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Plasencia
Math/Science Magnet
Plasencia's School Biography
Betty
Plasencia Elementary School is actually two schools in
one. We have a Home School of about 1000 students and we have a
Math/Science Magnet of about 140 students. We operate on a traditional
single track calendar.
The school is located on Temple Street very close to downtown Los
Angeles The surrounding community is made up of some very historic
homes from the turn of the 20th century. The area is called Angelino
Heights and many of the old Victorian homes are currently being
renovated.
Betty Plasencia School was originally called Cortez Street because that
was the name of the street that ran past the front of the school. When
the
school expanded across that street and made it the quad area of the
campus a new naming was
in order. We selected the name of a very special lady to all of us here
at the school, Betty Plasencia.
Betty worked at Plasencia for many years. All of her children went here
and some of her grandchildren still attend the school. She worked very
hard for the children of our community so that they would stay out of
gangs and trouble. Betty Plasencia died before her work was done but
her name on our school
reminds everyone about who she and Betty Plasencia Elementary School
stand for.
