Mirman School Head of School Dan Vorenberg
Mirman School for Gifted Children — those whose IQs are 138 and above — is looking to expand with a new academic wing at its Mulholland Drive campus in Brentwood.
The private school filed plans for the expansion with the Los Angeles Department of City Planning. The school intends to build a 45,000-square-foot, three-floor academic building, and add improvements to existing facilities.
The expansion would accommodate students in kindergarten to 12th grade — the school is now K-8 — and up to around 535 students. It now has 300 students. The school campus spans more than 60 acres.
A school representative did not immediately return requests for comment.
Land use consultant Mark Armbruster of Armbruster Goldsmith and Delvac is representing the school, but could not be reached for comment.
The Mirman School was founded in the early 1960s and is open to students with IQs of 138 and above. Roughly 2 percent of people who take IQ tests score 130 or higher. Mensa, the most well-established high IQ society in the world, only accepts people who score 130 or higher.
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