Garfield High is eligible for takeover -- latimes.com:
"Garfield High, which became nationally known as the real-life setting for the film 'Stand and Deliver,' will be among the initial 12 local campuses, including six high schools, eligible for takeover because of persistent academic failure, officials announced Friday.
The nation's second-largest school system will invite bidders from inside and outside the district to run these schools next year through a proposal process that is still being developed."
"Garfield High, which became nationally known as the real-life setting for the film 'Stand and Deliver,' will be among the initial 12 local campuses, including six high schools, eligible for takeover because of persistent academic failure, officials announced Friday.
The nation's second-largest school system will invite bidders from inside and outside the district to run these schools next year through a proposal process that is still being developed."