Edward R. Roybal Learning Center

at 1200 West Colton St, Los Angeles , 90012 United States

1. High School

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.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.The school is part of LAUSD, and opened after years of controversy on Tuesday, September 2, 2008. 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). 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.

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Edward R. Roybal Learning Center is Los Angeles based place and this enity listed in High School category. Located at 1200 West Colton St CA 90012. Contact phone number of Edward R. Roybal Learning Center: (213) 580-6400