Aviation High School (California)
| Aviation High School | |
|---|---|
| Address | |
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2025 Manhattan Beach Blvd. Redondo Beach, California 90278 |
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| Coordinates | 33°53′15″N 118°22′43″W / 33.8874°N 118.3785°WCoordinates: 33°53′15″N 118°22′43″W / 33.8874°N 118.3785°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Public |
| Opened | 1957 |
| Closed | 1982 |
| Principal |
Hob Ulhs (1957–1966) |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | approx 1700 (1982) |
| Campus type | Suburban |
| Color(s) | Black and Orange |
| Mascot | The Falcon |
| Newspaper | Jet Stream |
| Yearbook | Talon |
Hob Ulhs (1957–1966)
Ted Gossard (1966–1978)
Aviation High School (Aviation, AHS, Avi-Hi) was a secondary school located in Redondo Beach, California which was in operation from 1957 to 1982. The school was located at the corner of Manhattan Beach Boulevard and Aviation Boulevard (which runs north to the Los Angeles International Airport). Their athletic teams were known as the Falcons and the school colors were black and orange.
Because of mushrooming growth in the South Bay, Los Angeles beach communities (Manhattan Beach, Redondo Beach, and Hermosa Beach), the school was built in 1957 (at a cost of 4 million dollars) by the then "South Bay Union High School District" which has today broken into the Redondo Beach Unified School District and the Manhattan Beach Unified School District; the district included two other high schools: Redondo Union High School and Mira Costa High School. Other proposed names for the school were Pilot George High, Will Rogers High, Kittyhawk High and—the second runner-up—Aileen S. Hammond High.
Aviation High School served students from both Redondo Beach and Manhattan Beach. At its construction, Aviation's facilities—largely single-story buildings radiating out from a central quad—were considered "ultra-modern". In the late 1960s, a large modern auditorium was added to the campus.
Because of budgetary constraints in the early 1980s, in part due to California Proposition 13 (1978), the "South Bay Union High School District" decided in November 1981 to close one of its three area high schools, but promised teachers and administrators that they would not lose their jobs. Savings were projected at $1 million in maintenance costs. After much deliberation (via a 21-member citizen's committee) and several public forums, the district decided in April 1982 to close Aviation.
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