The historic Canoga Park High School is getting a new look with a $155 million update
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Los Angeles Unified School District on Tuesday broke ground on a $155 million modernization of Canoga Park High School — one of the most comprehensive campus transformations in the school’s history. The project includes two new two-story classroom buildings, a new cafeteria and dining hall, lunch shelter, student store, wellness and counseling offices, coaches’ offices, and weight room.
“Today represents much more than the start of construction. It represents our shared mission and values and our commitment to our community,” said LAUSD Board President Scott Schmerelson.
A rendering of the new $150 million-dollar addition to be added to Canoga High School. The addition will include a new dinning area and classrooms for special-needs students. At the ceremony Canoga High Principal Nidia Castro said, “We do invest in education and I am excited about the new project, but most importantly, I’m excited about the new classrooms that we’re going to have for our special-needs students. They’re going to be so amazing and they’re going to be clean and colorful and they will have the spaces to really learn and be happy so thank you so much and I am inviting all of you in three years for the ceremony thank you for being here students.” (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
The Canoga High construction site were a $150 million-dollar addition will be added. The addition will include a new dinning area and classrooms for special-needs students. At the ceremony Canoga High Principal Nidia Castro said, “We do invest in education and I am excited about the new project, but most importantly, I’m excited about the new classrooms that we’re going to have for our special-needs students. They’re going to be so amazing and they’re going to be clean and colorful and they will have the spaces to really learn and be happy so thank you so much and I am inviting all of you in three years for the ceremony thank you for being here students.” (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Canoga High principal Nidia Castro speaks at the ground breaking for a new $150 million-dollar addition to the High School. The addition will include a new dinning area and classrooms for special-needs students. At the ceremony Canoga High Principal Nidia Castro said, “We do invest in education and I am excited about the new project, but most importantly, I’m excited about the new classrooms that we’re going to have for our special-needs students. They’re going to be so amazing and they’re going to be clean and colorful and they will have the spaces to really learn and be happy so thank you so much and I am inviting all of you in three years for the ceremony thank you for being here students.” (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Members of the Canoga High Dance Class perform at the groundbreaking of a new 150 million-dollar addition to the High School. The addition will include a new dinning area and classrooms for special-needs students. At the ceremony Canoga High Principal Nidia Castro said, “We do invest in education and I am excited about the new project, but most importantly, I’m excited about the new classrooms that we’re going to have for our special-needs students. They’re going to be so amazing and they’re going to be clean and colorful and they will have the spaces to really learn and be happy so thank you so much and I am inviting all of you in three years for the ceremony thank you for being here students.” (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Canoga High principal Nidia Castro and guests break ground for a new $150 million-dollar addition to the High School. The addition will include a new dinning area and classrooms for special-needs students. At the ceremony Canoga High Principal Nidia Castro said, “We do invest in education and I am excited about the new project, but most importantly, I’m excited about the new classrooms that we’re going to have for our special-needs students. They’re going to be so amazing and they’re going to be clean and colorful and they will have the spaces to really learn and be happy so thank you so much and I am inviting all of you in three years for the ceremony thank you for being here students.” (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
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A rendering of the new $150 million-dollar addition to be added to Canoga High School. The addition will include a new dinning area and classrooms for special-needs students. At the ceremony Canoga High Principal Nidia Castro said, “We do invest in education and I am excited about the new project, but most importantly, I’m excited about the new classrooms that we’re going to have for our special-needs students. They’re going to be so amazing and they’re going to be clean and colorful and they will have the spaces to really learn and be happy so thank you so much and I am inviting all of you in three years for the ceremony thank you for being here students.” (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
“Canoga Park High School is celebrating a well-deserved groundbreaking funded entirely by your generosity, voters chose to fund bonds to improve our schools, so thank you for your help building this school,” said Lorena Padilla, LAUSD Director of Community Outreach.
LAUSD Chief Facilities Executive Krisztina Tokes said, “It won’t be easy but just know these three years of work will be a gift that keeps on giving.”
Originally called Owensmouth High School, it opened in 1914 with 14 students and two teachers. In January 1931, students returned from Winter vacation to move into the new school buildings facing Topanga Canyon Boulevard. The outdoor Greek Theater was also remodeled and expanded.
For 40 years, the Greek styled buildings were the pride of Canoga Park. They housed the school library, administrative offices, and classrooms. In 1971, the buildings suffered damage in the Sylmar earthquake and were condemned. They were demolished in the summer of 1975.
