Felicitas and Gonzalo Mendez High School

Felicitas and Gonzalo Mendez High School is a public high school in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, United States.

Felicitas and Gonzalo Mendez High School
Address
1200 Plaza Del Sol

Los Angeles
,
Los Angeles
,
California
90033

United States
Coordinates34.048395°N 118.226994°W / 34.048395; -118.226994
Information
TypePublic
OpenedSeptember 2009
School districtLos Angeles Unified School District
PrincipalMauro Bautista[1]
Grades9-12
Enrollment996 (2016-17)[2]
MascotJaguar
Websitewww.mendezhs.org
Felicitas and Gonzalo Mendez High School is shown behind the Pico-Aliso Station of the Gold Line on First Street

The school was built to alleviate the overcrowded Roosevelt High School. The site was designated in 2003, broke ground in 2006, and the campus opened in September 2009. It was the first high school to open in Boyle Heights in 28 years. It is built on 6.22 acres (2.52 ha). The building occupies 109,378 square feet (10,161.5 m2) and contains 38 classrooms. It was designed by Nadel Architects and Barrio Planners and was built by Hensel Phelps Construction at a cost of $108 million. The site attained a Collaborative for High Performance Schools score of 24.[3]

The school is named after Felicitas & Gonzalo Mendez, parents of American civil rights activist Sylvia Mendez who at eight years old, played an instrumental role in the Mendez v. Westminster case, the landmark desegregation case of 1946. The case successfully ended de jure segregation in California.[4]

Kyle Darren Jones was inaugurated as the ASB President on June 10, 2019 at 6:54 pm at the Class of 2019 Graduation Ceremony. He is the first African-American president in the school's history.[5]

Kyle Darren Jones, the ASB President of Mendez High School

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-02-17. Retrieved 2011-04-26.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "Felicitas and Gonzalo Mendez High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved June 13, 2019.
  3. "Mendez Learning Center Project Details". Los Angeles Unified School District. Retrieved 26 April 2011.
  4. Geisler, Lindsey (September 11, 2006). "Mendez case paved way for Brown v. Board". Topeka Capital-Journal. Retrieved 2007-04-05.
  5. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmopBZ67FWU


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