Programs

May 26 - 27, 1999 Symposium, Getty Center - Los Angeles

Program

Day 1 - Wednesday, May 26th

8:00 a.m. Registration - Upper Tram Plaza

8:50 a.m. Welcome
New Schools / Better Neighborhoods
Lecture Hall
  • Steve Soboroff, Prop. BB Citizens Oversight Committee Chair
  • Ted Mitchell, J Paul Getty Trust/Getty Education Institute for the Arts;
  • Dr. Ruben Zacarias, Supt., LAUSD

9:15 a.m. Overview of Symposium: Schools As Centers of Community
Lecture Hall
Briefing for Break-out Panels & for Case Studies
  • David Abel
  • Ted Mitchell
  • Steve Soboroff
  • Chairs of Three Panels

Lay Out Agenda/Charge for the Workshops

9: 25 a.m. Keynote
Lecture Hall
  • Steve Bingler, Architect/Planner, Consultant-U.S. Dept. of Ed.
    Three National Case Studies of New Schools / Better Neighborhoods

Panelists

  • Marlin Foxworth, Supt. Hayward School District
  • Andy Lipkis, TreePeople Founder and President

10:30 a.m. Break
Lobby

10:45 a.m. The Realities of Facilities Siting, Design & Joint Use
Lecture Hall

Moderator

  • David Abel

Panelists

  • Ron Prescott, Deputy Supt., LAUSD
  • Karen Bass (Community Perspective)
  • John Mockler, State Education Consultant
  • Bong Hwan Kim, MultiCultural Collaborative
  • Michael Lehrer, LA-AIA President
  • Linda Quinn, Former Principal in Residence--U.S. Department of Education
  • Fred Hummel, FAIA, State Architect. Audience Discussion
  • Richard Weinstein, UCLA School of Art & Architecture

Audience Discussion

12:00 p.m. Working Lunch
Box lunches provided

12:45 p.m. Schools You Can Use: A Local Analysis of the Opportunity & Challenges
Lecture Hall

Moderators

  • Paul Vandeventer, President, Community Partners
  • David Tokofsky, LAUSD Board Member

Panelists

  • Caprice Young, IBM
  • Ruben Lizardo, Community Development Tech.
  • Connie Rice, Advancement Project
  • Leon Whiteson, Architectural Critic

2:00-3:10 p.m. Break-out Sessions

Round One (Three Panels Simultaneously--Choose One)

  • 1A--Vision for 21st Century Community-based New Schools
    Lecture Hall

    Panel Chairs

    • Ted Mitchell and Connie Rice, The Advancement Project

    Panelists

    • Dean Guilbert Hentsche, USC School of Education
    • Morgan Binswanger, CAA Foundation
    • Paul Possemato, Former Dep. Sup't for Instruction LAUSD
    • Ruben Lizardo, Community Development Tech.
    • Jim Konantz, Dir. Of Ed. Technology
    • Hector Perez-Pacheco, Latino Children's Action Council
    • Dean Bob Timme, USC School of Architecture

  • 1B--Regulatory Barriers to Siting, Designing & Building New Schools
    Herculaneum (Staff will escort you)

    Panel Chairs

    • Lynn Roberts, LAUSD
    • John Mockler

    Panelists

    • Con Howe, LA City Planning Director
    • Fred Hummel, FAIA State Architect
    • Sharon Sprowls, CFN
    • John Francis, ULI
    • Ron Prescott, LAUSD Deputy Superintendent
    • George Shaw, State Bd. Of Education
    • Tom Soto, PS Enterprises
    • Bret Moxley, Calif. Center for Land Recyling
    • George Minter, Sempra Energy Services
    • Chester A. Widom, AIA, Widom Wein Cohen

  • 1C--Leveraging Joint-Use Opportunities for Better Neighborhoods
    Studios A & B (Adjacent to Lecture Hall)

    Panel Chairs

    • Steve Soboroff and Alex Rose, ULI

    Panelists

    • Barbara Zeidman, Fannie Mae L.A. Partnership, GM
    • Carmen Martinez, LA City Library Dept.
    • Steven Ross, Playa Vista
    • Jefferson Crain, Board Sec. LAUSD
    • Andy Lipkis, TreePeople Founder & President
    • Martha Welborne, USC Architectural Guild
    • Kate Diamond, Siegel Diamond Architecture

