LAUSD agrees to delay inter-district transfer policy after hearing from parents, adjacent school districts
Under pressure from angry parents and concerned contiguous school districts, the Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education has retreated from its earlier decision to disallow students from transferring to other areas to attend school.
LAUSD Superintendent Ramon Cortines announced to the board at its Tuesday, April 6th meeting that he had reconsidered altering the district’s inter-transfer policy after consulting with the county superintendent of education and hearing from upset parents who came to address the board about the change in transfer procedures.
“I’d like to make it perfectly clear that LAUSD has made great strides in improving the educational options for students who reside within the boundaries of our school district,” Cortines told the board. “We have award-winning magnet programs, a number of California Distinguished schools, and campuses with small learning communities and personalized instruction.
“However, to minimize the impact on students, I have asked staff to delay implementation of the new district-wide procedure. This will provide us with ample time to review the reasons for requests for transfers, analyze them and respond with solutions that may cause parents to reexamine the various educational options and opportunities that LAUSD has to offer,” he said.
Last month, Cortines notified parents and LAUSD employees that the district would no longer allow students to attend schools outside LAUSD boundaries after the board asked him to seek other approaches to help close its $640 million budget deficit. The nation’s second largest school district plans to lay off teachers and other district employees, as well as
