Palisades Charter Elementary School

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Palisades Charter Elementary School
Pacpalelementarytower.jpg
Address
Palisades Charter Elementary School
800 Vía De La Paz

Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles
,
California
90272

United States
Coordinates 34°2′43.26626″N118°31′38.45618″W / 34.0453517389°N 118.5273489389°W / 34.0453517389; -118.5273489389
Information
Other namesPalisades Elementary School
TypePublic, charter
Established1922
School district Los Angeles Unified School District
PrincipalJuliet Herman
GenderCoeducational
Website palisadesces.lausd.org

Palisades Elementary Charter School (known colloquially as PaliElem) is an elementary charter school in Pacific Palisades, California, part of the Los Angeles Unified School District. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

Also known as Palisades Elementary and Palisades Charter Elementary, the school opened in 1922. [6] [4] The historic administration building, designed in Spanish Colonial Revival style, was built in 1930. [3] The architect was Alfred S. Nibecker, Jr. [7] Palisades Elementary became a charter school in 1993. [8]

As of 2023, the school serves K-5, with the student population of the school is ~ 400. [9] As of 2023, the school employeed ~ 20 full-time teachers. [9] As of 2024, Juliet Herman is the Principal of the school. [6]

After the 1971 San Fernando earthquake, the school and its Moorish tower were slated for demolition due to the structure not meeting modern day safety standards. [1] The citizens of Pacific Palisades, proud of the architecture of the building, hired an architect who designed a plan to modernize the building without knocking it down. [1]

The school was heavily damaged in the Palisades Fire of 2025, with all bungalow classroom buildings burning down. [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] After the fires, the LAUSD temporarily moved the Palisades Elementary students to the Brentwood Science Magnet Elementary School so they could continue classes. [10]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Winter, Robert (2009). An Architectural Guidebook to Los Angeles. Gibbs Smith. ISBN   978-1-4236-0893-6.
  2. ↑ "Palisades Elementary School". Pacific Palisades Historical Society. Retrieved January 22, 2025.
  3. 1 2 "Historic Places Los Angeles - Resource Report". historicplacesla.lacity.org. Retrieved January 21, 2025.
  4. 1 2 Loomis, Jan (2009). Pacific Palisades. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN   978-0-7385-6948-2.
  5. ↑ "Historical Society Hosts the Town's 100th Birthday Celebration in Temescal | Circling The News" . Retrieved January 22, 2025.
  6. 1 2 "California Department of Education - School Profile".
  7. ↑ "LOS ANGELES UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT HISTORIC RESOURCES SURVEY REPORT" (PDF). LAUSD.org. 2014.
  8. ↑ Charter Schools: New Model for Public Schools Provides Opportunities and Challenges. DIANE Publishing. 1995. ISBN   978-0-7881-2064-0.
  9. 1 2 "Palisades Charter Elementary - school profile". US News. 2023.
  10. 1 2 "LAUSD did the 'impossible' for Palisades parents, moving kids to a new school". Daily News. January 16, 2025. Retrieved January 21, 2025.
  11. ↑ "Palisades, Pasadena schools suffer major damage amid closures; UCLA moves classes online". Los Angeles Times. January 8, 2025. Retrieved January 21, 2025.
  12. ↑ "Palisades High School: LA wildfire causes 'significant damage' at school made famous by Hollywood". www.bbc.com. Retrieved January 21, 2025.
  13. ↑ "Palisades Fire destroyed schools, where are those students now?". KCRW. January 15, 2025. Retrieved January 21, 2025.
  14. ↑ "Letters to the Editor: The Palisades fire destroyed the school where I was principal. I still have hope". Los Angeles Times. January 14, 2025. Retrieved January 21, 2025.
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