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Small Learning Communities School SLC Impact Report and SLC Design Proposals submitted to Los Angeles Unified School District SAN PEDRO HIGH SCHOOL Location Code: 8850 School SLC Contact: Name: WINDY W. WARREN, Ph.D. Title: SLC Coordinator Mailing Address: 1001 W. 15th Street, San Pedro, CA 90731 Telephone #: 310-241-5881 Fax #: 310- 547-3183 Email: day: www1403@lausd.k12.ca.us evening: winwarren@ LOS ANGELES UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT San Pedro High School Small Learning Communities 1001 West Fifteenth Street, San Pedro, CA 90731 310-547-2491 Diana R. Gelb, Principal Dear Committee Members: San Pedro High School, located in the town of San Pedro next to the Port of Los Angeles, has a 100 year history of enduring family roots, extensive community activism, ethnic and economic diversity, and cultural and school pride. Generations of family members attended San Pedro High and many staff are alumni who still live in the community and have their own children enrolled at the high school. Local housing includes million dollar homes, condominiums and apartments, 2 Air Force bases, 2 government housing complexes, and several homeless and court-appointed youth dwellings. Businesses opportunities also vary between blue and white collar, independent and corporately owned, and public and private sectors. The ethnic ratio of San Pedro High School’s 3500 students is 60.1% Hispanic, 24.3% Caucasian (including families of Italian, Croatian, Norwegian, Yugoslav and Greek descent), 10.1% African American, 2.3% Asian, 1.1% American Indian, and .7% Pacific Islander. Family incomes range from over $150,000 to poverty level, with 46.3% of students eligible for federal lunches. The school offers two Magnet programs, Marine Science and Police Academy; it has supported 9th grade Houses each of the last two years; and will launch six Small Learning Communi