The Fight Continues The original six-year construction plan included extensive demolition and excavation, followed by construction of two gyms, a large underground parking garage, Visual Arts Center, Performing Art Center, complete remodel of the North Wing, increased enrollment, increased Special and Athletic practice and Events. The current construction plan includes all of … [Read more...]
“Brentwood residents cry foul over private school’s construction plans,” by Carlos Granda
KABC – Channel 7, Aug. 4, 2015 (TV story broadcast at 4:33 pm and a blog report) "Brentwood Residents Cry Foul Over Private School's Construction Plans" By Carlos Granda BRENTWOOD, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- An expansion project for a girls school in Brentwood has some residents up in arms and many asking for the renovation to be stopped. The Archer School for Girls is … [Read more...]
KCBS: “Brentwood residents fear traffic nightmare from $100M expansion at elite girls’ school”
KCBS – Channel 2, website, Aug. 4, 2015 "Brentwood Residents Fear Traffic Nightmare From $100M Expansion at Elite Girls School" … [Read more...]
Girls to Spend 2017-2020 in Temporary Pre-Fabs Amid Construction Vehicles
Here's what Archer is proposing for its students and the neighborhood for the 2017-2020 school years. The most recent school expansion proposal goes like this: Archer will start a big demolition project on Chaparal Street and N. Barrington Avenue, and tear down the residences it owns. Then it will fill in the wreckage with construction driveways. Next to the driveways will … [Read more...]
Short Sited: A Great School in the Wrong Location
The Archer School for Girls is a great school in the wrong location, as it has been since 1998. Council member Mike Bonin said it best last year: "Archer is a world-class institution in a terribly complex location." But the Archer Forward expansion proposal "would cause more traffic and congestion, and detrimental impacts to neighbors, making it a bad fit for Brentwood and … [Read more...]