:University High School (Los Angeles)

While under construction it was known as Sawtelle High School, but it opened as Warren G. Harding High School when completed in 1924, after 29th President Warren G. Harding (1865-1923, served 1921-1923), who had recently died. The school was renamed in 1929 after the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) moved its campus from East Hollywood to Westwood, and the reputation of former President Harding had declined after the infamous Teapot Dome scandal and other situations.{{Citation needed|date=April 2009}} The name University is supposed to have originated because it became a site where teachers-in-training from nearby UCLA worked as assistant teachers/interns.{{citation needed|date = January 2012}}

The original administration building was designed by the firm Russell & Alpaugh and the construction process began in 1923. The style that was chosen recalls the Romanesque of Northern Italy and Spanish Mission style architecture. The administration building once displayed an octagonal tower and a portico, but these features were toppled in the 1933 Long Beach earthquake. An original cafeteria building was located where the current cafeteria and theater stand today. Although the gymnasium and a beautiful and widely admired auditorium were condemned following the 1971 Sylmar earthquake, the school's original main building from 1924 remains in use. The music building and gym (rebuilt in the early 1980s) have been scheduled to be taken down because they sit on a fault line and therefore against district policy. As of July 2010, the music building is gone.{{cite news|last=Blakeslee|first=Sandra|title=Seismologists Debate Los Angeles's Faults|work=The New York Times|date=August 24, 1993|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CE5DB123CF937A1575BC0A965958260|access-date=March 22, 2008}}{{cite news|last=Bernstein|first=Sharon|title=As New Schools Are Put Up, Quake Retrofits Are Put Off: Repairs lag at L.A. Unified and other districts. The statewide cost could hit $5 billion|work=Los Angeles Times|date=April 12, 2006|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/1019765441.html?dids=1019765441:1019765441&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Apr+12%2C+2006&author=Sharon+Bernstein&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&edition=&startpage=A.1&desc=As+New+Schools+Are+Put+Up%2C+Quake+Retrofits+Are+Put+Off|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071001000303/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/1019765441.html?dids=1019765441:1019765441&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Apr+12,+2006&author=Sharon+Bernstein&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&edition=&startpage=A.1&desc=As+New+Schools+Are+Put+Up,+Quake+Retrofits+Are+Put+Off|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 1, 2007|access-date=April 23, 2007}}

It was in the Los Angeles City High School District until 1961, when it merged into LAUSD.{{cite web|url=http://www.lausd.k12.ca.us/lausd/history/schoollist.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19980207051712/http://www.lausd.k12.ca.us/lausd/history/schoollist.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=1998-02-07|title=Los Angeles City School District|publisher=Los Angeles Unified School District|access-date=2020-10-27}}

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Music classes have been moved to another unused room near the top of the school. The gym was still in use while, on the south end of the campus, in what was formerly a student parking lot, a new gym facility was under construction in 2010. The current football stadium, last rebuilt following the 1994 Northridge earthquake, is named in honor of Jackie Robinson (1919-1972), of Pasadena, California, the first African American professional baseball player in Major League Baseball, playing in 1947-1956 for the Brooklyn Dodgers, who also previously attended nearby UCLA, 1939-1940.

Uni is one of a very few pre-World War II high schools in Los Angeles whose buildings have been at least partially spared by three major earthquakes since its inception. The main building presents a very traditional and dignified appearance, with weathered brick and arched doorways, such that the campus is popular with film crews (see #Filming on campus). One-third of its class of 1942 did not graduate because of the internment of Japanese-Americans.

In fall 2007, some neighborhoods zoned to have their students to attend Hamilton High School were rezoned to University High School.{{cite web|url=http://www.laschools.org/employee/mpd/fs-mpd/download/07-08_webmaps/Proj04.pdf |title=LA Schools map |access-date=August 5, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071026114047/http://www.laschools.org/employee/mpd/fs-mpd/download/07-08_webmaps/Proj04.pdf |archive-date=October 26, 2007 }}

In 2009, Mitchell Landsberg of the Los Angeles Times stated that the school was "struggling to regain its reputation as a center of excellence".Landsberg, Mitchell. [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2009-jun-02-me-uni2-story.html University High School hopes success can be engineered], Los Angeles Times, June 2, 2009; retrieved March 26, 2014. That year, as part of a grant program, the Academy of Engineering was established at the high school.

For the entire 88-year history of University High, the football/baseball field had been without stadium lights until they were installed in the Spring of 2012.{{cite news|last=Gonzalez|first=Ed|title=After 88 Years, University High Finally Gets to Turn on the Lights for Night Football|work=Los Angeles Sports Journal|date=August 30, 2012|url=http://sportsjournalla.com/after-88-years-university-high-finally-gets-to-turn-on-the-lights-for-night-football|access-date=August 30, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120910055911/http://sportsjournalla.com/after-88-years-university-high-finally-gets-to-turn-on-the-lights-for-night-football/|archive-date=September 10, 2012|df=mdy-all}}

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Located on Uni's campus are the Tongva Sacred Springs, California Historical Landmark #522. The springs, called "Kuruvungna" by the native Gabrieleno Tongva people, were used as a source of natural fresh water by the Tongva people since 400 BC, and they continue to produce 22,000-25,000 gallons of water a day.{{cite web|url=http://clkrep.lacity.org/councilfiles/05-1009_mot_5-17-05.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120911225537/http://clkrep.lacity.org/councilfiles/05-1009_mot_5-17-05.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 11, 2012|title=Motion (Department of Transportation) for installion of ceremonial street signs|access-date=August 5, 2010}} The springs are found at two separate locations on campus. The larger is now closed off from the rest of the campus and is under the care of the Gabrielino/Tongva Springs Foundation. Prior to its being fenced off, the area surrounding the springs and pond into which its waters feed was popular among the students as a place to meet and relax. The other spring is located on the northeastern edge of the so-called Girls' Field. A third spring was located farther north, near Texas Avenue, but it ceased to flow during the 1940s when a local water company began drawing from the aquifer.The Chieftain (Yearbook), 1974 ed.

