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Edward R. Roybal Learning Center, formerly known as Belmont Learning Center, the Vista Hermosa Learning Center, Central Los Angeles High School 11, or the City West project is a secondary school and park located at 1200 Colton Street in the Westlake area of Los Angeles, California, United States.〔http://cityplanning.lacity.org/complan/central/pdf/genlumap.wlk.pdf〕 Roybal high school was designed by architecture firm DLR Group WWCOT and built to relieve overcrowding at Belmont High School. The school is at the intersection of West First Street and North Beaudry Avenue. On March 25, 2008, the Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education voted to name the school as Edward R. Roybal Learning Center for former Congressman Edward R. Roybal, who represented this area in Congress and whose daughter, Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard, is representing the area. The attached park, named Vista Hermosa Park, opened on July 19, 2008. The first new public park in the downtown Los Angeles area since 1895, it was funded and developed in part by the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy and is operated by the Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority. The park contains a soccer field that is shared by the school and the surrounding community.〔(New park a sight for sore eyes )〕〔(Conservancy Opens New Park Near Downtown Los Angeles )〕 The school is part of LAUSD, and opened after years of controversy on Tuesday, September 2, 2008.〔(''Central LA HS #11, 55.98107 School Name: Edward R. Roybal Learning Center'' )〕〔(''LAUSD Approves "HS #11" Option to Complete Belmont Learning Center'' )〕〔(LA Downtown News (2007) ''Coming Into Focus'' )〕 Roybal will accommodate approximately 2,500 students, which will alleviate enrollment at Belmont High which is currently 5,500 students. RLC has two independent pilot schools—Civitas School of Leadership (Civitas SOL) and School for Visual Arts and Humanities (SVAH)—as well as its own SLCs: International School of Languages (ISOL), Activists for Educational Empowerment (AEE), Business and Finance Academy (BFA), and Computer Science Academy (CSA).〔(Students, Community Triumph as LAUSD Cuts the Ribbon on Edward R. Roybal Learning Center )〕 Each Academy has its own purpose and different techniques of teaching. BFA is more about involving students with the atmosphere, ISOL helps students that usually are new to this country and need help with the English language, CSA is more about involving student with the computer atmosphere, and lastly AEE provides there students with a sense of empowerment and help them get involve. ==History== The project to build the school began in 1988. The northern part of the site had been within the Los Angeles City Oil Field, an industrial area which contained over 1,000 active oil wells around 1900, and a concern of soil contamination—specifically, methane and hydrogen sulfide—was confirmed during development in 1999. This resulted in a temporary halt to construction. In December 2000 Superintendent Roy Romer〔(LA Times (2006) ''Generally Speaking, It's Right to Honor Romer'' )〕 saved the project and began reviewing private bids to address the additional issues at the site. In 2002, the "Alliance for a Better Community" was selected to finish the project.〔(Alliance for a Better Community - History )〕 Further complicating the development, in September 2002 an earthquake fault was detected on the northeast portion of the plot. The project was again temporarily suspended.〔(LA Downtown News (2005) ''Generation Next: Glenn Gritzner'' )〕 In May 2003 the LAUSD voted to finish the school using funds from voter initiative bond Measure K but with certain modifications: inclusion of a 10 to 12 acre (4 to 4.9 ha) park; a 500 seat learning academy; a library; an auditorium; and a parent center. The total project cost was then estimated to be around US$300 million.〔(LAUSD Board Votes to Complete Belmont )〕 In December 2004, approximately one third of the buildings were demolished because of the earthquake fault and then construction continued.〔(LAUSD's $238 Million Belmont Demolished )〕 In June 2009 the first graduating class of Edward R. Roybal Learning Center walked the stage on the football field and they were known as the Legacies of 2009. The nickname of Titans was 1st place pick of all the students for the school's team name, while the Raptors was the second choice. 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「Edward R. Roybal Learning Center」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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