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EAGLES Academy
Address
7060 Hollywood Blvd. Hollywood, Los Angeles , California 90028 United States
Information
Type	Public high school
Established	1995
Founder	Jerry Battey
Closed	2004
Principal	Jerry Battey
Grades	8-12
Enrollment	35 students (1999)
Campus	Urban
Affiliations	Los Angeles Unified School District

EAGLES Academy Central High School was a public high school located in Hollywood, Los Angeles, designed for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender young people, as well as those questioning their sexuality. It was founded in 1995 under the "Educational Options" program by the LAUSD and closed in 2004.

History

EAGLES Academy Central High School was a public high school run by the department of "Educational Options" of the Los Angeles Unified school district (LAUSD). It was supervised by Ruben Zacarias, the superintendent of schools, Elizabeth Newman, options administrator, and Sunshine S. Sepulveda, Educational Advisor to LAUSD. Founder and principal of the school was Jerry Battey.

Literature

• Arianne MacBean, Greg Christensen, Alexander-Martin Sardina: Sweet Fantasy - Writing and Performance with High School Students. A Venture by the Los Angeles Central High School, Hollywood, in Collaboration with the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts). Los Angeles (California Institute of the Arts), 1999. No ISBN.

See also

• LGBT culture in Los Angeles
• Harvey Milk School
• Walt Whitman Community School