The Portolá Expedition of 1769, one of the two expeditions that led to the founding of Los Angeles, camped at the Kuruvunga village while travelling along the route that would become known as El Camino Real.{{cite news|title=West Los Angeles Community Plan| pages=III-29 - III-30|publisher=www.lacity.org/PLN|date=May 2001|url=http://cityplanning.lacity.org/complan/pdf/wlacptxt.pdf|access-date=April 30, 2007}} The name Serra comes from Father Junípero Serra the founder of the Alta California mission chain, who is reported to have said Mass to there.{{cite news|last=Koenig|first=Alexa|author2=Stein, Jonathan|title=Lost in the Shuffle: State-Recognized Tribes and the Tribal Gaming Industry|page=8|publisher=The Berkeley Electronic Press|year=2005|url=http://law.bepress.com/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3576&context=expresso|access-date=April 26, 2007}} In the 1800s, the spring served as the water supply for the city of Santa Monica.

Construction at the school in 1925 unearthed evidence of a Native American village, and in 1975, a grave was discovered from what archaeologists now believe to be a burial site.

In 1980, Indian Springs Continuation High School, which is housed on the part of the campus where the springs are, was opened.California Department of Education's [http://www.cde.ca.gov/re/sd/details.asp?cds=19647331930999&Public=Y California School Directory] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303182136/http://www.cde.ca.gov/re/sd/details.asp?cds=19647331930999&Public=Y|date=March 3, 2016}}

In 1992, tribal descendants, community members, and teachers and students from the school founded the Gabrielino/Tongva Springs Foundation, a non-profit foundation, to fight a proposed development a block north of the springs that would have cut off the springs' underground water source. They successfully fought the proposed parking structure, and since that time, the Foundation has been active at the springs.{{cite news|last=Fisher|first=Cory|title=Before Columbus: American Indians celebrate today the cultural heritage found near West Los Angeles springs|publisher=Westside Weekly|date=October 11, 1998|url=http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Lobby/4621/beforecolumbus.html|access-date=April 30, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091020025030/http://geocities.com/CapitolHill/Lobby/4621/beforecolumbus.html|archive-date=October 20, 2009|url-status=unfit}}{{cite news|last=Carpenter|first=Susan|title=LA School Uses Sacred Tongva Site To Celebrate Columbus Day|work=Los Angeles Times|date=October 13, 2005|url=http://hnn.us/roundup/entries/17036.html|access-date=April 30, 2007}}

That same year, the newly established Foundation held the first annual Life Before Columbus Day event.{{cite web|url=http://www.onionskin.com/gabrielino/before-columbus.htm |title=Annual "Life Before Coumbus Day Event" |publisher=Onionskin.com |access-date=August 5, 2010}} The event, which takes place just before Columbus Day every year and celebrates the history of the land and of the Tongva people, has been known to draw upward of 600 people some years, including Native Americans from various tribes, local politicians, community members, and students and faculty from the school.{{cite news|last=Shapiro|first=Regina|title=Heritage Celebrated|publisher=Wildcat|date=October 21, 2005|url=http://myhighschooljournalism.org/ca/losangeles/uni/article.cfm?eid=4176&aid=59302|access-date=April 30, 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928011154/http://myhighschooljournalism.org/ca/losangeles/uni/article.cfm?eid=4176&aid=59302|archive-date=September 28, 2007|df=mdy-all}}{{cite news|last=Roberts|first=Seth|title=Before Columbus Day Festival Celebrates Indigenous Roots|publisher=Wildcat|date=October 13, 2006|url=http://my.highschooljournalism.org/ca/losangeles/uni/article.cfm?eid=6408&aid=95998|access-date=May 26, 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070921195240/http://my.highschooljournalism.org/ca/losangeles/uni/article.cfm?eid=6408&aid=95998|archive-date=September 21, 2007|df=mdy-all}}

The event includes tours of the Kuruvunga Village site and springs, performances by dancers from the Tongva and Aztec tribe, and storytelling from the Chumash tribe. There are also hands-on activities offered by authentic Native American vendors. The foundation currently leases the site from the Los Angeles Unified School District for their monthly ceremony and guided tours.

