Losing It
As COVID-19 spread through a fractured populace, it exposed a nation unable to confront a crisis. Is 2020 the year that the American experiment died?
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Happy Holidays! You're On Your Own.
While the LAUSD continues to feed children and adults during the holiday break, Granada Hills Charter leaves students to fend for themselves.
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Neighborhood Council Expresses Concern About Over-Due Bills and Fraud
The Northridge East Neighborhood Council requests that the City Of Los Angeles assist the LAUSD in solving PROP-39 co-location problems.
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Doubling Down On Excluding Parents
The newly crowned LAUSD Board President’s reasons for not reinstating the Parent Engagement and Special Education Committees are full of holes.
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New School Board President Nixes Parent Engagement And Special Education Committees
Parents of public school students are pushed aside as a majority supported by the charter school industry takes control of the LAUSD Board.
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Every. Vote. Counts.
A total of 338,943 votes were cast in the CA-25 congressional election. Christy Smith lost her bid to unseat Mike Garcia by 333 votes.
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Standing Up To Charter School Fraud
At the recommendation of the Education Committee, the Northridge East Neighborhood Council will consider the following motion at its meeting on Wednesday:
The NENC is concerned about the harm being caused to LAUSD students by charter schools improperly using the Proposition 39 co-location process and urge the City of Los Angeles to do everything possible to assist the LAUSD in recouping funds owed to them and to identify fraud.
Public comment can be made at the meeting, which is being held on Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/92753645271
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Two School Board Members Fail To Hold Failing Charter School Accountable
Nick Melvoin and Monica Garcia are the lone votes on the LAUSD School Board to approve Prepa Tec charter school for another five years.
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Anti-Union Democrats
While their party’s 2020 platform expresses support of labor, these Democratic politicians work against the right to organize.
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Letter to LAUSD Board: Letter: El Camino
Honorable Board Members:
When reviewing the board materials for Tuesday’s meeting, I noticed the low percentage of students with special education needs at El Camino Real Charter High and decided to dig a little further. Not only does El Camino serve 35.9% fewer students with special education needs than the district does, but it’s students are also less likely to be on the autism spectrum or have intellectual disabilities:
