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Laura Rodriguez Elementary
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Laura Rodriguez Elementary School (a.k.a. King/Logan/Perkins Area)
School opens: September 2007
Principal: To be determined
Status: Construction began in December 2005.
Location: 825 South 31st Avenue, San Diego, CA 92113. Logan Heights/Barrio Logan. The site is bound by Martin Avenue on the north, the alley between Logan and Greely on the south, 32nd Street on the east, and 31st Street on the west. It excludes the parcels in the northwest corner.
Purpose: Laura Rodriguez Elementary will ease overcrowding at Logan Elementary and Perkins Elementary.
New school size: The new school will accommodate 650 students in grades K-5 on 6.5 acres.
Acquisition and relocation: The new school required the acquisition of 14 parcels, and the relocation of 20 households consisting of 71 residents. Of the 20 households, 2 used their relocation funds to become first-time homeowners.
Name of new school: The school was named for the tireless Logan Heights activist who founded Chicano Park and Logan Heights Family Health Center.
Campus features: 32 classrooms, 54,805 square feet of facilities, 6.5 acres, 61 parking spaces, 118 trees, assorted flowering shrubs and groundcover, joint-use field for soccer and baseball, multipurpose room, library/media center, lunch shelter, elevator and accessibility features, kitchen, faculty lounge, workroom,  administrative center, and energy-efficient design features.
Project partners: McCarthy Building Companies and Platt/Whitelaw
Project milestones:
•  Proposition MM approved: November 3, 1998
•  Draft Environmental Impact Report: December 6, 2002
•  Board of Education approves site: April 8, 2003
•  Community names school: July 22, 2003
•  Contract awarded: December 13, 2005
•  Groundbreaking ceremony: July 26, 2006
•  First day of school: September 2007
Media releases | Special eventsFact sheet
Site map
Artist's rendering | Site layout
Property parcel map with addresses
Final Environmental Impact Report
Final Relocation Plan English | Spanish
Board of Education Report, April 8, 2003
 
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