Meanwhile, Pasadena unified school district superintendent Elizabeth Blanco told CBS Los Angeles on Monday that the district is still in the “recovery” phase, and focused on relocating students whose campuses were destroyed by the Eaton fire to other schools or online classrooms.
On Tuesday, Los Angeles unified school district superintendent Alberto Carvalho announced the district will direct $2.2bn toward efforts to repair or rebuild three schools damaged in the Palisades wildfire, and renovate all the districts’ campuses to be more “natural disaster resilient”.
The funding – which has been set aside from a $9bn bond that voters approved in November – includes $725m to reconstruct the almost entirely destroyed Palisades and Marquez elementary schools, and Palisades Charter high school, which was about 30% destroyed.
Still, five campuses in the district were destroyed: Eliot Arts magnet middle school, Franklin elementary and the Edison, Loma Alta and Noyes charter elementary schools.
Students from the two elementary schools have been relocated to other schools, while charter school students are attending classes online.
