Local Control
Admission Day?
With a national push to increase the amount of time that children spend in the classroom, it would have been understandable if the LAUSD had pushed back the start of the school year into August so that they could extend the school calendar. Unfortunately, the school year now also ends earlier. All they did was shift students into the classroom at a time of the year when temperatures are soaring and increased the costs for air conditioning.
This new calendar also provided the opportunity to put more days off into the schedule. As a federal holiday, a majority of parents will also be home from work and can share a Labor Day barbeque with their children. However, students are also home today for Admission Day -
Our admission to the union is without a doubt an important moment in our state’s history and deserves to be celebrated. Unfortunately, keeping children home from school does as much to honor this event as a Memorial Day barbeque where no thought is given to soldiers who have given their lives for our freedom. In fact, given the lack of public celebrations on this day, having children in school would be a much better tribute. At least in this setting the day could be devoted to learning about our history and it’s effect on the rest of the union.
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(1) http://gov.ca.gov/news.php?id=17792
(2) http://studiocity.patch.com/groups/schools/p/why-
With a national push to increase the amount of time that children spend in the classroom, it would have been understandable if the LAUSD had pushed back the start of the school year into August so that they could extend the school calendar. Unfortunately, the school year now also ends earlier. All they did was shift students into the classroom at a time of the year when temperatures are soaring and increased the costs for air conditioning.
This new calendar also provided the opportunity to put more days off into the schedule. As a federal holiday, a majority of parents will also be home from work and can share a Labor Day barbeque with their children. However, students are also home today for Admission Day -
Our admission to the union is without a doubt an important moment in our state’s history and deserves to be celebrated. Unfortunately, keeping children home from school does as much to honor this event as a Memorial Day barbeque where no thought is given to soldiers who have given their lives for our freedom. In fact, given the lack of public celebrations on this day, having children in school would be a much better tribute. At least in this setting the day could be devoted to learning about our history and it’s effect on the rest of the union.
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(1) http://gov.ca.gov/news.php?id=17792
(2) http://studiocity.patch.com/groups/schools/p/why-
Willful Defiance
Students return to school today under the promise of a new year. While summer vacation always seemed like it was ending too soon, I do remember the excitement of a fresh start afforded by new school supplies, new teachers and new classes. Unfortunately, parents today are confronted by the same old district policies and the LAUSD’s habit of ignoring laws that they find inconvenient.
In 2012, Governor Brown signed AB 1575 which reinforced “the Free School Guarantee which has been in our California constitution since 1879.” (1)Local Control - ChangeTheLAUSD:
Students return to school today under the promise of a new year. While summer vacation always seemed like it was ending too soon, I do remember the excitement of a fresh start afforded by new school supplies, new teachers and new classes. Unfortunately, parents today are confronted by the same old district policies and the LAUSD’s habit of ignoring laws that they find inconvenient.
In 2012, Governor Brown signed AB 1575 which reinforced “the Free School Guarantee which has been in our California constitution since 1879.” (1)Local Control - ChangeTheLAUSD: