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Morning Read: Board Considers Speedier Teacher Investigations
L.A. School Board to Consider Faster Investigation of Teachers Sexual misconduct allegations at Miramonte Elementary School sparked a surge of investigations of Los Angeles teachers, pushing the ranks of those in “teacher jail” to more than 300 — and prompting officials this week to consider the rights of accused employees. LA Times See also: AP,...
By Samantha Oltman | April 16, 2013
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Zimmer Reversal Likely Ends Garcia Presidency*
In a dramatic move that may be a sign of larger changes to come, the LAUSD School Board voted Tuesday afternoon to limit the term of the Board President to two consecutive one-year terms*. The swing vote in the 4-3 decision was none other than recently re-elected Board member Steve Zimmer, who had supported Board...
By Hillel Aron | March 19, 2013
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Follow the LAUSD Board Meeting Live
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By Samantha Oltman | March 19, 2013
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Familiar & New Items on Tomorrow’s Agenda
Tomorrow is the first LAUSD School Board meeting since the March primary. Many of the items (see agenda here) are familiar: months-old resolutions that keep getting offered up and then postponed. But there are a handful of new and/or controversial items that may generate heated debate or difficult votes — including the proposed co-location of...
By Hillel Aron | March 18, 2013
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Morning Read: Mayoral Front-Runners Duck “Trigger” Question
Los Angeles Unified School District Approves Historic Parent Trigger, L.A. Mayoral Candidates Weigh in or Stay Mum Garcetti and Greuel have been hesitant to say exactly where they stand on the Parent Trigger issue, even though it has been supported by such Democratic political stars as Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Newark Mayor Corey Booker....
By Samantha Oltman | February 13, 2013
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Morning Read: LAUSD Board to Consider Layoffs
LAUSD School Board to Consider Laying Off Nearly 200 The Los Angeles Unified School Board will take up whether to lay off 194 staff in the 2013-14 school year. KPCC See also: FOX LA, KTLA, LA School Report L.A. Unified Aviation Training Center Gets $100,000 Donation The mechanics vocational school had been facing closure or...
By Samantha Oltman | February 12, 2013
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Board Preview: Tablets, Layoffs, & Dual Language
At its Tuesday, February 12 meeting, the LAUSD School Board will vote on whether or not approve phase one of Superintendent John Deasy’s plan to equip every student and teacher with a tablet computer by the end of 2014. As you may recall, the Bond Oversight Committee recently voted to recommend that the Board approve...
By Hillel Aron | February 11, 2013
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Morning Read: LAUSD to Take Over Crenshaw High
L.A. Unified to Overhaul Struggling Crenshaw High Calling Crenshaw the worst in L.A. Unified, Supt. John Deasy gets the green light to turn the landmark campus into three magnet schools. LA Times See also: KPCC, KCAL, LA School Report 24th Street Elementary School the Target of New Parent Petition Parents at an underperforming Los Angeles...
By Samantha Oltman | January 16, 2013
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Crenshaw Reconstituted, Aspire Squeaks By*
While an avalanche of charter school approvals and renewals dominated today’s Board meeting, and two controversial resolutions were postponed, the Board did manage to approve a symbolic resolution in support of state lawmakers seeing to speed the removal of teachers accused of predatory sexual behavior, veto (and then approve) the creation of two more Aspire...
By Hillel Aron | January 15, 2013
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Board Preview: Charters, Dismissals, Tenure
The Tuesday, January 15 board meeting promises to be even longer than usual, as it is packed with no less than 20 votes on various charter school issues and a slew of other controversial issues. For example, Board Members Tamar Galatzan and Nury Martinez are scheduled to propose a resolution related to speedy dismissal of...
By Hillel Aron | January 11, 2013