On Jan. 31, the Beverly Hills City Council Liaison / Beverly Hills Unified School District (BHUSD) Committee met to discuss progress and future plans for the city’s use of the Hawthorne Elementary School campus as both an Early Childhood Center (ECC) and District Office. The committee was comprised of liaisons Mayor Lester Friedman and Councilmember Mary Wells as well as BHUSD Board President Rachelle Marcus and BHUSD Board Vice President Judy Manouchehri.
A City Council Liaison/BHUSD Committee meeting on Jan. 26, 2024, with then-Mayor Julian Gold, Councilmember Lili Bosse and former BHUSD Board Members Noah Margo and Mary Wells discussed the future joint usage of the Hawthorne campus once El Rodeo Elementary School opened in the fall of 2024. Committee members discussed centralizing all preschool programs to create an ECC at the Hawthorne campus. They also discussed moving the District Offices from the Lasky Drive site to the Hawthorne campus.
