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27-584: Students attend Hawthorne High School , Lawndale High School , Leuzinger High School , or the continuation school , Lloyde Continuation High School. The district has as its basis the 1905 formation of the Inglewood Union High School District, which included at the outset the territories of Hawthorne , Inglewood , Lennox , and Wiseburn school districts. In 1912 the El Segundo school district formed out of territory in

54-471: A crowd appeared asking for Fernandez to resign. Fernandez stated that he had made improvements to CVUSD. The board later put Fernandez on paid leave and selected Bob Cox as the interim superintendent. The District Attorney of Los Angeles County began investigating the district. In 2014 the Daily Breeze reported that TELACU , a company which received building contracts worth millions of US dollars from

81-596: A high school for the Wiseburn district. In 2014 the CVUSD district included a portion of eastern El Segundo with a high concentration of businesses and no residents. This area, also within the Wiseburn School District, houses operations of various companies, including Boeing , Mattel , Northrop Grumman , Raytheon Technologies , and Xerox . As of 2014 the concentration of businesses gives about 33% of

108-477: Is a census designated place (CDP) in the South Bay region of Los Angeles County , California , United States . It is the unincorporated area north of Alondra Community Regional Park and El Camino College . It is east of Lawndale , south of Hawthorne , west of Gardena , and north of Torrance . Manhattan Beach Boulevard and Crenshaw Boulevard are the two major cross streets in the area. The population

135-625: Is land and 0.04 square miles (0.10 km ) of it (3.17%) is water. The 2010 United States Census reported that Alondra Park had a population of 8,592. The population density was 7,518.4 inhabitants per square mile (2,902.9/km ). The racial makeup of Alondra Park was 3,716 (43.2%) White (21.8% Non-Hispanic White), 806 (9.4%) African American , 32 (0.4%) Native American , 1,396 (16.2%) Asian , 48 (0.6%) Pacific Islander , 2,167 (25.2%) from other races , and 427 (5.0%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4,304 persons (50.1%). The Census reported that 8,527 people (99.2% of

162-470: Is most notable for its association with The Beach Boys , whose original members Brian , Carl , and Dennis Wilson , and Al Jardine attended the school. Coincidentally, Olivia Trinidad Arias, who later became Olivia Harrison ( George Harrison ’s wife), also attended; she graduated in 1965. Hawthorne High School is a cross-town rival with Leuzinger High School . The school has dealt with issues of race- related as well as gang-related fighting on campus in

189-966: The 66th Assembly District , represented by Democrat Al Muratsuchi . In the United States House of Representatives , Alondra Park is in California's 43rd congressional district , represented by Democrat Maxine Waters . Alondra Park is served by the Lawndale Elementary School District . Three elementary schools, Kit Carson Elementary School (Preschool), Franklin D. Roosevelt Elementary School (grades TK-5), and Mark Twain Elementary School (PK-5), are located inside and serve portions of Alondra Park. Residents are zoned to Rogers Middle School in Lawndale . For high school residents are in

216-892: The Centinela Valley Union High School District . El Camino College is partially inside Alondra Park, while the remainder is in Torrance. County of Los Angeles Library operates the Masao W. Satow Library, located in Alondra Park. In 1913 the Moneta Branch was formed. In 1919 the Strawberry Park branch was formed. In 1958 the Strawberry Park and Moneta branches merged into the West Gardena Branch. In 1969

243-708: The CDP was $ 17,175. About 15.8% of families and 19.1% of the population were below the poverty line , including 25.1% of those under age 18 and 6.2% of those age 65 or over. The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD) operates the Lennox Station in Lennox , serving El Camino Village (Alondra Park). In the California State Legislature , Alondra Park is in the 35th Senate District , represented by Democrat Steven Bradford , and in

270-553: The Centinela Valley district. As of 2023 the district includes all of Lawndale and Lennox , most of Hawthorne and Alondra Park (a.k.a. El Camino Village), and a small portion of Inglewood . The CVUSD district formerly covered portions of El Segundo , and Del Aire . The area within the Wiseburn School District area as a whole, as of 2002, generated about 40% of the assessed property value of

297-674: The Wiseburn district and was a part of the Inglewood high school district. El Segundo withdrew from CVUHSD on November 22, 1925, when the El Segundo Unified School District was formed. The high school district was named Centinela Valley Union High School District on November 1, 1944. On July 1, 1954, Inglewood, with its Inglewood and Morningside high schools, withdrew to form the Inglewood Unified School District . In 2004

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324-420: The age of 18 living with them, 49.6% were married couples living together, 15.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.7% were non-families. 20.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.05 and the average family size was 3.56. In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 29.5% under

351-462: The age of 18, 9.8% from 18 to 24, 33.2% from 25 to 44, 19.1% from 45 to 64, and 8.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females, there were 101.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 100.9 males. The median income for a household in the CDP was $ 39,722, and the median income for a family was $ 45,852. Males had a median income of $ 33,000 versus $ 28,494 for females. The per capita income for

