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Byline: Beth Barrett

Dec. 13--Six years after rejecting surplus federal property in San Pedro, Los Angeles Unified is now prepared to spend tens of millions of dollars to purchase the same parcel for a 2,025-student high school, the Daily News has learned.

The district applied for a portion of the former San Pedro naval housing site in January 1999, but withdrew the application seven months later rather than compete with the city of Los Angeles' plan for the property. Part of the surplus land was given away for two private high schools, which are now being built, while residential developer Bob Bisno bought some 62 acres for $121 million during an on-line auction held last March.

Tonight, the school board is set to consider designating about one-quarter of the land at Western Avenue and Westmont…

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