UCLA faculty members can learn more about the Geffen Academy at UCLA in a meeting Tuesday, officials announced Thursday.
Sibyll Carnochan Catalan, who will lead the school when it opens in fall 2017, will host the event in the Charles E. Young Research Library 11360 from noon to 1 p.m. Tuesday. Carnochan Catalan will explain the Geffen Academy’s mission as a secondary school, according to a UCLA press release.
David Geffen, a film executive and philanthropist, donated $100 million in November to fund the school. The Geffen Academy will be open to sixth and ninth graders in the first year and later expand to include 600 students in sixth through 12th grade. Half of its students will come from middle- to low-income families, and half will be children of UCLA faculty and staff.
The school will be located in the Kinross Building next to Novel Cafe, replacing the Kinross Recreation Center, a gym for graduate students. In November, some graduate students expressed concern about relocating the gym because they spent several years advocating to open it on Kinross Ave.
Carnochan Catalan previously worked in the U.S. House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education. She also serves as the executive director of the Fellowship for Teachers and Principals, an organization that aims to recognize U.S. educators to influence education policy.
Professors in sciences and humanities and UCLA administrators serve on the staff and advisory board of the academy.