The weekly student newspaper, the Wildcat, is part of the High School National Ad Network. Print issues from the school's inception as Harding High are available in the journalism archives. More recent issues were previously archived online at the "My High School Journalism"{{cite web |url=http://my.highschooljournalism.org/ca/losangeles/uni/archives.cfm?eid=8831 |title=Online archives of the Wildcat |publisher=My.highschooljournalism.org |access-date=August 5, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080119104855/http://my.highschooljournalism.org/ca/losangeles/uni/archives.cfm?eid=8831 |archive-date=January 19, 2008 |df=mdy-all }} site operated by the American Society of Newspaper Editors

The Worrier was an underground student newspaper that began in 1966. At least seven Worrier staff members were transferred to other high schools, suspended or put on probation.{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/worrier-1967-02-06|title=The Worrier, 6 February 1967.|date=February 6, 1967}}{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/worrier-1967-11-22|title=The Worrier, 22 November 1967.|date=November 22, 1967}}

The Red Tide was an underground campus newspaper that expressed far-left opinions on the Vietnam War, racism, and women's issues.McBride, David. "Death City Radicals: The Counterculture in Los Angeles," in John Campbell McMillian and Paul Buhle, eds., The New Left Revisited (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2003), pp. 125–126. Its first issue appeared in November 1971.Carlip, Hillary. Queen of the Oddballs: And Other True Stories from a Life Unaccording to Plan (New York: Harper, 2006).Japenga, Ann. [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-08-24-vw-17104-story.html "Activist Memories Fuel Former Red Tide Staff - Radical High School Paper Celebrated in 15-Year Reunion"], Los Angeles Times, August 24, 1986. Following the suspension of two students for distributing Red Tide #2, 500-700 Uni students occupied the administration building.Smith, Doug. [https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/641441302.html?dids=641441302:641441302&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Mar+16%2C+1972&author=&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=Clash+at+Unihi+Raises+Student+Rights+Issues&pqatl=google "Clash at Unihi Raises Student Rights Issues"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022004415/https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/641441302.html?dids=641441302:641441302&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Mar+16%2C+1972&author=&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=Clash+at+Unihi+Raises+Student+Rights+Issues&pqatl=google|date=October 22, 2012}}, Los Angeles Times, March 16, 1972.

The Red Tide challenged the Warrior mascot as racist. Twenty-five years later, on September 8, 1997, the LAUSD Board of Education voted to remove the mascot as part of a ban on using Native American symbols.{{cite news |last1=Gnerre |first1=Sam |title=Gardena High School commemorates the last of the Mohicans |url=http://blogs.dailybreeze.com/history/2016/01/09/gardena-high-school-commemorates-the-last-of-the-mohicans/ |access-date=21 July 2019 |publisher=Daily Breeze}} In 1995 LA and Bay Area Red Tide branches moved to Detroit, where they organized campaigns to free Gary Tyler and other campaigns against racism.Allen, Joe. [http://www.isreview.org/issues/49/garytyler.shtml "Three decades of injustice"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160508063140/http://www.isreview.org/issues/49/garytyler.shtml|date=May 8, 2016}}, International Socialist Review (1997), September–October 2006.

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The school's mascot was formerly the Warrior,{{cite news

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}} but was changed after the Southern California Indian Center[http://www.indiancenter.org/pages/index.php?ID=17&key=1053383620 Southern California Indian Center] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080321132910/http://www.indiancenter.org/pages/index.php?ID=17&key=1053383620 |date=March 21, 2008 }} petitioned the LAUSD to eliminate the mascots and names of all schools that had American Indian mascot and names. In 1997 the LAUSD decided to eliminate all American Indian mascots.{{cite news

| title = MOTIONS/RESOLUTIONS PRESENTED TO THE LOS ANGELES CITY BOARD OF EDUCATION FOR CONSIDERATION

| work=Elimination of American Indian Mascots

| pages = 55–56

| publisher=LAUSD

|date=September 8, 1997

| url = http://www.lausd.k12.ca.us/lausd/board/secretary/entire-year1997.pdf

| access-date = December 29, 2006}} The LAUSD decision was upheld in federal court,{{cite news

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| first = Martha L.

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| title = District Ban on Indian Nicknames Is Upheld

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| access-date = December 29, 2006}} but the California Racial Mascots Act,{{cite web |author=Goldberg |url=http://info.sen.ca.gov/pub/03-04/bill/asm/ab_0851-0900/ab_858_cfa_20030422_114903_asm_comm.html |title=California Racial Mascots Act - AB 858 |publisher=Info.sen.ca.gov |access-date=August 5, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080119023430/http://info.sen.ca.gov/pub/03-04/bill/asm/ab_0851-0900/ab_858_cfa_20030422_114903_asm_comm.html |archive-date=January 19, 2008 |df=mdy-all }}[http://info.sen.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0001-0050/ab_13_bill_20050915_enrolled.pdf California Racial Mascots Act - AB 13] {{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} a bill which would eliminate American Indian mascots and names statewide, was vetoed by California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger twice.{{cite web|url=http://www.indianz.com/News/2005/010543.asp |title=Schwarzenegger vetoes bill banning 'Redskins' |publisher=Indianz.com |date=September 30, 2005 |access-date=August 5, 2010}}

Towards the end of the 1997–1998 school year, students were allowed to vote on a new school mascot. Students chose the "Wildcats" over the "Gators" and "Jaguars". The Class of 1985 had, as a senior project and gift to the school, painted a large Warrior mascot on the south entrance to the gym building. Shortly after the mascot change, this was painted over with its feline animal replacement.

