7450 Hawthorn Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90046.
In 1969 Michael Jackson was a student in Laura Gerson’s 6th Grade class in Room 8 here at the Gardner Street School in Hollywood, CA. During the short amount of time he attended school here, the Jackson Five’s first single I Want You Back was released, along with three other hit singles, ABC, The Love You Save, and I’ll Be There. Within a few months the rookie pop singer left the school for private tutoring.
Twenty years later, the school decided to rename their auditorium after the now world famous pop music icon. And on October 11, 1989 the school held a ceremony to commemorate the name change…
In 2003 after allegations of child abuse by Mr. Jackson, the school covered up his name with plywood boxes.
