student was dressed all in black. again, three people shot. we believe them all to be students at gashed guardsen na senior high school. the shooting happened 1:41 p.m. eastern time, 10:41 a.m. local time in california. this is just south of the city of los angeles, very big campus. it covers a square block, include s athletic fields. the school is on lockdown, students are supervised by tiechers. police asking parents not to come to the scene, not to come anywhere close to the scene. is it an active scene at the moment. we have been monitoring live pictures from there and see tlg s a lot of movement around the campus. so police would like to not have parents around there. gash gardena, just south to los angeles, close to the city line, but part of the l.a. unified school district. at the moment, here s what we know. three people shot there, believed to be students. we do not know their conditions
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
westchester high, where her daughter, zion, 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 schools 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 unapoll jettic about the fact that we can spend the right amount of money to build a wonderful school for our students. reporter: they say the money came from a bond measure passed by voters that earmarked funds for this school alone. but at a time when the district is laying off teachers saying it s out of money, a half million dollar campus is a tough cell. thelma gutierrez, cnn. we re going to give you an update on hurricane earl and what you have to do if you are in the path this weekend. imagine if it were this easy to spot the good guys.
15th. and when it comes to the average educational achievement of a 15-year-old, again, only iceland spends more, spend a lot of money on our kids, feels good, but the outcomes are not there. we are the seventh worst among oecd countries in the world when it comes to the achievement of an average 15-year-old. somewhere right now in good morning america doesn t make the grade. what are the problems holding our educational system back? we would like to see it higher function. well, first, there s room for at least criticism if not debate and outright change in our spending priorities. this is more of a problem of how we spend our money than how much money we spend in that we overspend compared to other oecd nations by a huge margin on non-teaching. think athletic fields,
off the areas. in many indicates, it can involve the shutdown of athletic fields, ice skating rinks and community centers which means no summer camps or senior citizen activities which park advocates say will deny them of re-creating. in new york 41 state parks and 14 historical sites are in danger of shutting down. in california they are looking to close more than 200 parks. many states are hiking fees for camping and parking and eliminating fireworks for the 4th of july. here at rich banks they are looking to cut down the hours. this park serves two million a year. we re hearing that it s possible that the swimming pool could close here. what is that going to mean for you this summer? that is going to be bed. that is one thing the children live for. it s local. they don t have money to spend. the beach is too far for a lot