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• The Los Angeles School District provides open enrollment dates which start in late April and the beginning of March. The best way to contact schools is by phone or email. University High School provides tours; however, before and during enrollment, parents are able to submit a variety of applications for the students to enroll in different schools.{{cite web|url=http://notebook.lausd.net/pls/ptl/ptl_apps.renderfaq.viewquestion?p_question_id%3D41365|title=Los Angeles Unified School District|access-date=2015-11-07|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150513053143/http://notebook.lausd.net/pls/ptl/ptl_apps.renderfaq.viewquestion?p_question_id=41365|archive-date=May 13, 2015|df=mdy-all}}
• University High School[http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/ac/ap/apireports.asp API Scores]
• The school provides transportation.{{cite web|url=http://www.greatschools.org/california/los-angeles/2440-University-Senior-High-School/details/#Details_overview|title=Explore University High School Charter in Los Angeles, CA|access-date=2015-11-07|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160327120602/http://www.greatschools.org/california/los-angeles/2440-University-Senior-High-School/details#Details_overview|archive-date=March 27, 2016|df=mdy-all}}
• Three languages are taught at Uni: French, Spanish, and Mandarin.{{cite web|url=http://universitywildcats.edlioschool.com/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=619576&type=d&pREC_ID=1096596|title=World Languages – World Languages – University Senior High}}
• Extracurriculars for boys and girls{{cite web|url=http://www.greatschools.org/california/los-angeles/2440-University-Senior-High-School/details/#Extracurriculars|title=Explore University High School Charter in Los Angeles, CA|access-date=2015-11-07|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160327120602/http://www.greatschools.org/california/los-angeles/2440-University-Senior-High-School/details#Extracurriculars|archive-date=March 27, 2016|df=mdy-all}}

According to the School Information Branch:

• In 2008-09, 61.5% of students were Latino or Hispanic and 17% were African-American. 48.5% of students were female.
• In 2009-10, 62.5% Hispanic/Latino, 8.6% White, 16.3% African-Americans, 0.3% Pac Isl, 0.0% Filipino, 12.2% Asian and 0.1% AI/Alsk[http://search.lausd.k12.ca.us/cgi-bin/fccgi.exe?w3exec=schoolprofile&which=8886 School Information Branch] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160924011634/http://search.lausd.k12.ca.us/cgi-bin/fccgi.exe?w3exec=schoolprofile&which=8886 |date=September 24, 2016 }}
• In 2010-11 61.0% Hispanics/Latino, 17.6% African-Americans, 8.9% White, 0.3% Pac Isl, 2.0% Filipino, 9.9% Asian, and 0.4% Al/Alsk
• In 2011-2012 58.7% Hispanics/Latino, 16.7% African-Americans, 10.9% White, 0.5% Pac Isl, 2.1% Filipino, 10.5% Asian, and 0.5% Al/Alsk
• In 2012-13, 59.5% were Latino or Hispanic, 9.7% were White, 17.9% African-American, 0.4% Pac Isl 1.9% Filipino, 10.0% Asian, and 0.6% AI/Alsk
• In 2018-19, 53% of students were Latino or Hispanic, 25% African-American, 12.8% white, 6.8% Asian, 1.9% Filipino.

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Neighborhoods served by University High are parts of West Los Angeles, including portions of Brentwood[http://university-lausd-ca.schoolloop.com/file/1291557780942/1294471024436/4733708315585056472.pdf School Brochure] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20160111134856/http://university-lausd-ca.schoolloop.com/file/1291557780942/1294471024436/4733708315585056472.pdf Archive]). University High School. Retrieved on March 27, 2014. Beverly Hills Post Office (BHPO),{{cite news

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Like other Westside high schools such as Westchester and Palisades, University High School enrolls a diverse mix of students from its enrollment area and various parts of the city; on top of Westside neighborhoods, Uni draws students from areas such as Koreatown and South Los Angeles. The school also enrolls many Capacity Adjustment Program students who come from areas zoned to heavily overcrowded high schools.{{citation needed|date=March 2014}}

Two new LAUSD high schools opened in fall 2005, four more in fall 2006, and one more in fall 2007, decreasing the number of transfer students in other high schools.{{citation needed|date=March 2014}}

Starting in the 2018-2019 school year, University became an affiliated charter school and changed its name to [https://universitywildcats.edlioschool.com University High School Charter]. Affiliated charter schools receive flexibility in the utilization of the charter school categorical block grant (for those applicable affiliated charter schools that receive it) areas of curriculum and professional development; some aspects of local school governance; and some aspects of employee selection. It is not necessary to utilize the District’s permit process if accepted to an Affiliated Charter School.{{Cite web|url=http://echoices.lausd.net/afc|title=Affiliated Charter Home - eChoices3|website=echoices.lausd.net|access-date=2020-01-25}} It is a community school that welcomes students from all over Los Angeles. However, non-resident students are required to complete a Unified Enrollment application.[http://echoices.lausd.net/ Unified Enrollment application]

