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Felicitas and Gonzalo Mendez High School is a
The school is named after Felicitas and Gonzalo Mendez, parents of American civil rights activist
3,338 in
public high school
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in the Boyle Heights
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neighborhood of Los Angeles, California
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, United States
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. It is also known as Felicitas and Gonzalo Mendez Learning Center.
History
The school is named after Felicitas and Gonzalo Mendez, parents of American civil rights activist Sylvia Mendez
Sylvia Mendez (born June 7, 1936) is an American civil rights activist of Mexican and Puerto Rican heritage. At age eight, she played an instrumental role in the ''Mendez v. Westminster'' case, the landmark desegregation case of 1946. The case s ...
who at eight years old, played an instrumental role in the '' Mendez v. Westminster'' case, the landmark desegregation case of 1946. The case successfully ended ''de jure
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'' segregation in California.
It was the first high school to open in Boyle Heights in 28 years.
Kyle Darren Jones was inaugurated as the ASB President on June 10th, 2019 at 6:54 pm at the Class of 2019 Graduation Ceremony. He is the first African-American president in the school's history.
Campus
The school was built to alleviate the overcrowded Roosevelt High School. The site was designated in 2003, broke ground in 2006, and the campus opened in September 2009. It is built on . The building occupies and contains 38 classrooms. It was designed by Nadel Architects and Barrio Planners and was built by Hensel Phelps Construction at a cost of $108 million. The site attained aCollaborative for High Performance Schools The Collaborative for High Performance Schools (CHPS) is the United States' first green building rating program especially designed for K-12 schools.http://www.green-technology.org/green_technology_magazine/chps_story.htm Green Technology. CHPS pro ...
score of 24.
Rankings
US News 2021 Rankings *54 inLos Angeles Unified School District
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*246 in Los Angeles metropolitan area
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*581 in California
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*88 in Los Angeles Unified School District
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*501 in California
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