The Face of CTC & The Lack of Transparency By Those in Power #SaveFairfax

The Face of CTC & The Lack of Transparency By Those in Power #SaveFairfax

The Face of CTC & The Lack of Transparency By Those in Power #SaveFairfax

I have been asked by people for an update about Fairfax High and I am sorry to say it continues to be a mess.  Last month I wrote aboutplans for a new middle school which will serve a primarily white high socio economic group of families in West Hollywood.  This school will push out a program of mostly black and brown Special Need Students (of lower socio economic means) at Fairfax High. Now, one month later, this social injustice continues to be a real threat on a fragile group of Los Angelenos. While it is a smudge on the progressive values that are often celebrated in West Hollywood, the cavalier adventure of “Let’s-Make-a-School,” is also hurting moms like Florencia and her eighteen- year old autistic son Jose. It is a level of cruelty I didn’t think possible in 90048 but then, ever since November 2016, it is clear there is no place safe from lack of transparency and the hurt it brings to the innocent. 

I met Florencia soon after the CTC (Career & Transition Center) teachers were told by LAUSD District West that their school would be moved off Fairfax for the WHFA (West Hollywood Fairfax Academy).    I realized early that the narratives around WHFA were cloaked in misinformation and it seemed to me that my grandmother’s favorite expression, “The right hand doesn’t know what the left hand is doing” was in effect. As a parent in LAUSD for a dozen years, I know confusion is easy. Between all the departments, endless personnel and the voluminous acronyms (SSC, API, CTC) a parent can be forgiven if they CONTINUE READING: The Face of CTC & The Lack of Transparency By Those in Power #SaveFairfax