The school, which has been able to maintain much of its original architecture, is one of the few Los Angeles schools with buildings constructed before World War II. Its brick facades, wide hallways, and "unique east coast look" make the school an attractive place to film.{{cite news|last=Urevich|first=Robin|title=Los Angeles schools help ease budget crunch by renting campus space to film crews|publisher=Marketplace Morning Report from National Public Radio|date=February 4, 2004}} Transcript accessed with LexisNexis May 26, 2007.  [http://marketplace.publicradio.org/shows/2004/02/04_mpp.html Listen] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050829003737/http://marketplace.publicradio.org/shows/2004/02/04_mpp.html |date=August 29, 2005 }} to the story at [http://marketplace.publicradio.org/ marketplace.publicradio.org] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110920223616/http://marketplace.publicradio.org/ |date=September 20, 2011 }}{{cite news|last=Shapiro|first=Regina|title=FBI Agents and Cheerleaders Shoot Pilot|publisher=Wildcat|date=March 19, 2004|url=http://my.highschooljournalism.org/ca/losangeles/uni/article.cfm?eid=1632&aid=20356|access-date=April 22, 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071106061501/http://my.highschooljournalism.org/ca/losangeles/uni/article.cfm?eid=1632&aid=20356|archive-date=November 6, 2007|df=mdy-all}}{{cite news|last=Simanian|first=Jessica|title=Lifetime Networks Films The Division on Campus|publisher=Wildcat|date=May 28, 2007|url=http://my.highschooljournalism.org/ca/losangeles/uni/article.cfm?eid=1963&aid=25007|access-date=April 22, 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080119104921/http://my.highschooljournalism.org/ca/losangeles/uni/article.cfm?eid=1963&aid=25007|archive-date=January 19, 2008|df=mdy-all}}{{cite news|last=Barco |first=Mandalit Del|author-link=Mandalit del Barco|title=Los Angeles schools benefit from Hollywood filmmakers using campuses for film shoots|publisher=National Public Radio|date=March 11, 2004}} Transcript accessed with LexisNexis May 26, 2007  [https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1760158 Listen] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303221710/http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1760158 |date=March 3, 2016 }} to the story at [https://www.npr.org/ www.npr.org] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100101000000/http://www.npr.org/ |date=January 1, 2010 }} The administration, which allows filming during school hours, moves classes as needed and allows productions to make minor changes to the campus, has a long history of bringing in filming (and the money that goes with it) to the school.{{Citation |title=Rock 'n' Roll High School Forever (1991) - IMDb |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100504/ |language=en-US |access-date=2023-02-05}}{{cite news|last=Haber|first=Ben|title=Film Crew Sets Up Shop for Upcoming Movie|publisher=Wildcat|date=November 21, 2006|url=http://my.highschooljournalism.org/ca/losangeles/uni/article.cfm?eid=6930&aid=103935|access-date=April 22, 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061209115414/http://my.highschooljournalism.org/ca/losangeles/uni/article.cfm?eid=6930&aid=103935|archive-date=December 9, 2006|df=mdy-all}}

The use of the school for filming is a controversial one.{{cite news|last=Austin|first=April|title=Your School as a Film Star?|publisher=Christian Science Monitor|date=January 15, 2004|url=http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/0115/p11s01-legn.html|access-date = April 23, 2007}} Filming often takes place during school hours, and students and teachers are moved from classrooms and walkways are blocked off as needed.{{cite news|last=Shapiro|first=Regina|title=7th Heaven Films Episode on Teen Pregnancy|publisher=Wildcat|date=September 23, 2005|url=http://my.highschooljournalism.org/ca/losangeles/uni/article.cfm?eid=3972&aid=55584|access-date=April 22, 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080119104940/http://my.highschooljournalism.org/ca/losangeles/uni/article.cfm?eid=3972&aid=55584|archive-date=January 19, 2008|df=mdy-all}} The school often undergoes renovations for filming, anything from retiling and painting, to temporary removal of furniture and lockers.{{cite news|last=Tefolla|first=Joanna|title=LAUSD Re-floors Administration Bldg.|publisher=Wildcat|date=October 20, 2006|url=http://my.highschooljournalism.org/ca/losangeles/uni/article.cfm?eid=6489&aid=96670|access-date=April 22, 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080119105005/http://my.highschooljournalism.org/ca/losangeles/uni/article.cfm?eid=6489&aid=96670|archive-date=January 19, 2008|df=mdy-all}} These disruptions are a cause for students and teacher complaints.

Past articles in the Wildcat addressed not only the disruption to students,{{cite news|last=Berezin|first=Jacob|title=Filming Abates Budget Cuts|publisher=Wildcat|date=September 26, 2003|url=http://my.highschooljournalism.org/ca/losangeles/uni/article.cfm?eid=840&aid=9500|access-date=April 22, 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080119105017/http://my.highschooljournalism.org/ca/losangeles/uni/article.cfm?eid=840&aid=9500|archive-date=January 19, 2008|df=mdy-all}} but how the money made from the constant filming is spent. Editorials have complained about the portion of the money that goes to the LAUSD, and the way the money is spent by the school.{{cite news |last=Pan |first=Chenlu |title=Film Crews Arrive, Funds Misused |publisher=Wildcat |date=November 21, 2003 |url=http://my.highschooljournalism.org/ca/losangeles/uni/article.cfm?eid=1083&aid=13100 |access-date=April 22, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080119104900/http://my.highschooljournalism.org/ca/losangeles/uni/article.cfm?eid=1083&aid=13100 |archive-date=January 19, 2008 |df=mdy-all }}{{cite news|last=Galedary|first=Ali|title=Film Donations Valued; Re: Film Crews Arrive|publisher=Wildcat|date=December 5, 2003|url=http://my.highschooljournalism.org/ca/losangeles/uni/article.cfm?eid=1149&aid=13714|access-date=April 22, 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080119104905/http://my.highschooljournalism.org/ca/losangeles/uni/article.cfm?eid=1149&aid=13714|archive-date=January 19, 2008|df=mdy-all}}

