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LIVESTREAM: LAUSD school board committee on curriculum
Today the Los Angeles Unified School Board committee on Curriculum Instruction and Assessment meets, chaired by school board member Monica Ratliff. Among other things on the agenda: A-G requirements and Common Core English standards. To catch the meetings live, check out our dedicated LIVESTREAM which brings you the board’s public proceedings as they happen.
By LA School Report | May 27, 2014
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School board blocks appointee critical of iPads
What is normally a routine, no-questions-asked formality for the LA Unified School Board hit a snag today. Board Member Tamar Galatzan opposed the reappointment of Stuart Magruder, an outspoken critic of the use of bond money for iPads, from the School Construction Bond Oversight Committee (BOC). The board effectively blocked Magruder’s reappointment by removing him...
By Vanessa Romo | May 20, 2014
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LIVESTREAM coverage of today’s LAUSD school board meeting
LA School Report will cover the LAUSD School Board meeting live today starting at 9:00 a.m. until it retires for a closed door session. Click here for LIVESTREAM coverage. Starting at 2 p.m. in the afternoon, the school board’s Committee of the Whole Meeting will convene. For board agenda, click here. For board materials,...
By LA School Report | May 20, 2014
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Another week, another LA Unified school board meeting
It’s hard to believe after last week’s marathon 10-hour session, but LA Unified school board members will be meet again tomorrow with a full agenda. Most of the issues before the board are much less contentious than those addressed a week ago. They include: Board member Bennett Kayser’s effort to form a task force charged...
By Vanessa Romo | May 19, 2014
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Board defies district, keeps open 2 charters in Watts
The Los Angeles Unified school board faced long hours of personal and emotional pleas yesterday on a vast array of issues, including how to spend $837 million in money directed to helping low-income students, children in foster care and English learners. A parade of community members addressing the board at the end, each speaking for...
By Vanessa Romo | May 14, 2014
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LIVESTREAM coverage of today’s LAUSD school board meeting
Today the Los Angeles Unified School Board tackles a hefty agenda that includes hammering out details of next year’s budget in a meeting that could extend late into the evening. While there’s no vote on the budget until early summer, the board has been hearing from community and labor groups on how to allocate new money from...
By LA School Report | May 13, 2014
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Ratliff has a plan for more school custodians but fewer police
Anyone attending a recent LA Unified School Board meeting has heard Monica Ratliff talk about “providing a safe and inclusive learning environment for all students” by boosting the district’s custodial staff. Tomorrow she’ll lay out her plan for doing it. Item No. 47 on another loooooong agenda, represents Ratliff’s attempt to hire 108 new full-time...
By Vanessa Romo | May 12, 2014
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LA Unified board issues warning to CHAMPS over theft
Despite hearing assurances that there are no longer fiscal mismanagement problems at Charter High School of Arts – Multimedia and Performing, better known as CHAMPS, the LA Unified school board voted unanimously today to issue a Notice of Violations, usually the first step in revoking a charter. At issue is how the school responded to an...
By Vanessa Romo | April 22, 2014
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LIVESTREAM coverage of today’s LAUSD school board meeting
This morning, the Los Angeles Unified School Board meets at 9 a.m. with an agenda that includes a discussion about the future of CHAMPS, a charter high school which has recently been under investigation on allegations an employee misused school funds. Other items include a resolution by school board members Bennett Kayser and Monica Ratliff...
By LA School Report | April 22, 2014
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LA Unified board to Deasy on budget: ‘go further, faster’
Months in the making, LA Unified’s $6.8 billion budget, along with an extra $332 million through the Local Control Funding Formula, finally reached the school board today, as Superintendent John Deasy walked the members through its highlights, pointing to dozens of areas where the new money is going. His presentation was the featured attraction at...
By Vanessa Romo | April 8, 2014