$350 Million L.A. High School Finally Opens
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$350M wasteful spending
For the cost of yet another public school to house primarily the children of illegal aliens, we could have given 3,500 native born Americans full $100,000 scholarships to Yale, Princeton, Harvard, Columbia, or even to USC. This school was build amidst allegation of poor regulatory oversight, potential contractor irregularities and possible bureaucratic corruption in the awarding of State Bond money contracts. It's built on an earthquake fault (that also runs under LAUSD Headquarters Building at 333 S. Beaudry - 2 blocks south). According to the most recent geological simulations, a 7.8 earthquake would likely collapse 7-8 major downtown high rises. Both Roybal Learning Center and District Headquarters will likely be among those to fall (concrete floors for the HQ foundation and floors were poured by scab labor during a strike and is a building bought from a close friend of ex-superintendent Roy Romer). The type of welding in the HQ building is sub-par based on current building standards and its floors can not handle excessive weight load due to insufficient tensioned steel cables through the floors. The weight load of Floors 1-9 is exacerbated by vehicles parked on these garage levels, and when the 7.8 quake hits (overdue according to the USGS), it will fall like the WTC buildings on 9/11 as top floors will bring all subsequent floors down due to the excessive weight load. Roybal may weather a bit better than District HQ, but what short-cuts were taken and undiscovered at this highly controversial site? It was wasteful to buy the District HQ building and to put all the brain trust of the School District in one building that is subject to catastrophic failure... but then again if it went down, Mayor Villarigosa will have a mandate to build things up from scratch.
alsome
wow that is alsome
To Jon of CA
How is voting Republican been working out for you? Because last time I checked your Gov. is a Republican...
$300 mllion dollar Schoo
Hveing working in a private school system in LA during the 1984 earthquake, and being resposible for school safety, I was shock to learn the site chosen was just another in LA with a toxic waste site history.
But how many other potential school istes across the county may have a similar problem? They needed additional classrooms when I left LA 3 years ago. I bet they need even more now.
$350 High School!!!
Yeah, this is the typical types of spending that I am forced to pay for and then they want me to vote for Democrats.
And I'll bet half the students will be illegal!
And just wait until you see how much the tax payers will have to pay for these kids school breakfast and lunch.
Momma can't get out of bed to make a PP&J, so we pay triple what that would cost so these kids get a "hot lunch".
Maple Flooring
Maple Flooring,
Has no mooring,
In education.
They don't care,
In weather fair,
Or foul,
Whether it's pine,
They still whine,
About learning.
