Doubting the Data
Magnet Schools, No Child Left Behind Transfer, Advanced Studies Schools, Permits With Transportation, Open Enrollment, Affiliated Charters: all of these are programs offered by the LA Unified School District allowing families to select schools outside of their local attendance areas. In a system with a plethora of school choice options, it is clear to those in the school buildings that those who want to flee their local schools already have.
As GATE Coordinator, each year I receive a list of “feeder” students from the neighborhood which are supposed to attend my public middle school. Dozens of them have an asterisk next to their name indicating they will most likely not show up to our school in the fall because they will be making use of the programs mentioned above. They will travel long distances to attend performing arts magnets, schools near the beach, or maybe schools close to where the parent works. While we lament the loss of any student, we support the parents making use of programs available in the District.
L.A. Academy in South Central Los Angeles is actually a school to which families flock. In the last three years
As GATE Coordinator, each year I receive a list of “feeder” students from the neighborhood which are supposed to attend my public middle school. Dozens of them have an asterisk next to their name indicating they will most likely not show up to our school in the fall because they will be making use of the programs mentioned above. They will travel long distances to attend performing arts magnets, schools near the beach, or maybe schools close to where the parent works. While we lament the loss of any student, we support the parents making use of programs available in the District.
L.A. Academy in South Central Los Angeles is actually a school to which families flock. In the last three years
