By Robert Ostmann, Los Alamitos Unified School District
The Los Alamitos Unified School District is moving ahead with plans to build a three-story classroom building at Los Alamitos High School that will provide students with state-of-the-art science lab facilities and transform the appearance of the Cerritos Ave. campus.
The 83,000 square-foot structure, planned to break ground next year and open in fall of 2021, will include 14 science classrooms, 13 general education classrooms, and career and technical education centers for subjects such as sports medicine, engineering and robotics. In addition, the building will serve as the main entrance to the campus and house administrative, health and counseling offices, and career center, as well as a media center that will be designed to encourage a wide range of student collaboration activities.
Construction of the multi-story building will enable the high school to remove 26 aging portable classrooms that are no longer adequate to serve student needs.
The estimated $52.4-million project will be financed through sale of Measure G bonds approved by voters last month. Coinciding with construction of the new building, the district is also completely renovating the inadequate electrical and data infrastructure of the 51-year-old campus.