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The Los Angeles School District changed its plans in 1932, and the current facility was built with $84,000 from the $12.7 million bond. Torrance residents pressured the district into immediately hooking the school to the sewer system instead of the initial plans for the school to use a cesspool. On January 2, 1933, the permanent school opened.
In 1948 Torrance's high schools and elementary schools unified into one district. [9] The city's oldest school is Torrance High School, founded in 1917. Forty new schools were built in a building boom following World War II, as the city grew from its pre-war 10,000 to more than 140,000.
The demographic breakdown of the 2,079 students enrolled for the 2015–2016 school year was: Male - 50.0%; Female - 50.0%; Native American/Alaskan - 0.5%
South High School opened in September 1957 and moved to a new campus in January, 1958 with 20 buildings and 106 classrooms. It currently serves children south of Sepulveda, west of Hawthorne and north of Lomita Boulevard. [4] In 1980 Asahi Gakuen, a weekend Japanese-language education institution, began renting space in South Torrance High ...
Torrance High School is a high school located in Torrance, California. Founded in 1917, it is one of the oldest high schools in continuous use in California and is the oldest of the five high schools in the Torrance Unified School District. Four of its buildings are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.
North Torrance High School is a four-year public high school located at 3620 W. 182nd St. in Torrance, California. Of the five public high schools in the Torrance Unified School District, North High is the second oldest. The school's mascot is the Saxon and the school colors are blue and white.
By Laila Kearney. NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. data-center power demand could nearly triple in the next three years, and consume as much as 12% of the country's electricity, as the industry undergoes ...
Bishop Montgomery High School (commonly referred to as "BMHS" or simply "Bishop" by students) is a Catholic high school serving twenty-five parishes in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. BMHS was founded in 1957, and staffed by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet , Conventual Franciscans , and lay faculty.