Principal Says She's Happy School Will Be Closed During 'Carmageddon'

If Lady Gaga, Ashton Kutcher and Kim Kardashian can help spread the word about alternative things to do, in our Studio City Countdown to Carmageddon, we’ll have locals offer tips about what they think you should do in this potential traffic snarl. Click on the  link above to find more stories and advice.

This school will be closed for most of July, but that's a good thing because Studio City and particularly the Cahuenga Pass are expected to be catching the overflow. LAUSD has closed the schools except for essential staff until the end of July.

Susan Kim, Principal of , in the Cahuenga Pass.

“I have a friend who planned a trip out of town and lives on the Valley side of the Sepulveda Pass, and he found out about this and changed his whole itinerary because he knew what a hassle it would be to get to the airport,” Kim said.

The traffic is going to end up coming right past her little school in Cahuenga Pass, but thankfully that won’t affect her, the students or her staff.

“I know that to get out of the Valley the traffic is just going to come down to this area in the Cahuenga Pass, luckily school will be out, and I’ll be on a trip somewhere far away.”