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Lausd District 1 Election And Big Money Politics
Written by Larry Aubry, Opinion in the LA Sentinel |http://bit.ly/RxuxoS Published on Wednesday, 07 May 2014 12:00 :: The special election for LAUSD School Board District 1 to fill the vacancy left by the death of Marguerite Poindexter LaMotte is less than a month away. However, the battle lines for choosing her successor were clear within days of her death: They are, Big money versus what’s
La Schools’ New Parent Advisory Group Grapples With $6.8 Billion Budget
Annie Gilbertson| Pass / Fail | 89.3 KPCC http://bit.ly/SJQpye Annie Gilbertson/KPCC May 8th, 2014, 5:00am :: L..A. Unified parents were elected by their peers to make recommendations on Superintendent John Deasy's spending plans, but found important details missing. The first in a series of stories on how Southern California schools are being affected by new state laws giving parents and
L.A. UNIFIED OVERTURNS CHANGES AT CARTHAY CENTER ELEMENTARY: Rather than the principal removing half the staff; she is removed
STEPHEN CEASAR | - Los Angeles Times http://lat.ms/1jJGMsP May 7, 2014 11:42AM :: LAUSD overturned a principal's decision to replace half of the teachers at Carthay Center Elementary Any teacher who applied to stay at the Carthay Elementary when it converts to a magnet school can do so. The Los Angeles Unified School District on Wednesday overturned a principal’s decision to replace half of
MAY 08
Lausd Quietly Disbands Miramonte Child Abuse Investigative Panel
Howard Blume, - Los Angeles Times | http://lat.ms/QjQFlC Civil rights attorney Connie Rice, who was asked to lead the investigative commission, said she believes that L.A. Unified feared increasing its liability if the panel found fault with the school system. (Raul Roa, Pasadena Sun) May 7, 2014 | 8:50PM :: Los Angeles Unified has paid about $30 million to 63 students and their
MAY 04
Legislating morality? Criminalizing bad behavior? :: CARSON MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MOVE TO OUTLINE BULLYING
By Michael Finnegan, LA Times | http://lat.ms/1umicmB Carson Mayor Jim Dear said, "Many kids don't even understand the concepts behind bullying and how people manipulate and take advantage of other kids." (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times / June 9, 2004) May 3, 2014, 1:23 p.m. :: Alarmed by reports of teen suicides, elected leaders in Carson are moving to outlaw bullying. Under an
Lawyers Want Investigation Of Lausd Destruction Of Abuse Reports
By Stephen Ceasar, LA Times | http://lat.ms/1nVzDZs Former Miramonte Elementary School teacher Mark Berndt, right, appears in L.A. County Superior Court with attorney Manny Medrano last year. (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times / November 15, 2013) Online: May 2, 2014, 2:50 p.m./Print: May 4, 2014 :: Attorneys representing students and their families in litigation over alleged sexual
MAY 03
LAUSD UNDER FIRE FOR DESTROYING COPIES OF RECORDS OF REPORTED CHILD ABUSE BY TEACHERS + smf’s 2¢
By City News Service from the Daily News | http://bit.ly/1moAwWM 5/02/14, 11:57 AM PDT :: LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles Unified School District acted within state law when it destroyed copies of records of reported child abuse by teachers, a spokesman said today, insisting that the district never had the right to collect the documents in the first place. But an attorney representing plaintiffs
Miramonte: HIGH-POWERED INVESTIGATION NEVER GOT OFF THE GROUND
Karen Foshay | KPCC | 89.3 KPCC http://bit.ly/1iapDnl Stephen Weissbart/flickr Civil rights attorney Connie Rice. Listen Now [3 min 14 sec] May 2nd, 2014, 6:10pm :: A high-powered commission set up to investigate the Miramonte sexual abuse scandal never got off the ground, according to the woman asked to head the panel. In the weeks after the scandal broke in 2012, L.A. Unified School
MAY 02
Sb 1174: Senate Panel Moves Bill To Restore Multilingual K-12 Classrooms
by Kimberly Beltran | SI&A Cabinet Report :: http://bit.ly/1nRILOP MAY 01, 2014 (Calif.) :: A bill that would repeal the core tenets of a 15-year-old ban on the use of bilingual education in the state’s K-12 school system cleared its first legislative hurdle Wednesday – passing out of the Senate Education Committee, where it was lauded as being both necessary and overdue. SB 1174 by Sen.
Ab215: Teacher Dismissal Bill Unanimously Supported By Senate Ed Committee
By Theresa Harrington, Contra Costa Times/San Jose Mercury News | http://bit.ly/R8TwPg 5/01/2014 7:16:03 PM PDT | SACRAMENTO :: The Senate Education Committee has given its unanimous support to AB215 by Assemblywoman Joan Buchanan, D-Alamo, which would streamline the teacher discipline and dismissal appeal process. The bill would expedite and prioritize cases of egregious misconduct, those
Allegations+Revelations About Miramonte Child Abuse Continue
Allegations in Miramonte molestation case grow by Howard Blume | LA Times | http://lat.ms/1pXSJAj Former Miramonte Elementary School teacher Mark Berndt, right, appears in L.A. County Superior Court with attorney Manny Medrano last year. (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times / November 15, 2013) May 1, 2014, 6:20 p.m. :: Previously
PLAN TO USE ‘NEED INDEX’ TO GO BEFORE LAUSD BOARD + far more than 2¢ from a 4LAKids reader
by LA School Report | http://bit.ly/Si8Qdl Posted on May 1, 2014 12:17 pm :: In a surprise move, LA Unified school board will consider a resolution that supports the use of an alternative formula, known as the “Student Need Index,” in deciding how to distribute school funds throughout the district. LA School Report has learned that Monica Garcia and Board President Richard Vladovic have agreed