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Monday, December 16, 2013

12-16-13 4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit

4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit:





After LaMotte: POLITICS OF L.A. SCHOOL BOARD MAY SHIFT
  Annie Gilbertson, Education Reporter/ Pass / Fail | 89.3 KPCC http://bit.ly/1bTRZTG Damian Dovarganes/AP - Deceased Los Angeles school board member Marguerite Lamotte [Listen to the radio story] December 16th, 2013, 6:00am  ::  The Los Angeles school board is scheduled to decide Tuesday how to fill the seat left vacant after the death of board member Marguerite Lamotte. Lamotte was a
TAKING THE HYSTERIA OUT OF HEAD LICE: More lenient rules make some schools jumpy
School nurses and other health authorities say stricken students should be able to stay in class. But such a progressive approach bugs many parents and district leaders. By John M. Glionna, Los Angeles Times | http://lat.ms/19t5qcS December 15, 2013, 7:55 p.m.  ::  LOVELOCK, Nev. — For years, school nurse Deborah Pontius came to work with nits to pick. On some days in this isolated
It’s not quite the giveaway some had expected: MAKING THE NEW SCHOOL FUNDING WORK
L.A. Unified and the state are haggling over how best to drive money to low-income districts. Editorial By The Times editorial board | http://lat.ms/1k8pwx9   L.A. Unified Supt. John Deasy, seen here in 2012, objects to the state's funding formula for low-income students. (Los Angeles Times) December 16, 2013  ::  The state's new formula for funding schools is a tremendous gift for

12-15-13 4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit:  VOTE DELAYED TO JANUARY ON L.A. UNIFIED’S iPAD PROGRAMThe death of school board member Marguerite Poindexter LaMotte is being cited as the reason for delaying a vote on the next phase of the $1-billion iPad project in L.A. Unified. By Howard Blume, LA Times | http://lat.ms/1cKbAG6 December 11, 2013, 6:37 p.m.  ::  Los Angeles Unified School District of