Barack Obama Global Prep: LAUSD DECISION HAS SOUTH LOS ANGELES SMOKING HOT
BY JANET DENISE KELLY VIEW FROM HERE | CITYWATCH LA - HTTP://BIT.LY/QANBRK
07.11.2011 - It is smoking hot in South Los Angeles. Unfortunately, it is not the weather. It is the parents, teachers, and community members who are enraged over the recent removal of Principal Veronique Wills at Barack Obama Global Preparatory Academy on 46th and Western Ave; and the Los Angeles Unified School District’s (LAUSD) calculated move to hinder community involvement in the decision making process of its local schools as part of its reform efforts.When I say “smoking mad”, the community is at odds with LAUSD and its handling of schools in the area and think that socio-economic status have a lot to do with it.
The community is blaming LAUSD Superintendent, John Deasy and Local District 7, George McKenna of circumventing plans and processes and under resourcing South Los Angeles public schools intentionally to turn them over to independent charter school operators.
The community is not holding down. It is barging forward with a full force assault on the District and its leadership.
First, let’s start with Barack Obama Global Preparatory Academy. From inception to the opening of its doors in September 2010, the