378-547: The areas in the Wiseburn School District had made a proposal to break away from Centinela Valley Union. Cheryl M. White became the superintendent in 2004. Jose Fernandez became the superintendent in 2008. He received $ 663,000 in total compensation in 2013. This fact was revealed in a 2014 newspaper investigation. The superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District , John Deasy , had an annual salary of $ 390,000. KCAL-TV stated that

405-482: The block living in Wiseburn would have had to get permission from their zoned school districts to attend Wiseburn. According to Hunter Lee the Daily Breeze , "few" people voted in the election. The vote to transfer the area to Wiseburn was approved. In the 2011-2012 school year the district spent $ 6,900,000 on district administration. Salaries and benefits made up slightly over 50% of the spending. Conferences, financial consulting services, legal fees, and travel made up

432-643: The entire Centinela Valley district. Jean Merl of the Los Angeles Times wrote in 2004 that Wiseburn "provides by far the largest portion of [the Centinela Valley Union High School District]'s assessed property tax valuation." As of 2014, most students within the Wiseburn School District do not matriculate to Centinela Valley after leaving the 8th grade. In November 2013 the voters in the Wiseburn school district voted to separate from Centinela Valley and establish

459-469: The funds towards any approved school bond. CVUSD had passed two bonds, each worth almost $ 100 million, from 2008 to 2014. Hawthorne High School (California) Hawthorne High School is a public high school located in Hawthorne, California , within the Centinela Valley Union High School District . It opened in 1951 with 9th and 10th grades. The first graduating senior class was that of 1954. It

486-647: The high school district, had bankrolled election campaigns of board members. In 2014 the Wiseburn Elementary School district unified and became the Wiseburn USD, and so its area left the Centinela Valley high school district. In 2021 a block of unincorporated areas that was in the Lawndale School District and Centinela Valley USD voted on a proposal on whether it should move to Wiseburn USD; previously students living in

513-477: The past. In March 2007, gang-related fighting during lunchtime resulted in police officers from several law enforcement agencies entering the school with riot helmets and pepper spray. The school was subsequently shut down for the remainder of the day. Other gang-related issues continue to plague the school with sporadic on-campus fighting more recently. Alondra Park, California Alondra Park ( pronunciation ), also known as El Camino Village ,

540-638: The population) lived in households, 59 (0.7%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 6 (0.1%) were institutionalized. There were 2,719 households, out of which 1,198 (44.1%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 1,383 (50.9%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 442 (16.3%) had a female householder with no husband present, 223 (8.2%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 174 (6.4%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships , and 17 (0.6%) same-sex married couples or partnerships . 513 households (18.9%) were made up of individuals, and 132 (4.9%) had someone living alone who

567-417: The population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 4,339 people (50.5%) lived in rental housing units. According to the 2010 United States Census, Alondra Park had a median household income of $ 54,484, with 20.7% of the population living below the federal poverty line. As of the census of 2000, there were 8,622 people, 2,830 households, and 2,046 families residing in the CDP. The population density

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594-657: The remainder. In the 2011-2012 school year the district spent $ 1,150 per student on districtwide administrative costs. During that school year, the average administrative cost per student of the California school districts was $ 468. CVUHSD's administrative per pupil cost was the second highest in Los Angeles County after that of the Gorman Elementary School District . As of 2004 the district average Academic Performance Index (API)

621-402: Was 33.7 years. For every 100 females, there were 97.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.4 males. There were 2,818 housing units at an average density of 2,465.9 per square mile (952.1/km ), of which 1,362 (50.1%) were owner-occupied, and 1,357 (49.9%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 0.7%; the rental vacancy rate was 4.1%. 4,188 people (48.7% of

648-595: Was 549. The California average at the time was 693, and the Los Angeles County average was 676. In a two-year period ending in 2004 the district did not make the progress mandated by the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB). Jean Merl of the Los Angeles Times stated that some residents of the Hawthorne School District and Lennox School District had created charter schools which had "signaled their continuing dissatisfaction" with

675-414: Was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.14. There were 2,048 families (75.3% of all households); the average family size was 3.56. The population was spread out, with 2,332 people (27.1%) under the age of 18, 818 people (9.5%) aged 18 to 24, 2,581 people (30.0%) aged 25 to 44, 2,091 people (24.3%) aged 45 to 64, and 770 people (9.0%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age

702-492: Was 7,562.4 inhabitants per square mile (2,919.9/km ). There were 2,933 housing units at an average density of 2,572.6 per square mile (993.3/km ). The racial makeup of the CDP was 41.6% White , 12.6% Black or African American , 0.8% Native American , 16.3% Asian , 0.4% Pacific Islander , 22.0% from other races , and 6.2% from two or more races. 40.9% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. There were 2,830 households, out of which 40.4% had children under

729-563: Was 8,569 at the 2020 census , down from 8,592 at the 2010 census . There is an official Alondra Park Post Office of the U.S. Postal Service in nearby Gardena, California. Urbanized cement-lined Dominguez Creek bisects a portion of Alondra Park. Alondra Park is located about two miles (3 km) southeast of Hawthorne . According to the United States Census Bureau , the CDP has a total area of 1.1 square miles (2.8 km ). 1.1 square miles (2.8 km ) of it

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