LA's School District --Can They Build 'Em?

Consider the bleak picture: the Los Angeles Unified School District must create 85,000 new seats in the next five years.

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October 20, 2000, 9:00 AM PDT

By Ali Valenzuela

An already shocking number of students spend over an hour each day being bused to school, and year-round scheduling is swiftly becoming the rule. Mott Smith, Special Projects Director for LAUSD and a former editor of TPR, is charged with facilitating innovative approaches for new school facilities, such as turnkey and joint-use developments. Can anyone from within LAUSD do it?

Thanks to Ali Valenzuela

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