CENSORSHIP LIFTED: Fifth-grader will be allowed to perform song mentioning Jesus at LA-area school California Catholic Daily | News release from Alliance Defense Fund |http://bit.ly/fdV1Ie Feb. 2, 2011 - LOS ANGELES -- Los Angeles Unified School District officials announced Tuesday that they will no longer prohibit a 5th-grade student from performing ...
ARCHDIOCESE MAY BE BACKING OFF PLANS TO EXTEND SCHOOL YEAR: After complaints from parents, archdiocese officials say they are leaving the decision on extending elementary school schedules by 20 days to individual campuses. By Carla Rivera, Los Angeles Times | http://lat.ms/fzaO8Z Ex-UCLA athlete Danny Farmer plays with Immaculate Conception School students. The archdiocese had wanted to extend the school year by 20 days. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times / ...
INCOMING LAUSD SUPERINTENDENT PLEDGES TO WORK FOR ‘REBIRTH’ OF SCHOOLS By Melissa Pamer Staff Writer | Daily Breeze | http://bit.ly/fBRWF1 3 Feb 2011 - In his first public speech on his vision for the nation's second largest school district, Los Angeles Unified's incoming superintendent on Wednesday pledged to work rapidly ...