Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa To Urge LAUSD To Allow New Schools To Be Privately Operated - cbs2.com:
"New schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District could soon be privately operated if Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa gets his way.
Villaraigosa is expected to urge LAUSD Board Members to approve a resolution to allow 50 new schools to be operated by charter operators and other institutions for 2010-11 school year.
Those schools are planned to be opened in the next three years.
Villaraigosa said the idea will allow those most qualified to better run the schools and ease some of the financial burden from the City of Los Angeles.
The school superintendent would make the decision based on the operation and instructional plans the bidders submit.
However, opponents of the resolution met Saturday and issued a statement that states the motion: 'fails to address key issues impacting students, parents, teachers and LAUSD employee bargaining units.'"
"New schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District could soon be privately operated if Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa gets his way.
Villaraigosa is expected to urge LAUSD Board Members to approve a resolution to allow 50 new schools to be operated by charter operators and other institutions for 2010-11 school year.
Those schools are planned to be opened in the next three years.
Villaraigosa said the idea will allow those most qualified to better run the schools and ease some of the financial burden from the City of Los Angeles.
The school superintendent would make the decision based on the operation and instructional plans the bidders submit.
However, opponents of the resolution met Saturday and issued a statement that states the motion: 'fails to address key issues impacting students, parents, teachers and LAUSD employee bargaining units.'"
