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Galatzan Resolution: Vladovic’s Conduct ‘Has Brought Dishonor’
In her resolution before the LA Unified Board seeking a censure of Board President Richard Vladovic, Tamar Galatzan asserts that the harassment charges against him amount to “conduct that has brought dishonor to himself, the School Board, and the Los Angeles Unified School District.” And for that, it says, he should be censured. The resolution also asks...
By LA School Report | October 17, 2013
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Kayser is New LA Unified Board Budget Committee Chair
Bennett Kayser has taken over as chairman of the LA Unified School Board budget committee, replacing Tamar Galatzan, who stepped down after two years. Galatzan said that she saw no reason for the budget committee — formally, the Facilities, Audit and Budget Committee — to meet at the moment, now that the district is conducting a a...
By Hillel Aron | October 11, 2013
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Local Groups to LA Unified Board: Let Schools Decide Spending
A broad coalition of more than 40 community and advocacy groups is jumping into LA Unified’s prolonged spending debate, urging the board to allow individual schools, rather than centralized administrators, to decide how to spend the billions of dollars coming into the district from Gov. Jerry Brown‘s Local Control Funding Formula program. Organized by the...
By Michael Janofsky | September 30, 2013
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Board Members Seeking to Ease Requirements for Volunteers
Three LA Unified board members are directing Superintendent John Deasy to develop a plan that makes it easier and less expensive for volunteers to work in district schools. In a resolution on the board’s agenda for its meeting Tuesday, the members – Tamar Galatzan, Steve Zimmer and Monica Garcia – expressed concern that recent budget...
By Chase Niesner | September 6, 2013
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New CA Law Changes Language of Teacher RIF Notices
A new state law changing the language of layoff notices is winning praise from Richard Vladovic, president of the Los Angeles Unified Board of Education. Vladovic had called for the changes after receiving complaints from employees in his district who interpreted the layoff notice as an accusation they committed some kind of offence. “In the...
By LA School Report | August 22, 2013