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Ohanian Comment: I
admit that, this being California and all, I'm
happy to see that there is a library.
Let's hope there's also a professional
librarian in the budget.

by Mitchell Landsberg

There are no signs saying "Your Name Here," but
there might as well be. For the right price,
Los Angeles Unified will sell naming rights to
its new arts high school on Grand Avenue.

Such fundraising is common at private schools
but rare for a public institution.

It's all part of an acknowledgment that running
a flagship arts high school is far more
expensive than running a traditional school,
and the additional money will have to come from
nontraditional sources.

The school also has plans to rent out its
theater, music studios, dance studios, gym and
other facilities.

Does that mean we may end up with an ExxonMobil
High? In-N-Out Burger High? There's probably
little danger of that.

The district has made clear that it wants
philanthropists, not corporations, to bid for
the naming rights.

Here are the buildings available for naming,
and the amount the school hopes to receive for
each:

School

$25 million

Theater

$5 million

Dance program

$2 million

Drama program

$2 million

Music program

$2 million

Administration building

$2 million

Visual arts building

$2 million

Library

$3 million

Amphitheater

$1 million

Black box theater

$1 million





— Mitchell Landsberg
Los Angeles Times
2008-12-22
http://www.latimes.com/news/education/la-me-arts-list22-2008dec22,0,2069653.story?track=rss

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