University High charges the standard district fee for each day of filming (currently $2,500).{{cite news|last=Kandel|first=Jason|title=Burbank gives new meaning to 'Film School'|work=Daily News|year=2006|url=http://www.filmlainc.com/DailyNews_071006_BurbankSchoolDistr.pdf|access-date=May 24, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927000829/http://www.filmlainc.com/DailyNews_071006_BurbankSchoolDistr.pdf|archive-date=September 27, 2007}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20160115113626/http://www.thefreelibrary.com/BURBANK+GIVES+NEW+MEANING+TO+%60FILM+SCHOOL'-a0148096579 text version]. A portion of the money earned goes to FilmL.A., Inc., formerly named the Entertainment Industry Development Corporation,{{cite news |last = McNary |first = Dave |title = EIDC Redubbed L.A. Film |publisher = Variety |date = December 9, 2005 |url = https://www.variety.com/article/VR1117934301.html?categoryid=18&cs=1 |access-date = May 25, 2007 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071022113102/http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117934301.html?categoryid=18&cs=1 |archive-date = October 22, 2007 |df = mdy-all }} which acts as an intermediary between the LAUSD and the entertainment industry.{{cite news|last=Smith|first=Natasha N.|title=Take Note; Starring Roles |publisher=Education Week on the Web|date=February 4, 2004|url=http://www.teachermag.com/ew/ewstory.cfm?slug=21Take.h23|access-date=May 23, 2007}}{{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} The name change, which followed the naming of a new president and finance chief{{cite news|last=McNary|first=Dave|title=EIDC names new finance chief|publisher=Variety|date=August 11, 2005|url=http://www.eidc.com/Variety_081105.pdf|access-date=May 24, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061020195130/http://www.eidc.com/Variety_081105.pdf|archive-date=October 20, 2006}}{{cite news|title=EIDC Appoints Michael J. Bennett as Chief Financial Officer; Finance and Operations Veteran Brings Broad Skills and Experience to Nonprofit|publisher=EIDC|date=August 11, 2005|url=http://www.eidc.com/Bennet_release.pdf|access-date=May 25, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070508045332/http://www.eidc.com/Bennet_release.pdf|archive-date=May 8, 2007}} A [http://www.californiafilmindustry.com/News/EIDC.html text version] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927041604/http://www.californiafilmindustry.com/News/EIDC.html |date=September 27, 2007 }} of the article is available at the [http://www.californiafilmindustry.com/ California Film Industry Magazine] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161021081708/http://www.californiafilmindustry.com/ |date=October 21, 2016 }} and came as the company was preparing to relocate its headquarters and implement a revised contract with the Los Angeles City Council, helped distance the private non-profit from its "bureaucratic and scandal-ridden image."{{cite news|last=Verrier|first=Richard|title=Film Permit Group Gets a Remake; Amid a slew of changes, the coordinator for Los Angeles is shedding its long name in favor of Film L.A. Inc.|work=Los Angeles Times|date=December 9, 2005|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/939069201.html?dids=939069201:939069201&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Dec+9%2C+2005&author=Richard+Verrier&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&edition=&startpage=C.2&desc=Film+Permit+Group+Gets+a+Remake|access-date=May 24, 2007}} A [http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/08-11-2005/0004086989&EDATE= text version] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080222012440/http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/08-11-2005/0004086989&EDATE= |date=February 22, 2008 }} of the article is available at [http://www.prnewswire.com/ PR Newswire] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161129045129/http://www.prnewswire.com/ |date=November 29, 2016 }}{{cite news|last=Hiestand|first=Jesse|title=L.A.'s EIDC Rebuilt into FilmL.A.|publisher=Hollywood Reporter|date=December 9, 2005|url=http://www.filmla.com/HollywoodRep_120905_FilmLA.pdf|access-date=May 24, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060614115355/http://www.filmla.com/HollywoodRep_120905_FilmLA.pdf|archive-date=June 14, 2006}} A [http://www.backstage.com/bso/news_reviews/film/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001658014 text version] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927201815/http://www.backstage.com/bso/news_reviews/film/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001658014 |date=September 27, 2007 }} of the article is available from [http://www.backstage.com/ BACKSTAGE.com; The Actor's Resource] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161128035918/http://www.backstage.com/ |date=November 28, 2016 }}{{cite news|title=EIDC Film Office Becomes FilmL.A., Inc.; New Name and Downtown Headquarters Underscore Response to Growing Worldwide Competition for Entertainment Production|publisher=FilmL.A., Inc.|date=December 9, 2005|url=http://www.filmla.com/EIDC%20Press%20Release%20120905%20-%20EIDC%20Becomes%20FilmL.A.pdf|access-date=May 25, 2007}} A [http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/12-09-2005/0004231132&EDATE= text version] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080222025702/http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/12-09-2005/0004231132&EDATE= |date=February 22, 2008 }} of the article is available from [http://www.prnewswire.com PR Newswire] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161129045129/http://www.prnewswire.com/ |date=November 29, 2016 }}

