Miguel Contreras Learning Complex

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Miguel Contreras Learning Complex
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Miguel Contreras Learning Complex
322 Lucas Avenue
Los Angeles, California
Information
TypePublic
EstablishedSeptember 5, 2006
School district LAUSD
PrincipalDepends on the academy
Grades9-12
Enrollment2,500
Campus typeUrban
Color(s)Teal, black, & white
Athletics conferenceCentral League
CIF Los Angeles City Section
MascotCobras

Miguel Contreras Learning Complex (MCLC) is a high school in the Westlake neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, United States.

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The school, which serves grades 9 through 12, is a part of the Los Angeles Unified School District. The school is located at 322 South Lucas Avenue, just down Third Street from the LAUSD Board of Education headquarters building. It houses three Small Learning Communities (SLCs): The Academic Leadership Community (ALC), Social Justice, and Business & Tourism (B&T), which is the largest academy. [1]

The complex also holds a separate school called the Los Angeles School Of Global Studies, a New Tech Network school with a focus on project-based learning (PBL). LASGS currently holds an API score of 591. [2]

Contreras was named after Miguel Contreras, a labor union organizer. [3]

History

MCLC opened its doors for the first time on September 5, 2006. [4] Prior to its opening, the school building project was known as Central Los Angeles Area New High School #10. The total budget for this school was over $168 million. [5]

The school took many students who were enrolled in Belmont High School and chose to transfer, as well as students who were unable to attend overcrowded local schools, and had been bussed to nearby schools throughout their entire academic careers. The three Small Learning Communities (SLCs) were originally established at Belmont High School and essentially moved their entire community (teachers and students) to the new complex. The three SLCs were Academic Learning Complex (ALC), Business and Tourism (BT) and Social Justice (SJ). This will be the protocol for other new schools in the area that will aim to relieve the overcrowding at Belmont as it transitions into a 6–12 school.

President of the United States Barack Obama visited the school for a town hall meeting on March 19, 2009, where a large crowd filled the gymnasium. [6]

On January 26, 2022, a 17-year-old boy was stabbed twice during a fistfight on the third floor of the complex. [7] He was transported to LAC+USC Medical Center in stable condition. [8]

On September 8, 2024, a student’s body was found dead in the school’s swimming pool. No further details have been revealed yet. [9]

Neighborhoods served

Areas served by Contreras include portions of the Pico-Union and Westlake, Angelino Heights, Chinatown, Koreatown, Echo Park, and Little Tokyo areas.

MCLC & LASGS and Belmont share the same attendance boundary and are separate schools which are called pilot schools.

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  2. ↑ "2008 Growth API School Report - Los Angeles School of Global Studies". Archived from the original on 2011-09-28. Retrieved 2008-12-25.
  3. ↑ LAUSD Votes to Name Central High School After Miguel Contreras
  4. ↑ Project Details
  5. ↑ "Project Details". www.laschools.org. 2011-10-13. Archived from the original on 2012-02-17. Retrieved 2018-12-19.
  6. ↑ Babington, Charles (2009-03-19). "Obama asks Americans not to expect too much from him". pantagraph.com. Archived from the original on 2018-12-19. Retrieved 2018-12-19.
  7. ↑ "Student stabbed at school in Westlake; 1 in custody". 26 January 2022.
  8. ↑ "Student arrested for stabbing fellow pupil at Westlake high school". Los Angeles Times . 26 January 2022.
  9. ↑ "LAUSD student found dead in pool at Miguel Contreras Learning Complex in Westlake District". ABC7 Los Angeles. 2024-09-12. Retrieved 2024-09-17.

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