LAUSD'S WILL MAKE FINAL BUDGET CUTS BEHIND CLOSED DOORS WITHOUT PROMISED PUBLIC INPUT
(For a national view of public education reform see the end of this blog post)
Tomorrow, March 6th, LAUSD's Board of Directors will make final decisions behind closed doors in complete derogation of their promise last month to reconsider the proposed draconian cuts with parent and other stakeholder input. These cuts, if allowed to go through, will decimate adult education and many other vital programs throughout LAUSD, which the LAUSD Board was unwilling to do last month, when confronted by sustained resistance from parents.
What makes tomorrow's behind closed doors meeting to make these cuts prior to the March 15th deadline so dishonest are several factors:
1. Although these cuts are supposedly necessitated by a $500 million budgetary shortfall, the truth is that