{"id":267474,"date":"2026-04-14T15:35:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T15:35:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/267474\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T15:35:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T15:35:08","slug":"closed-east-l-a-catholic-school-finds-new-life-as-charter-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/267474\/","title":{"rendered":"Closed East L.A. Catholic school finds new life as charter | Schools"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"Street view of the former Our Lady of Soledad School building in East Los Angeles, featuring &#x201C;Encore&#x201D; signage and now serving as a charter school campus.\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full default\" width=\"1200\" height=\"679\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>Our Lady of Soledad Catholic School in East L.A. closed its doors permanently in 2005. Today, the building is home to Encore Arts &amp; Media College Prep, a high school that is part of the Ednovate charter school network.<\/p>\n<p>                                    Photo by Monica Rodriguez<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">East L.A.\u2014Our Lady of Soledad Catholic School in East L.A. closed its doors permanently in 2005 as a result of declining enrollment.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The closure followed 78 years of educating neighborhood children, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/archives\/la-xpm-2005-jun-18-me-soledad18-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">L.A.Times<\/a> reported.\u00a0 Years after the closure, the building continues to serve as an educational facility.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Encore Arts &amp; Media College Prep, a public charter high school that is part of the Ednovate network, calls the building home. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theeastsiderla.com\/news\/daily_digest_morning_edition\/new-school-new-principal-new-school-year\/article_0a3d661a-5380-11ef-9c88-a3b910f9c531.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Encore<\/a> welcomed its first class of students in August 2024.<\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theeastsiderla.com\/education\/schools_directory\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n            <img  data- class=\"img-circle img-responsive lazyload tnt-prop-img\" width=\"100\" height=\"96\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Prior to Encore, Ednovate\u2019s Esperanza College Prep occupied the building. It did so from 2019 to 2023, according to an Ednovate statement. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theeastsiderla.com\/neighborhoods\/east_los_angeles\/east-l-a-makes-room-for-new-charter-school-campus\/article_be8291e2-9dc8-11ec-afa1-47aeb35c3ea5.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Esperanza left<\/a> the site to occupy a new site on Atlantic Boulevard.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Ednovate originally subleased the building from KIPP So Cal Public Schools, another charter school network, which previously leased and used the building for school purposes.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Ednovate currently has a five-year lease that began in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Join the more than 5,000 other Eastsiders who receive our daily newsletter.  Delivered weekday mornings.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                Success! An email has been sent to  with a link to confirm list signup.&#13;\n            <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                Error! 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