Officials plan to split low-performing Jordan High into 3 campuses
Outgoing Supt. Ramon C. Cortines, who said the school was one of the worst in the district, says the campuses will be run by outside groups.
 Just 2% of Jordan students were at grade level in math. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times / January12, 2011) |
Los Angeles school district leaders announced Wednesday that they will split low-performing Jordan High School into three small schools that will be run by outside groups. All current employees will have to reapply for their jobs or work elsewhere.
It marks the second time the Los Angeles Unified School District has targeted a campus for such a forced makeover. Fremont High School, located in Florence south of downtown, was also "restructured" last year, a move that drew fierce criticism from the teachers union and resulted in the
