Miguel Contreras Learning Complex
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Miguel Contreras Learning Complex (MCLC) is a high school in Downtown
Los Angeles
, California
, United States
.
The school, which serves grades 9 through 12, is a part of the Los Angeles Unified School District
. The school is located at 322 South Lucas Avenue, just down Third Street from the LAUSD Board of Education headquarters building. It houses three Small Learning Communities (SLCs): The Academic Leadership Community (ALC), Social Justice, and Business & Tourism (B&T) which is the largest academy.
The complex also holds a separate school called the Los Angeles School Of Global Studies
. The school is usually referred to as LASGS and is a new technology school. LASGS currently holds an API score of 591. LASGS is known as a one of the first schools to be a part of the New Tech Foundation. The New Tech Foundation supports "Project Based Learning" (PBL).
Contreras was named after Miguel Contreras
, a labor union organizer.
The school took many students who, unable to attend overcrowded local schools, had been bussed to nearby schools throughout their entire academic careers. The three SLCs were originally established at Belmont High School and essentially moved their entire community (teachers and students) to the new complex. This will be the protocol for other new schools in the area that will aim to relieve the overcrowding at Belmont as it transitions into a 6-12 school.
The total budget for this school was $161,276,500.
President of the United States
Barack Obama
visited the school for a town hall on March 19, 2009, where a large crowd filled the gymnasium.
The film "Never Backdown" was also filmed at the school campus.
The show Glee was also filmed in the school's lunch cafeteria and football field, as well as Disney Channel star Zendaya's music video for "Dig Down Deeper."
and Westlake
areas, Angelino Heights
, Chinatown, Koreatown
, Echo Park
, and Little Tokyo.
MCLC & LASGS and Belmont share the same attendance boundary and are separate schools which are called pilot schools.
Downtown Los Angeles
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Los Angeles
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, California
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, United States
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.
The school, which serves grades 9 through 12, is a part of the Los Angeles Unified School District
Los Angeles Unified School District
Los Angeles Unified School District is the largest public school system in California. It is the 2nd largest public school district in the United States. Only the New York City Department of Education has a larger student population...
. The school is located at 322 South Lucas Avenue, just down Third Street from the LAUSD Board of Education headquarters building. It houses three Small Learning Communities (SLCs): The Academic Leadership Community (ALC), Social Justice, and Business & Tourism (B&T) which is the largest academy.
The complex also holds a separate school called the Los Angeles School Of Global Studies
Los Angeles School Of Global Studies
The Los Angeles School of Global Studies , located at 322 S. Lucas Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90017, is a separate school sharing space with the Miguel Contreras Learning Complex. LASGS opened in the fall of 2006 with only Freshman and Sophomore classes as one of four New Technology High Schools in the...
. The school is usually referred to as LASGS and is a new technology school. LASGS currently holds an API score of 591. LASGS is known as a one of the first schools to be a part of the New Tech Foundation. The New Tech Foundation supports "Project Based Learning" (PBL).
Contreras was named after Miguel Contreras
Miguel Contreras
fernando Contreras was an American labor union leader. He "was known as a king-maker for both local and state politicians."...
, a labor union organizer.
History
MCLC opened its doors for the first time on September 5, 2006. Prior to its opening, the school building project was known as Central Los Angeles Area New High School #10.The school took many students who, unable to attend overcrowded local schools, had been bussed to nearby schools throughout their entire academic careers. The three SLCs were originally established at Belmont High School and essentially moved their entire community (teachers and students) to the new complex. This will be the protocol for other new schools in the area that will aim to relieve the overcrowding at Belmont as it transitions into a 6-12 school.
The total budget for this school was $161,276,500.
President of the United States
President of the United States
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Barack Obama
Barack Obama
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visited the school for a town hall on March 19, 2009, where a large crowd filled the gymnasium.
The film "Never Backdown" was also filmed at the school campus.
The show Glee was also filmed in the school's lunch cafeteria and football field, as well as Disney Channel star Zendaya's music video for "Dig Down Deeper."
Neighborhoods served by Contreras
Areas served by Contreras include portions of the Pico-UnionPico-Union, Los Angeles, California
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and Westlake
Westlake, Los Angeles, California
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areas, Angelino Heights
Angelino Heights, Los Angeles, California
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, Chinatown, Koreatown
Koreatown, Los Angeles, California
Koreatown is a neighborhood in the Mid-Wilshire district of the city of Los Angeles, California known for its concentration of Korean American people and institutions...
, Echo Park
Echo Park, Los Angeles, California
Echo Park is a hilly neighborhood in Los Angeles, California, northwest of Downtown Los Angeles and southeast of Hollywood.-History:At the end of the 19th century, when the hills were still covered with native vegetation, a horse-drawn streetcar line served the dirt road that is now Echo Park Avenue...
, and Little Tokyo.
MCLC & LASGS and Belmont share the same attendance boundary and are separate schools which are called pilot schools.