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Paramount Unified hears PHS reunification study; architects recommend phased schedule, flag LA Metro bridge as wildcard
Summary
Paramount Unified trustees heard a detailed facilities study Aug. 13 proposing phased reunification of West and Senior campuses at Paramount High School, citing specialty-space shortfalls, circulation and parking needs, and a coordinating LA Metro bridge that could affect timing; architects recommended waiting two to three years to avoid crowding.
Paramount Unified’s board on Aug. 13 reviewed a facilities master-plan update that lays out options for reuniting the district’s West Campus and Senior Campus at Paramount High School.
PBK architects told the board a combined senior-campus capacity figure of 3,396 seats under the district’s loading standards. Josh Jackson, PBK’s director of planning, said the study models three schedules: an aggressive option (move next year), a moderate option (about two years), and a deliberate option (three-plus years). "If we were combining the West Campus and the senior campus this year, we would expect a utilization rate of 97%," Jackson said, adding that anything above about 90% tends to feel crowded and that spaces such as counseling, visual and performing arts, and cafeteria…
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