L.A. Unified to spend $20 million on parent centers
A historic one-room schoolhouse became the backdrop Thursday for a parent-involvement initiative that includes spending $20 million to upgrade or add parent centers across the Los Angeles Unified School District.
The unveiling is part of a pronounced effort by the last two district superintendents to reshape and increase parent involvement. Some parent leaders have questioned the sincerity or at least the competency of the outreach.
It will be up to local schools to find money in their budgets or through fundraising to staff the parent centers.
For years, the quaint, wood-frame 1876 structure -- that