | |
| Site | 11465 Kagel Canyon Street, Lakeview Terrace, CA 91342 |
| Neighborhood | Lakeview Terrace area of Los Angeles |
| Seats Created | 300 |
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| KIPP LA Prep: KIPP | |
| Site | 2810 E Whittier Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90023 |
| Neighborhood | Boyle Heights/East Los Angeles |
| Seats Created | 360 |
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| KIPP Raices Academy: KIPP | |
| Site | 4545 Dozier Avenue, Los Angeles |
| Neighborhood | Unincorporated East Los Angeles |
| Seats Created | 200 |
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| Thurgood Marshall Middle School: ICEF | |
| Site | 3500 Normandie Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90007 |
| Neighborhood | South Los Angeles |
| Seats Created | 200 |
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| Watts Learning Center: WLC | |
| Site | 310 W 95th Street, Los Angeles, CA 90003 |
| Neighborhood | South Los Angeles |
| Seats Created | 200 |
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