>> reporter: james thaun with the los angeles school district gave us a tour of the campus. >> you're standing in our high school gymnasium, a competition gymnasium of approximately 10,000 square feet. you're looking at a full competition pool that we designed to be available for the community to use after hours and after schools and on the weekends. >> reporter: robert f. kennedy school sits on the site of the ambassador hotel, where the former president's brother was assassinated in had 1968. it's actually several schools in one. elementary, middle cool and high school. student capacity here is 4,200. the school has a state of the art library, a designer staff lounge and an auditorium that pays tribute to the legendary hotel. >> and then you look on the other side of town or even around the corner, and schools are falling apart, teachers are being laid off. they don't have enough computers or equipment in their classes. >> reporter: christina johnson pointed out the differences at