LOS ANGELES WORLD AIRPORTS PROVIDES SOUND INSULATION FUNDING FOR PROJECTS IN INGLEWOOD UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT

(Los Angeles, California – September 11, 2015)

 FIRST INSTALLMENT—Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) representatives present a $10 million ceremonial check to the Inglewood Unified School District (IUSD) for its Classroom Noise Mitigation Program during the District’s board meeting. The symbolic check is part of a total of $44.4 million that LAWA is giving to the District to sound insulate six schools. The $10 million will be used to sound insulate Payne and Woodworth elementary schools, and the Child Development Center at Woodworth. Other campuses that will be involved in the noise mitigation effort include Oak Elementary School, Monroe Elementary, Monroe Middle School, and Morningside High School. Participating in the ceremony are, from left: IUSD Advisory Board Members Dr. D'Artagnan Scorza and Dr. Carliss Richardson McGhee; Lisa Trifiletti, director of Environmental and Land Use Planning Division, Los Angeles World Airports; Dr. Don Brann, IUSD State Trustee; Georgianna Streeter, program manager, Sound Insulation Grant Program, Environmental and Land Use Planning Division, Los Angeles World Airports; and IUSD Advisory Board Member Melody Ngaue-Tuuholoaki. The action follows an announcement earlier this year that the Federal Aviation Administration had approved LAWA’s funding of this program