Building History

This high school had a long and troubled construction history. Los Angeles Unified School District administrators originally projected the school to open by 1999, but multiple problems delayed its opening date by eight years and millions of dollars. Cara Mia DiMassa, wrote in a Los Angeles Timesarticle of 2004: "The Belmont Learning Center had been slated to open in 1999 just west of downtown. Instead, that project was stalled midway because of problems stemming from its location over an old oil field and an earthquake fault. The school board voted earlier this year to finish the project by 2007 in modified form--for a cost of $286 million, more than quadruple its original cost." (See Cara Mia DiMassa, Los Angeles Times.com, "L.A. Unified Opens First Newly Built High School in 14 Years," published 08/06/2004, p. B1, B8.)

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