INSIDE INGLEWOOD-Filthy classrooms. Blocked exit doors. Green matter (photo), either mold or moss, growing in a drinking fountain. Those are just some of the 23 "extreme deficiencies" a Los Angeles County inspector found on a recent visit to Inglewood High School, despite a promise by the school district's leadership to fix problems exposed by a KPCC investigation.
The inspection by the Los Angeles County office of Education was performed a month after a promise by the state trustee running Inglewood Unified School District and the state school superintendent to clean up Inglewood High, which came in the wake of KPCC's investigation into unsanitary and unsafe conditions at various Inglewood schools.
"The school appears to have a lack of maintenance and or repair," wrote inspector Anthony Vallo, who added, "As a result there are many extreme deficiencies through out the school."
Vallo photographed some of the problems, including:
● Ceiling damage in the boy's locker room, the library and some classrooms
● Flooding in the auditorium
● Excessive trash in some classrooms and a storage area
● A clogged, damaged drinking fountain in the girls' locker room with "moss or mold" in it, and a shower stuck on with the water running
● Broken windows in a classroom
Vallo found the same conditions KPCC had observed, including exposed wiring, holes in ceilings, and a courtyard breezeway falling in. (Read the rest of the KPCC report … including what inspectors found … here.)
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CityWatch
Vol 12 Issue 103
Pub: Dec 23, 2014
