Judge Considering Request to Evict Private School
Superior Court Judge Cary Nishimoto took under consideration Wednesday a request to evict a private school from an old elementary school building in Lawndale. The judge has 90 days to make a decision.
Lawndale school officials are trying to evict Masada School, a nonprofit corporation that Los Angeles County contracts with to educate juvenile wards of the court. It operates at a former elementary school on Grevillea Avenue.
The school district says the private school owes the district at least $77,000 in rent. But attorney Charles Elias, who represents Masada School, said the private school has an agreement with the Lawndale School District to pay its rent when its cash flow situation is steady.
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