Relieving Crowded Schools : How Proposals to Add Space and Redistribute Enrollment Would Affect the Valley

The Los Angeles Board of Education Monday is expected to choose one or more of six proposals to accommodate its burgeoning student population.

The chart below shows how the 96 elementary and junior high schools in the San Fernando Valley would be affected by each alternative, which the board has labeled Plans A, B and C and Concepts I, II and III. Valley high schools are not involved.

The most controversial part of all proposals is converting some schools to a year-round calendar.

Under Concept I, no schools would be changed to a year-round calendar. Under Plan B, 35 Valley schools would be changed to a 12-month schedule.

Year-round schools increase their capacity by dividing students into several groups with at least one of those groups on vacation at any given time. By converting more schools to a year-round schedule, the district hopes to find classroom space for the 635,000 students expected to be enrolled by 1990, contrasted with 579,000 now.

In addition to the year-round option, each of the six plans has other alternatives, including adding portable classrooms and changing ethnic ratios.

Legend: YR = Year Round P = Portables CR = Change Ethnic Ratio

Plans Concepts Schools A B C I II III Anatola P Andasol P P P P Apperson P P YR P P YR P Arminta YR YR YR Beckford P Broadous YR YR YR Calabash CR CR P Calahan P Canterbury YR YR YR Capistrano P Carpenter YR P Castlebay P YR P P YR P YR Chandler P Chase CR CR Chatsworth Park P Cohasset P P P P P Coldwater Canyon YR YR YR Danube CR CR CR CR Darby P Dearborn P Dixie Canyon YR YR YR YR Dyer YR YR YR El Dorado P P P P Emelita P Encino CR CR Erwin CR CR YR YR YR Fairburn P Fernangeles P Frost JH YR YR CR P CR YR Gault CR CR Germain YR YR P YR YR Gledhill P P P P Granada P P P P P Gridley YR P YR Hale JH CR YR CR YR CR P CR YR Hamlin P Harding P YR P P P Haskell P Hazeltine YR YR YR Henry JH CR P P P Herrick P YR YR Holmes JH CR Hubbard P Justice CR CR Kittridge P P P P P Lanai CR CR CR CR Langdon YR YR YR Lankershim YR P Lawrence JH CR YR CR YR CR P CR YR Lemay CR CR Liggett P P P P P Limerick YR YR Lockhurst P P Madison JH CR Melvin P Monlux YR P P Mt. Gleason JH CR CR CR CR YR Nestle CR CR CR CR Nevada YR P YR YR Nobel JH P P P P YR Noble YR P YR O’Melveny P P P P P Pacoima JH P P P Parkman JH CR Plainview YR YR YR YR Plummer P P P P Pomelo P Portola JH YR YR YR P YR Ranchito P Rio Vista P Roscoe P San Fernando JH YR P P P Sepulveda JH P P P Serrania Sharp YR YR Sherman Oaks YR P YR YR Stagg CR CR Stonehurst P P P P P Sunland YR P YR YR Sunny Brae CR CR YR Superior CR YR P YR Sylmar El. P P P Tarzana P Toluca Lake P P YR P PYR PYR Topeka YR P YR Tulsa YR P YR YR Valerio YR YR YR Van Gogh P Vanalden CR CR P YR Vena P P P P P Vineland P Welby Way P Wilbur YR P YR YR Winnetka P Woodlake P P P P P Woodland Hills P YR P P P