CLINTON MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHERS PROTEST THEIR FORCED REMOVAL FROM CAMPUS
BY HOWARD BLUME, LA TIMES/LA NOW | HTTP://LAT.MS/MRXEOU
Photo: Teachers and students protest outside Clinton Middle School. Credit: Marcella Smith.
June 2, 2011 | 11:09 pm - A group of teachers and students at Clinton Middle School held a protest before classes Thursday over plans to replace most of the faculty before next fall.
Clinton Middle School, south of downtown Los Angeles, has suffered from low academic performance since it opened five years ago. About 6% of its students are proficient in English, about 12% in math.
The Los Angeles Unified School District responded this spring by declaring that the school’s entire staff would have to reinterview for their jobs. Unlike some other forced makeovers, the Clinton decision drew little or no outside notice, nor did district officials call attention to it.
Half-a-dozen teachers and about 25 students participated in the demonstration. Organizers said numerous teachers were too intimidated about their future job prospects to take part. Teachers displaced from Clinton are supposed to have jobs elsewhere, but local hiring committees or
