Parental Engagement
By Carl J. Petersen
Education issues as seen from a father's eyes. LAUSD Candidate Richard Ramos on PROP-39 Co-Locations
How would LAUSD candidate Richard Ramos protect students with Special Education needs who are receiving services in closets because charter schools were allowed to take their previous classrooms using PROP-39?
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LAUSD Candidate Andreas Farmakalidis on PROP-39 Co-Locations
How would LAUSD candidate Andreas Farmakalidis protect students with Special Education needs who are receiving services in closets because charter schools were allowed to take their previous classrooms using PROP-39?
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LAUSD Candidate Forum: PROP-39 Co-Locations
How would these candidates protect students who are negatively affected when LAUSD public schools are forced to share space with charter schools under PROP-39?
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Hey Bigot, Leave Our Kids Alone
A speaker’s comments to the LAUSD School Board and a murder in Lake Arrowhead highlight the fact that hateful rhetoric has consequences.
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A History Of Silencing Parents
The controversy over the selection of members of the LAUSD Special Education advisory committee highlights a system that abhors genuine feedback.
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Yet Another Challenger Enters LAUSD School Board Race
Andreas Farmakalidis is the sixth person to declare his intention to run against incumbent Scott Schmerelson in LAUSD’s Board District 3.
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Will The LAUSD Take on Its Parasite Problem?
Under the way that PROP-39 is currently implemented, rooms used for the delivery of Special Education services are considered to be “empty” and available for charter schools to take. Is the LAUSD finally ready to implement a policy to end this discriminatory practice?
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Fifth Challenger Joins LAUSD School Board Race In BD3
LAUSD School Board candidate claims to be “an accomplished educator” but she has excluded herself from the classroom by refusing to vaccinate against COVID.
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School District Delays Vote On Advisory Group's Disputed Membership
Expressing concern over the selection process, LAUSD Superintendent Carvalho will review how members of the CAC are chosen before proceeding.
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Charter School Votes To "Suspend Educational Operations"
Drowning in debt, unable to move onto the campus it leased, and facing revocation from its authorizer, the North Valley Military Institute (NVMI) sort of throws in the towel.
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