Plan could reopen some L.A. County alternative school programs - latimes.com

Plan could reopen some L.A. County alternative school programs - latimes.com

Plan could keep some L.A. County alternative school programs open By Carla Rivera, Los Angeles Times Officials are looking at possible cost-sharing with school districts that could save some of the programs, set to close for budgetary reasons and displace hundreds of students. More California school districts edging closer to insolvency, state says By Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times An immediate effect has been increased teacher layoffs. Fourteen districts in the state are classified as in especially dire condition, including Lynwood Unified School District in Los Angeles County. Cal State Stanislaus dinner patrons cheer Sarah Palin By Carla Rivera, Los Angeles Times Protesters chant outside before her arrival. In her speech, she chides Jerry Brown and jokes about the controversy surrounding her contract.

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