Boys Academic Leadership Academy
Boys Academic Leadership Academy is a grade 6–12 public school for boys located in Westmont, California, with a Los Angeles postal address. A part of the Los Angeles Unified School District, BALA is on the property of George Washington Preparatory High School. The school has a STEAM focus.
History
After LAUSD opened Girls Academic Leadership Academy, a school for girls, the district decided that in order to obey rules from the federal government which barred discrimination on the basis of gender, the district should also operate a dedicated magnet school for male students. The projected initial enrollment was 200. The inspiration was Eagle Academy for Young Men.It opened in 2017, and it was the district's first all-male school. Originally the school only had the 6th grade and the 7th grade.