In March 2005, the LAUSD entered into a new three-year contract with the EIDC, after soliciting bids from other vendors.{{cite news|last=Hernandez|first=Greg|title=Schools profiting from screen roles|work=Daily News|date=March 22, 2005|url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-17751667_ITM|access-date=May 23, 2007}} The [https://archive.today/20130203214827/http://www.thefreelibrary.com/SCHOOLS+PROFITING+FROM+SCREEN+ROLES-a0130816065 full text] Ruben Rojas, the LAUSD's director of revenue enhancement, said that the district choose to continue working with the EIDC because of "its proven track record and ability to deal with complex film-permitting issues.". Indeed, during that time, FilmL.A. expanded the number of schools that had hosted on-location filming from 19 schools to more than 200 schools: coordinating 1,500 film shoots at 250 LAUSD sites.{{cite news|last=Kennedy|first=Mike|title=The Big Squeeze|publisher=American School & University Magazine|date=February 1, 2004|url=http://asumag.com/mag/university_big_squeeze|access-date=May 25, 2007}} The LAUSD's filming profits for the 2003-2004 school year generated almost one million dollars, and the district is on target to for an annual film revenue increase to at least $1.5 million.{{cite news|last=Boghossian|first=Naush|title=LAUSD Schools Are Film-Friendly|work=Daily News|date=September 9, 2005|url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-9606266_ITM|access-date=May 25, 2007}}

The doubling of the LAUSD's film revenue in the four years since FilmL.A. was original hired in March 2002 was a contributing factor to Burbank Unified School District's decision to hire Film L.A. in July 2006.{{cite news |title = Entertainment Industry Development Corporation of Southern California; Financial Statement; June 30, 2003 and 2004 (With Independent Auditors' Reports Theron)|work=Notes to Financial Statement; June 30, 2003 and 2004|publisher=EIDE|page=5|url=http://www.eidc.com/Audited_Financial_Statements_FYE_2004.pdf|access-date=May 25, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070508031632/http://www.eidc.com/Audited_Financial_Statements_FYE_2004.pdf|archive-date=May 8, 2007}}

Under FilmL.A.'s current contract with the city, the company receives "a 16% management fee based on the total use fee". 75 percent of the remaining filming monies go to the individual schools that host the on-location shooting to be used at the school's discretion, and 25 percent goes to a district fund that benefits schools that do not generate film revenues of their own.{{cite news|title=LAUSD RENEWS EIDC CONTRACT TO MANAGE ON-LOCATION FILM PERMITTING; Production Grows as Source of School District Revenue|publisher=EIDC|date=March 21, 2005|url=http://www.eidc.com/LAUSD_Release.pdf|access-date=May 24, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070508020657/http://www.eidc.com/LAUSD_Release.pdf|archive-date=May 8, 2007}} A [http://www.digital50.com/news/items/PR/2005/03/21/LAM075/lausd-renews-eidc-contract-to-manage-on-location-film-permitting.html text version] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080119035453/http://www.digital50.com/news/items/PR/2005/03/21/LAM075/lausd-renews-eidc-contract-to-manage-on-location-film-permitting.html |date=January 19, 2008 }} of the article is available at [http://www.digital50.com Digital50.com; An American Digital Networks Production] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161003073208/http://www.digital50.com/ |date=October 3, 2016 }}

Uni High distributes among the departments the first $12,000 made each year from on-campus filming. The Budget Committee makes spending recommendations for any additional monies. Recent budget cuts have made filming at schools more attractive. In 2004, the number of schools volunteering to be film locations grew from 19 to 160 and the district's annual film revenue doubled to $1 million. In 2005,

LAUSD officials revised the district's fee structure for the first time since 1992. The revision included extending a full day of shooting from 14 to 15 hours, and a daily rate increase from $1,700 to $2,500.

Uni has been noted in the press as being one of the more popular schools for filming, even compared to other local schools with similar structure and appearance. Between 2001 and 2003, 38 movies, TV shows and commercials were filmed at University High. This popularity, with both its positive and negative impacts, is credited to the Assistant Principal who is responsible for the filming on campus.

In November 2006, Drillbit Taylor, starring Owen Wilson began filming at Uni. As of April 2007, the $90,000 received for this production is the most that the school has made on an individual filming contract. Uni underwent massive renovations in order to prepare for the filming of Drillbit Taylor. The interior and exterior of the main building were painted, and the main building was retiled as well. The facade of the building was altered to read "McKinley High School", and plants and grass patches were added throughout the school.

These changes were unusual not only because the extent and timing of the changes meant that construction took place during the school year, but also because Drillbit Taylor production did not pay for the re-tiling. The district had provided money to re-tile floors throughout the LAUSD, so the re-tiling of the floors itself was not unusual or controversial. However, as the film's production needs guided the color choices for the re-tiling and the schedule for construction, many students were upset by the behavior of the movie company and the school.

Below is an incomplete list of productions that have filmed at University High:

