Los Angeles Unified School District is hosting a meeting tonight on concerns about dust from construction at the new high school on the former Upper Reservation of Fort MacArthur, also known as South Region High School No. 15.
Residents apparently found flyers posted at their homes yesterday.
Come To a Meeting with LAUSD on the construcation going on behind our Homes and the Dirt/Noise It is Causing
Tomorrow, Thursday August 20th at the Angels Gate Continuation School at 3200 S. Alma 5 pm. Representatives from the school district will be there to hear our concerns, representatives from AQMD, Councilwoman Hahn, and the Daily Breeze have also been invited.
I actually was not notified of this event, but maybe the district told someone else at the Breeze and it didn't get to me.
Anyway, I've verified that LAUSD has in fact organized this "sort of last-minute" meeting. Facilities division spokeswoman Shannon Haber said this morning that the meeting was in response to community complaints about construction and that the district wanted to "nip it in the bud."
* I just talked to a couple of the residents on 30th Street that are being affected by this - Ken and Cora Raymond. Apparently they've had some issues with dust accumulation in the last couple of weeks.
They talked to school district officials, folks from Councilwoman Janice Hahn's office and AQMD. The air quality inspector from AQMD said the construction site was fully in compliance. Nonetheless, Cora suffers from asthma and has had to leave home during construction work.
"We shouldn't have to live like this. I shouldn't have to leave my house because i can't breathe," she said.
David Kooper, chief of staff to LAUSD board member Richard Vladovic, said tonight's informal meeting had been set up to address the concerns of the Raymonds and another couple who had complained about dust.
At the suggestion of Kooper, that couple, along with Ken Raymond, distributed the flyers to neighbors to let them know about the meeting. (So there was no fault on the district's part in not letting the Breeze know ... and Cora had left a message for a colleague about the meeting.)
Anyway, this isn't some big construction update meeting that nobody knew about. However, if you have concerns about dust, it's probably a place to vent frustrations and try to get answers.
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The dust IS A BIG PROBLEM from the construction
of this uneeded school being built. The coverings over the fences are a joke to combat the strong winds in the area. I'm sure it's not just the wind causing my neighbors asthma problem. As we all know their is many toxins in the land they are disturbing. short of stopping
construction on this school that is not needed (as enrollment in dropping in LASUD , let alone the drop out rate) there will be no resolution to this problem. STOP THE MADNESS AND WASTE OF MONEY. YOU MAKE THE GOVERNMENT LOOK LIKE FINANCIAL WIZARDS!!!