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4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit 5-9-14

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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


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

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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


4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit 5-4-14
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: Legislating morality? Criminalizing bad behavior? :: CARSON MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MOVE TO OUTLINE BULLYINGBy 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 T