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The school was supervised by Ruben Zacarias, in that time period LAUSD's superintendent of schools in charge, Elizabeth Newman, the options administrator, and Sunshine S. Sepulveda, an educational advisor to LAUSD. Founder and principal of the school was Jerry B. Battey, an English teacher, from 1992
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from "Emphasizing Adolescent Gay Lesbian Education Services." The target group of this school was gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender students, as well as those questioning their sexuality and educational dropouts, but being a high school run by the state, it was also open for straight students.
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for LGBT students for the school, open for students from other high schools in the school district. It was advertised in the media as an open invitation for the first prom of its kind in the nation. On May 20, 1994, it took place in the
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EAGLES Academy Central High School was a public high school run by the department of "Educational Options" of the LAUSD, also known as EAGLES Academy Hollywood and EAGLES Center. EAGLES is an
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organization called "Friends of EAGLES Center – Los Angeles, Inc." for raising money and commodity contributions, it was impossible to keep the school alive based only on
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for the Marjorie Rushforth Papers, Coll2013.042, executive board member of "Friends of EAGLES Center-Los Angeles, Inc.". Retrieved June 10, 2018.
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The school was closed in the summer of 2004 due to financial shortages by the LAUSD. Although there was a
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EAGLES Center started in 1992 with twelve students. Later in 1992, 35 students were enrolled at EAGLES.
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In 2001, some students graduated from EAGLES Academy without fulfilling all requirements.
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Cootie Shots: Theatrical Inoculations Against Bigotry for Kids, Parents, and Teachers.
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Plays, Poems & Songs. Pages 153, 154, 156. Theatre Communications Group, 2001.
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The Congressional Record. Proceedings and Debates of the United States Congress.
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located in Hollywood, Los Angeles, with the target group of but not limited to
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Public high school in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California , United States
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In statewide comparisons, the students of EAGLE reached in the
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In 1996, the school had two campuses, one in Hollywood and a
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Lisa Meyer: "Hostile Classrooms – The state of hate." In:
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In the same year, there were also one full-time and four
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Live to Tell: The First Gay and Lesbian Prom in America
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Positively Gay: New Approaches to Gay and Lesbian Life
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Sex, Youth, and Sex Education: A Reference Handbook.
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Index

Los Angeles Unified School District
public high school
gay
lesbian
bisexual
transgender
questioning
educational dropouts
Los Angeles Unified School District
LGBT youth
acronym
branch
South Bay area of Los Angeles
part-time
volunteer
school counselors
tax-exempt
donations
prom
Los Angeles Hilton hotel
Plummer Park
West Hollywood
seniors
diplomas
Carnegie Unit and Student Hour
subjects
English
social studies
mathematics
California Institute of the Arts

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