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Birmingham Community Charter High School (formerly Birmingham High School) is a public coeducational high school in the neighborhood/district of Lake Balboa in the San Fernando Valley section of Los Angeles, California, United States. It was founded in 1953 as a 7–12 grade combined high school, and became solely a senior high school in 1963. The school has a Van Nuys address and serves Lake Balboa, parts of Encino, and Amestoy Estates. The school is within the Los Angeles Unified School District but it is operated as an internal charter school. ==History== The school opened in 1953, during the immediate post-World War II era. Originally it housed many White children from families newly settled in the San Fernando Valley.〔Landsberg, Mitchell. "Back to Basics: Why Does High School Fail So Many?" ''Los Angeles Times''. January 29, 2006. (3 ). Retrieved on March 26, 2014.〕 As of the 1960s the White families were middle class, and many of them had settled in the San Fernando Valley from the East Coast and the Midwest.〔Stewart, James B. ''Den of Thieves''. Simon and Schuster, November 20, 2012. ISBN 1439126208, 9781439126202. p. (52 ).〕 In 1994 Northrop Corp. gave the school a $1,000 ($ when adjusted for inflation) grant for mathematics and/or science curriculum and instruction, and the mathematics department used it to procure calculators and computer software.〔Becker, Maki. "(RESEDA : Birmingham High Gets Math Grant )." ''Los Angeles Times''. October 15, 1994. Retrieved on March 26, 2014.〕 By 2006 the student demographics became majority Latino and Hispanic.〔 By 2006 Marsha Coates, the principal, established "small learning communities" and a ninth grade academy to cater to incoming students.〔Landsberg, Mitchell. "Drop out? Not an option." ''Los Angeles Times''. December 9, 2006. p. (1 ). Retrieved on March 27, 2014.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Birmingham High School」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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