3:20-4:50 p.m. Break-out Sessions

Round Two (Three Panels Again Simultaneously)

  • 2A--Vision for 21st Century Community-based New Schools
    Herculaneum (Staff will escort you)

    Panel Chairs

    • Paul Possemato
    • Michael Jimenez, Chair, TreePeople

    Panelists

    • Marqueece Harris-Dawson, Community Coalition
    • Michael Horst, EDAW, Inc.
    • Fritz Edelstein, U.S Dept. of Education, Past L.A. AIA President
    • Richard Weinstein, UCLA School of Art & Architecture
    • Adi Liberman, L.A. CD 6
    • Kelly Candaele, L.A. Community College Board
    • Peggy Funkhauser, LAEP

  • 2B--Regulatory Barriers to Siting, Designing & Building New Schools
    Studios A & B (Adjacent to Lecture Hall)

    Panel Chairs

    • Mark Slavkin, Getty Education Institute for the Arts
    • Rod Hamilton, Catellus Dev. Corp.

    Panelists

    • Andrew Adelman, General Manager, L.A. City Building & Safety Department
    • Robert Niccum, LAUSD Real Esate Dept.
    • O'Malley Miller, Esq., Munger, Tolles & Olsen
    • Lillian Kawasaki, General Manager, L.A. City Environmental Affairs Department
    • Steven Mark, LAUSD Special Educ.

  • 2C--Leveraging Joint-Use Opportunities for Better Neighborhoods
    Lecture Hall

    Panel Chairs

    • Zev Yaroslavsky
    • Frank Acosta

    Panelists

    • Dr. Neal Halfon, UCLA
    • Carrie Sutkin, Supervisor Molina's Office
    • Harold Williams, J. Paul Getty Trust, President Emeritus
    • Chris Hammond, Capital Vision Equities
    • Bishop Leon Ralph, LAOIC
    • Dr. Mary Spangler, Pres., L.A. City College

5:00 p.m. Adjourn for Self-Guided Tour of Getty


Day 2- Thursday, May 27th

9:20 a.m. Welcome and Comments
Lecture Hall
  • Steve Soboroff
  • David Abel
  • Steven Bingler

9:40-10:30 a.m. Case Study 1--Cahuenga Elementary School

Presenters

  • Bob Niccum, LAUSD
  • Bruce Takeguma, LAUSD

Responders

  • USC's Robert Harris,FAIA
  • Dr. Harry Handler, UCLA
  • Ted Dutton, State Director of Public School Construction

10:45-11:35 Case Study 2--Pueblo Nuevo Charter Academy

Presenters

  • Rev. Philip Lance
  • Paul Cummins
  • Anita Landecker

Responders

  • Con Howe, LA City Planning
  • Brenda Levin, FAIA
  • James Goodell, ULI
  • Barbara Zeidman, Fannie Mae L.A. Partnership Director

11:45 a.m. Lunch

12:15 p.m. Symposium Remarks
  • Felicia Marcus, Regional Administrator, EPA Reg. 9

1:00 p.m. Setting An Agenda for Summer Research/Fall Symposium

  • Howard Miller
  • David Abel
  • Chairs of Three Breakout Panels

Audience participation and interaction

1:45 p.m. Panel: Elected Representatives' and Officials' Perspective

Moderator

  • Steve Soboroff, BB Chair

Panel

  • State Legislators
  • David Tokofsky, LAUSD Board Member
  • Valerie Fields, LAUSD Board Member
  • Julie Korenstein, LAUSD Board Member
  • Gabriel Monares, Office of LAUSD Vicki Castro
  • Eloisa Klementich, Office of Assemblyman Tony Cardenas
  • Ted B. Dutton, State Director of Public School Construction
  • Senator Richard Alarcon
  • Gloria Molina, L.A. County Supervisor

2:45 p.m. Closing Comments & Adjournment
Start summer work