Signs outside Earhart Continuation High School in North Hollywood. Earhart is among 13 continuation schools in LAUSD targeted for closure because of the budget crisis. (Hans Gutknecht / Staff Photographer)
More than one-fourth of Los Angeles Unified's continuation high schools may be shuttered next year as a cost-cutting move, shrinking a program seen as a last resort for students at risk of dropping out.
Continuation schools on the campuses of North Hollywood High and Taft High in Woodland Hills are among 13 that would be closed under a plan to save the district $6.5 million.
Leonis Continuation High in Woodland Hills is also on the list, although its anchor campus, El Camino Real Charter, has asked the school board to let it incorporate the intervention program, which would save it from elimination.
Officials say they can keep all of the conti