• Billie, 1965{{cite web|url=http://www.runningmovies.com/b2.htm|title=RunningMovies.com|publisher=RunningMovies.com|access-date=August 5, 2010}}
• Pretty Maids All in a Row, 1971[http://www.newsfromme.com/archives/2006_08_12.html News from me ARCHIVES] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130618172228/http://www.newsfromme.com/archives/2006_08_12.html |date=June 18, 2013 }} at [http://www.povonline.com/ POV Online] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131023044948/http://www.povonline.com/ |date=October 23, 2013 }}
• Brian at Seventeen, 1971
• Fatal Games, 1984
• Rock ‘n’ Roll High School Forever, 1991
• Jawbreaker, 1999{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000PH40H2|title=Watch Jawbreaker (1999) online - Amazon Video|website=Amazon}}
• Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the Thirteenth, 2000{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0212235/locations|title=Shriek if You Know What I Did Last Friday the Thirteenth (Video 2000) - IMDb|website=IMDb|access-date=2009-07-10|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050329121353/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0212235/locations|archive-date=March 29, 2005|df=mdy-all}}
• The Hot Chick, 2002
• The Battle of Shaker Heights, 2003{{cite news|author=Berezin, Jacob, Dubon, Jose, Kolahi, Kourosh|title='Shaker Heights' Films Battle on Campus|publisher=Wildcat|date=March 21, 2003|url=http://my.highschooljournalism.org/ca/losangeles/uni/article.cfm?eid=479&aid=5104|access-date=April 22, 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080119104945/http://my.highschooljournalism.org/ca/losangeles/uni/article.cfm?eid=479&aid=5104|archive-date=January 19, 2008|df=mdy-all}}
• Bruce Almighty, 2003
• Raise Your Voice, 2004
• Surviving Christmas, 2004{{cite news|last=Piterberg|first=Uri|title=Hollywood Films on Campus|publisher=Wildcat|url=http://my.highschooljournalism.org/ca/losangeles/uni/article.cfm?eid=548&aid=5985|access-date=April 22, 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080119104950/http://my.highschooljournalism.org/ca/losangeles/uni/article.cfm?eid=548&aid=5985|archive-date=January 19, 2008|df=mdy-all}}
• Freedom Writers, 2007{{cite news|last=Piccalo|first=Gina|title=Did 'Writers' get it wrong? |work=Los Angeles Times|date=January 9, 2007|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-freedom9jan09,0,3371389.story?coll=la-home-entertainment |access-date=April 22, 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070114230746/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-freedom9jan09,0,3371389.story?coll=la-home-entertainment|archive-date=January 14, 2007}}
• Drillbit Taylor, 2008
• Miss March, 2008
• Pineapple Express, 2008
• Superhero Movie, 2008
• Starstruck 2010
• Valentine's Day, 2010
• Detention, 2011
• Straight Outta Compton, 2015
• The Wedding Ringer, 2015
• The Fallout, 2021

• My So-Called Life, 1994–1995{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108872/|title=My So-Called Life|date=August 25, 1994|via=IMDb}}
• 7th Heaven, from 1996–2007, University High served as Kennedy High School
• Even Stevens, aired 2000 - 2003
• Lizzie McGuire, aired 2001–2004
• Arrested Development, aired 2003–2006{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0367279/locations|title=Arrested Development|date=November 2, 2003|via=IMDb}}
• Joan of Arcadia, aired 2003–2005
• Oliver Beene, 2003–2004
• Parenthood, aired March 2010
• Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior, aired 2011, Episode "Here Is the Fire"
• Shameless, aired 2011-2021

• Amazing Stories, episode 102, "The Main Attraction", aired October 6, 1985
• Charmed, episode 76, "A Paige From the Past", aired January 17, 2002{{Cite web|url=http://www.itsfilmedthere.com/2014/03/charmed-season-4-episode-10-paige-from.html|title=Charmed: Season 4 - Episode 10; A Paige From The Past|website=www.itsfilmedthere.com|access-date=2018-02-07}}
• The Flannerys, pilot, shot 2003{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0777215/|title=The Flannerys|date=January 1, 2000|via=IMDb}}
• The Division, season finale, shot May 2004
• High School Undercover, pilot, shot March 2004
• JAG, shot March 2004{{cite news |last = Simanian |first = Jessica |title = JAG Swoops Into Campus, Bringing Drama and Intrigue |publisher = Wildcat |date = March 26, 2004 |url = http://my.highschooljournalism.org/ca/losangeles/uni/article.cfm?eid=1632&aid=20909 |access-date = May 23, 2007 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071106061535/http://my.highschooljournalism.org/ca/losangeles/uni/article.cfm?eid=1632&aid=20909 |archive-date = November 6, 2007 |df = mdy-all }}
• Filmore Middle, pilot, shot 2005{{cite news |last = Dubon |first = Lynda |title = Film Crews Cruise Uni's Halls |publisher = Wildcat |date = April 29, 2005 |url = http://my.highschooljournalism.org/ca/losangeles/uni/article.cfm?eid=3533&aid=48898 |access-date = May 23, 2007 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080119104934/http://my.highschooljournalism.org/ca/losangeles/uni/article.cfm?eid=3533&aid=48898 |archive-date = January 19, 2008 |df = mdy-all }}
• Day Break, pilot, shot 2007{{cite news |last = Shapiro |first = Regina |title = Taye Diggs Films Pilot |publisher = Wildcat |date = March 24, 2006 |url = http://my.highschooljournalism.org/ca/losangeles/uni/article.cfm?eid=5559&aid=82782 |access-date = April 22, 2007 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080119104956/http://my.highschooljournalism.org/ca/losangeles/uni/article.cfm?eid=5559&aid=82782 |archive-date = January 19, 2008 |df = mdy-all }}
• Privileged, 2008
• 90210, "The Dionysian Debacle", filmed in early 2009
• Ghost Whisperer, filmed on October 12, 2009
• Lincoln Heights, summer 2009
• Modern Family, aired 2011
• The Mentalist, aired 2012
• Fresh Off the Boat, Season 4 Episode 9, 2017
• The Orville, Season 3 Episode 3, 2022

• The Crystal Method's music video "Name of the Game", 2002
• JoJo's music video "Leave (Get Out)", 2004
• Jordan Pruitt's music video "Outside Looking In", 2006
• Blink 182's music video "Bored to Death", 2016
• Khalid's music video "Young Dumb & Broke", 2017

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