Jacob Margolis covers science for the LAist and KPCC newsroom.
Third grade students participate in the Great Shakeout annual earthquake drill at Pacific Elementary School in Manhattan Beach on Thursday, October 21, 2021.Help us raise the essential funds to keep trustworthy reporting strong in your community. With your financial partnership we can highlight local stories, hold the powerful accountable, and amplify community voices. Your support keeps local journalism strong. Stand with LAist today.
In 1999, the California legislature passed AB 300, which directed the Department of General Services to put together a list of public school structures that didn't meet a major 1976 code overhaul called the Uniform Building Code.Those that are likely to do well in an earthquake 139 buildings have had their seismic evaluations completed and are in some stage of the retrofit processonline, but that only identifies 645 out of a potential 667 buildings. It's unclear why.
"Because of the number of variables that are involved it's very hard to say if there's a building that's in imminent danger." "Usually when I'm talking with parents, I will often throw my poor daughter under the bus by reaching the conclusion that there aren't too many school buildings out there that I would not allow my daughter to go to class in," said Kenneth O'Dell, a structural engineer in Long Beach.
Feel free to ask either your kid's school or an LAUSD board member about a particular building, whether it's been assessed and what its shortcomings may be. If you get stonewalled or find anything out, shoot me a note.
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