Private, coeducational school in Los Angeles, California, United States
LeLycée français de Los Angeles (French School of Los Angeles ) is a privatebilingual education school located in theWestside Village neighborhood ofLos Angeles, California . The school was founded in 1964.
As of March 2007[update] , the school had more than 1,075 students, about 50%–60% of them being French citizens and the remainder Americans or incoming students from over 54 nations.[ 1]
It is composed of the following campuses:
Campus 55 (Jr Preschool, Preschool, and K1) Century City Campus (K1, K2, and 1st Grade) Main Campus (Grade 2 through 8) The Raymond & Esther Kabbaz High School (Grade 9 through 12) In 1980, the Lycee bought the 6.2-acre (2.5 ha) former Parkway School property, located in the Hollywood Riviera section ofTorrance , from theTorrance Unified School District . This property became the Lycee's Torrance campus, and as of February 1990 the campus had 100 students. In November 1989, the Lycee sold the property.[ 2]
Lycée français de Los Angeles operated a San Fernando Valley campus in Woodland Hills,[ 3] on the site of Platt Elementary School.[ 4]
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