Palisades Elementary Charter School (known colloquially as Pali Elem) is an elementary charter school in Pacific Palisades, California, part of the Los Angeles Unified School District.[1][2][3][4][5]

Also known as Palisades Elementary and Palisades Charter Elementary, the school opened in 1922.[6][4] The historic administration building, designed in Spanish Colonial Revival style, was built in 1930.[3] The architect was Alfred S. Nibecker, Jr.[7] Palisades Elementary became a charter school in 1993.[8]

As of 2023, the school serves K-5, with the student population of the school is ~ 400.[9] As of 2023, the school employeed ~ 20 full-time teachers.[9] As of 2024, Juliet Herman is the Principal of the school.[6]

After the 1971 San Fernando earthquake, the school and its Moorish tower were slated for demolition due to the structure not meeting modern day safety standards.[1] The citizens of Pacific Palisades, proud of the architecture of the building, hired an architect who designed a plan to modernize the building without knocking it down.[1]

The school was heavily damaged in the Palisades Fire of 2025, with all bungalow classroom buildings burning down.[10][11][12][13][14] After the fires, the LAUSD temporarily moved the Palisades Elementary students to the Brentwood Science Magnet Elementary School so they could continue classes.[10]

References

  1. ^ a b c Winter, Robert (2009). An Architectural Guidebook to Los Angeles. Gibbs Smith. ISBN 978-1-4236-0893-6.
  2. ^ "Palisades Elementary School". Pacific Palisades Historical Society. Retrieved January 22, 2025.
  3. ^ a b "Historic Places Los Angeles - Resource Report". historicplacesla.lacity.org. Retrieved January 21, 2025.
  4. ^ a b Loomis, Jan (2009). Pacific Palisades. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7385-6948-2.
  5. ^ "Historical Society Hosts the Town's 100th Birthday Celebration in Temescal | Circling The News". Retrieved January 22, 2025.
  6. ^ a b "California Department of Education - School Profile".
  7. ^ "LOS ANGELES UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT HISTORIC RESOURCES SURVEY REPORT" (PDF). LAUSD.org. 2014.
  8. ^ Charter Schools: New Model for Public Schools Provides Opportunities and Challenges. DIANE Publishing. 1995. ISBN 978-0-7881-2064-0.
  9. ^ a b "Palisades Charter Elementary - school profile". US News. 2023.
  10. ^ a b "LAUSD did the 'impossible' for Palisades parents, moving kids to a new school". Daily News. January 16, 2025. Retrieved January 21, 2025.
  11. ^ "Palisades, Pasadena schools suffer major damage amid closures; UCLA moves classes online". Los Angeles Times. January 8, 2025. Retrieved January 21, 2025.
  12. ^ "Palisades High School: LA wildfire causes 'significant damage' at school made famous by Hollywood". www.bbc.com. Retrieved January 21, 2025.
  13. ^ "Palisades Fire destroyed schools, where are those students now?". KCRW. January 15, 2025. Retrieved January 21, 2025.
  14. ^ "Letters to the Editor: The Palisades fire destroyed the school where I was principal. I still have hope". Los Angeles Times. January 14, 2025. Retrieved January 21, 2025.
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