tons site of the ambassador hotel where the former president's brother wass a sis nated in 1978. it's elementary, middle school and high school. student capacity here is 4200. the school has a state-of-the-art library, a designer staff lounge, auditorium that pays tribute to the legendary hotel. >> and then you look on the other side of town or even around the corner and schools are falling apart, teachers are being laid off, they don't have enough computers or equipment in their classes. >> reporter: kristina johnson pointed out the differences at westchester high where her daughter will go to school. the auditorium, athletic fields, the gymnasium, and the teachers lounge. johnson says the school is in desperate need of repair and says the school's website doesn't even work. but the l.a. school district says it wants parents to understand the money wasn't taken from one school to give to another. >> the district is unapologetic about the fact that we can spend