Valley Glen, Los Angeles, California

Valley Glen, Los Angeles, California

Valley Glen is a community in the southeastern portion of the San Fernando Valley district of the City of Los Angeles, California, United States. It is home to Los Angeles Valley College, Grant High School, and "The Great Wall of Los Angeles", a half mile-long mural painted on one of the concrete sides of the Tujunga Wash portraying the history of California from the perspective of women and people of color. Until 1998, the area was simply considered a part of Van Nuys, with the eastern section being a part of North Hollywood.

Emergency services

Fire service

Los Angeles Fire Department operates [http://lafd.org/fs102.htm Station 102] (South Van Nuys/Valley Glen), serving the community.

Police service

The Los Angeles Police Department operates the nearby Van Nuys Community Police Station at 6420 Sylmar Avenue, 91401, serving the neighborhood [http://www.lapdonline.org/van_nuys_community_police_station] .

Ecology

Valley Glen is characterized by a Mediterranean climate. It is a coastal sage scrub community. The birds living in Valley Glen include Northern Mockingbirds, House Finches, Western Kingbirds, Black Phoebes, and many hummingbirds.

Education

Primary and secondary schools

Public schools

Valley Glen is within the Los Angeles Unified School District.

It is served by:

Elementary schools (separate attendance boundaries)
* [http://www.lausd.k12.ca.us/Erwin_EL/ Erwin Street Elementary School]
* Kittridge Elementary School
* Monlux Elementary School

Middle schools [http://www.laschools.org/employee/mpd/fs-mpd/download/08-09_boundary_change_webmaps/Proj06.pdf]
* [http://www.lausd.k12.ca.us/Madison_MS/ James Madison Middle School] (in nearby North Hollywood)
* [http://www.lausd.k12.ca.us/Millikan_MS/ Millikan Middle School] (in nearby Sherman Oaks)

High schools
* Grant High School

Private schools

[http://www.laurenceschool.com/ Laurence School] is a nonprofit private K-6 school in Valley Glen.

External links

* [http://www.valleyglen.org/ Valley Glen Neighborhood Association Official Web Site]


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