Palisades Charter Elementary School

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'''Palisades Elementary Charter School''' (known colloquially as '''Pali''' '''Elem''') is an elementary charter school in [[Pacific Palisades, California]], part of the [[Los Angeles Unified School District]].<ref name=":42">{{Cite book |last=Winter |first=Robert |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/An_Architectural_Guidebook_to_Los_Angele/WWl29hn0C9gC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Palisades+elementary&pg=PA46&printsec=frontcover |title=An Architectural Guidebook to Los Angeles |date=2009 |publisher=Gibbs Smith |isbn=978-1-4236-0893-6 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Palisades Elementary School |url=https://www.pacificpalisadeshistory.org/palisades-elementary-school |access-date=2025-01-22 |website=Pacific Palisades Historical Society |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":5" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Historical Society Hosts the Town's 100th Birthday Celebration in Temescal {{!}} Circling The News |url=https://www.circlingthenews.com/historical-society-hosts-the-towns-100th-birthday-celebration-in-temescal/ |access-date=2025-01-22 |language=en-US}}</ref>

Also known as '''Palisades Elementary''' and '''Palisades Charter Elementary''', the school opened in 1922.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=California Department of Education - School Profile |url=https://www.cde.ca.gov/schooldirectory/details?cdscode=19647336018634}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Cite book |last=Loomis |first=Jan |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Pacific_Palisades/L6VgfC530y0C?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=elementary |title=Pacific Palisades |date=2009 |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |isbn=978-0-7385-6948-2 |language=en}}</ref> The historic administration building, designed in [[Spanish Colonial Revival architecture|Spanish Colonial Revival]] style, was built in 1930.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Historic Places Los Angeles - Resource Report |url=https://historicplacesla.lacity.org/report/83450aeb-be43-4fca-9283-782d1def999d |access-date=2025-01-21 |website=historicplacesla.lacity.org}}</ref> The architect was Alfred S. Nibecker, Jr.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014 |title=LOS ANGELES UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT HISTORIC RESOURCES SURVEY REPORT |url=https://www.lausd.org/cms/lib/CA01000043/Centricity/domain/135/pdf%20files/Historic_Resources_Survey_Report_June%202014.pdf |website=LAUSD.org}}</ref> Palisades Elementary became a charter school in 1993.<ref>{{Cite book |last= |first= |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Charter_Schools/oeeLnmKmLjcC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Palisades+elementary&pg=PA26&printsec=frontcover |title=Charter Schools: New Model for Public Schools Provides Opportunities and Challenges |date=1995 |publisher=DIANE Publishing |isbn=978-0-7881-2064-0 |language=en}}</ref>

As of 2023, the school serves K-5, with the student population of the school is ~ 400.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2023 |title=Palisades Charter Elementary - school profile |url=https://www.usnews.com/education/k12/california/palisades-charter-elementary-246292 |website=US News}}</ref> As of 2023, the school employed ~ 20 full-time teachers.<ref name=":2" /> As of 2024, Juliet Herman is the Principal of the school.<ref name=":3" />

After the [[1971 San Fernando earthquake]], the school and its [[Moorish architecture|Moorish]] tower were slated for demolition due to the structure not meeting modern day safety standards.<ref name=":42"/> The citizens of Pacific Palisades, proud of the architecture of the building, hired an architect who designed a plan to modernize the building without knocking it down.<ref name=":42"/>

The school was heavily damaged in the [[Palisades Fire]] of 2025, with all bungalow classroom buildings burning down.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2025-01-16 |title=LAUSD did the 'impossible' for Palisades parents, moving kids to a new school |url=https://www.dailynews.com/2025/01/15/lausd-did-the-impossible-for-palisades-parents-moving-kids-to-a-new-school/ |access-date=2025-01-21 |website=Daily News |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-01-08 |title=Palisades, Pasadena schools suffer major damage amid closures; UCLA moves classes online |url=https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-01-08/palisades-high-and-elementary-schools-suffer-major-fire-damage-hundreds-of-schools-close |access-date=2025-01-21 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Palisades High School: LA wildfire causes 'significant damage' at school made famous by Hollywood |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdxzxy4zkw1o |access-date=2025-01-21 |website=www.bbc.com |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-01-15 |title=Palisades Fire destroyed schools, where are those students now? |url=https://www.kcrw.com/news/shows/press-play-with-madeleine-brand/gaza-palisades-easton-fires-ny-phil/palisades-hs-waldorf-school |access-date=2025-01-21 |website=KCRW |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-01-14 |title=Letters to the Editor: The Palisades fire destroyed the school where I was principal. I still have hope |url=https://www.latimes.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/story/2025-01-14/palisades-fire-destroyed-school-where-i-was-principal-i-still-have-hope |access-date=2025-01-21 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> After the fires, the LAUSD temporarily moved the Palisades Elementary students to the [[Brentwood Science Magnet Elementary School]] so they could continue classes.<ref name=":0" />

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[[Category:1922 establishments in California]] [[Category:Buildings and structures destroyed by the January 2025 Southern California wildfires]] [[Category:Education in Los Angeles County, California]] [[Category:Educational institutions established in 1922]] [[Category:Elementary schools in Los Angeles County, California]] [[Category:Los Angeles Unified School District schools]] [[Category:Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles]] [[Category:Public elementary schools in California]]