After the Palisades Charter High School was devastated by recent wildfires, the Beverly Hills Unified School District (BHUSD) welcomed 47 displaced students before pausing enrollment to consider the impact on the district’s resources. In a special meeting on Feb. 3, the BHUSD Board of Education revised its policy and will now curtail enrollment for nonresidents, with the exception of those whose homes were lost or classified as uninhabitable as a result of the fires.
Following the outbreak of the fires, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed an executive order on Jan. 14 allowing students whose schools were impacted by fires to enroll in other school districts. The Palisades Charter High School had a student body of 2900 students, with the main campus left in an unusable state by the fires. Although many of these students have since switched to the school’s interim online program and virtual class offerings, others prefer to continue their education in person at other school districts, including the BHUSD.
