Need for New High School
* Re “Officials Identify Five Possible Downtown School Sites,” March 5.
I applaud [officials’] recommendation to remake the Los Angeles Unified School District headquarters into a high school to help relieve the overcrowded situation in that area.
It is my hope that [Supt. Ramon C. Cortines] will turn his attention to the overcrowding in the east San Fernando Valley and recommend to the board that it make haste in acquiring the Laurel Plaza Shopping Center [property].
That center has been depressed for some time and now holds only a Robinsons-May department store and its general offices. Certainly the general offices can be moved to another location. The crisis situation threatening the award-winning advanced placement program at North Hollywood High School should be enough reason to act on this recommendation as quickly as possible.
How dare the Board of Education challenge parents to come up with a solution to their overcrowded conditions, when this solution has been available and obvious to so many in the area.
DIANA MENZER
Encino
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