Fern Elementary School (California)

Fern Elementary School, previously known as Fern Avenue School, is a public elementary school that is in Torrance, California, and a part of the Torrance Unified School District (TUSD). It is on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) as #92000067 on February 20, 1992.^[1]

As of 2003^[update] its attendance area includes portions of Torrance west of Madrid Avenue.^[2]

History

It opened as Redondo Boulevard School, then in the

cesspool. On January 2, 1933, the permanent school opened. It became a part TUSD in 1947. Torrance USD proposed razing the building on March 6, 1957, for fear that it would not meet earthquake standards but in March 1958 the State of California ruled that it would cost less money to retrofit the existing facility.^[3]

In 1996 TUSD put some portable classrooms on Greenwood Park to relieve Fern. They remained in use until September 2012, when a permanent $13.5 million 14-classroom addition and renovation opened. The current dining hall and a multipurpose room are in this addition.[3]

References

^ "Fern Avenue School". National Register of Historic Places. Retrieved October 20, 2020.
^ Nelson, Shane (October 20, 2020). "Old Torrance projects film-worthy character". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved October 20, 2020.
^
The Daily Breeze
. Retrieved October 20, 2020.

External links

Fern Elementary School
Profile at the Los Angeles Times

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[1] "Fern Avenue School". National Register of Historic Places. Retrieved October 20, 2020.

[2] Nelson, Shane (October 20, 2020). "Old Torrance projects film-worthy character". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved October 20, 2020.

[Gnerre-3] 
The Daily Breeze
. Retrieved October 20, 2020.

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