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Monday, March 17, 2014

4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit 3-17-14

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L.A. Unified’S Decision To Move Students Sparks Furor

Officials didn't take into account long-standing (community+gang) rivalries when they decided to transfer about 280 students from Boyle Heights to Lincoln Heights, critics say. By Teresa Watanabe, LA Times | http://lat.ms/1hsMzj0 Students protest the possible closure of the Academy of Environmental and Social Policy at Roosevelt High School in February. (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times


4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit 3-16-14
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: Mayor Garcetti’S Top Education Deputy Thelma MeléNdez Leaves City Hall For LausdBy Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Daily News | http://bit.ly/1iRcRkd 3/15/14, 6:31 PM PDT   ::  Just seven months after joining Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti’s administration, his top education deputy Thelma Meléndez is leaving to take a position at Los Angeles Unified School D