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Thursday, May 29, 2014

4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit 5-29-14

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







$9 Billion State School Construction Bond Moves Towards November Ballot
By John Fensterwald | EdSource Today http://bit.ly/1nGmMsN The proposed $9 billion bond measure would include $6 billion for K-12 districts to renovate and build new school facilities. Source: Flickr May 28th, 2014 ::  The Assembly Appropriations Committee has finally put a dollar figure to a school construction bond measure that it wants to place on the November ballot: $9 billion. Voter

Frustrated La School Board Members’ Message To Administrators: Provide Detailed Arts Budget
Mary Plummer | Pass / Fail | 89.3 KPCC http://bit.ly/1tqzWtN Mary Plummer/KPCC | School board members Steve Zimmer and Monica Ratliff during an April 29, 2014 school board committee meeting. May 28th, 2014, 3:58pm  ::  Los Angeles Unified School board members on Tuesday repeatedly called for more information on how administrators are providing arts education, saying they've been largely shut

Board District One: SEVEN CANDIDATES VIE FOR LAUSD BOARD SEAT IN WIDE-OPEN CONTEST
Staying power of LAUSD Supt. John Deasy's policies could be affected by who wins seat on Board of Education by Howard Blume, LA Times | http://lat.ms/1kNW1Si May 28, 2014 |  9:59 PM  ::  The Los Angeles teachers union and a powerful group of civic leaders are sitting out Tuesday's key race for a seat on the Board of Education in what has become a spirited, wide-open contest among seven
Kayser Introduces Motion To Re-Appoint Stuart Magruder To The Oversight Committee
by email from the office of LAUSD boardmember Bennett Kayser May 28, 2014 4:51 PM  ::  In the name of independence, citizen volunteers and an informed LAUSD bond oversite committee, we have submitted the language below for first hearing at the 6/10 Reg Bd mtg and for action at the 6/17 Special Board Mtg. Mr. Kayser- Reappointment of Mr. Magruder to the School Construction Bond Oversight


4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit 5-27-14
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: School Librarians A Rare Find In California Public SchoolsBy Lillian Mongeau, Ed Source | http://bit.ly/1jXUGt9 School librarian Shannon Englebrecht reminds Tori Reese, 8, that she has several books overdue.Englebrecht allows students at Charles Drew Preparatory Academy, a public school in San Francisco, to check out as many books as they want. Credit: