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4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit 4-25-14

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Board District 3: TWO CANDIDATES FILE TO SEEK GALATZAN SCHOOL BOARD SEAT …AND THEN TAMAR DOES TOO!
Two candidates file to seek Galatzan school board seat by Michael Janofsky, L.A.  School Report | http://bit.ly/1fBhfgN Posted on April 24, 2014 11:30 am Whether LA Unified board member Tamar Galatzan runs for reelection or not, voters in her District 3 will have two other candidates to consider in the 2015 board election. Carl Petersen, Director of Logistics for a Glendale manufacturing


WHAT THE L.A. UNIFIED iPAD INVESTIGATION COULDN’T FIND
The Inspector General couldn’t find the scoring sheets …but had no problem locating the bungling bureaucracy. By Karin Klein, L.A. Times Editorialist, http://lat.ms/1mLvB5M   April 24, 2014, 3:57 p.m. :: The most troubling aspect of an internal Los Angeles Unified School District report on its purchase of iPads for its students isn't what it found out, but what it couldn't find out
L.A. Teacher Wins Job Back After Removal For Science Projects
  By Howard Blume, L.A. Times | http://lat.ms/1jLjDCE 7:20 PM PDT, April 24, 2014  ::  A Los Angeles high school science teacher is returning to the classroom two months after being suspended over concerns that two students had assembled "dangerous" science projects under his supervision. Both projects overseen by teacher Greg Schiller were capable of launching small objects. A staff mem
L.A. Unified Doesn’T Have To Release Teacher’S Names With Performance Ratings
A state appellate court panel tentatively finds a stronger public interest in keeping the names confidential than in publicly releasing them. By Teresa WatanabE, L.A. Times | http://lat.ms/1rsTbng Kyle Hunsberger explains a problem to Robert Gunter as he teaches his pre-algebra Math 7 class at Johnny Cochran Middle school in Los Angeles. He participated in L.A. Unified's controversial
L.A. Unified Battles Lawyers Over Miramonte Disclosures, Lausd Accused Of Destroying Evidence
L.A. Unified battles lawyers over Miramonte disclosures By Howard Blume, LA Times | http://lat.ms/1il0c2j April 23, 2014, 6:42 p.m.  ::  The litigation over sexual misconduct at Miramonte Elementary has resulted in a struggle over which documents should be part of the public record. This includes testimony that a former teacher had alerted her principal about sexual misconduct by Mark Berndt,

YESTERDAY

Science Teacher Returning To School
Published on United Teachers Los Angeles (http://utla.net | http://bit.ly/PzcKvY Back in the classroom 24 April 2014  ::  Greg Schiller, the LAUSD science teacher who was removed from his school in February—in a flap over science fair experiments, will be back at Cortines School of Visual & Performing Arts tomorrow.  Schiller has been languishing in “teacher jail” since February, unable to
Media Alert: SCIENCE TEACHER GREG SCHILLER RETURNS TO HIS CLASSROOM TODAY FROM TEACHER JAIL
to 4LAKids by email from Esther & Gerald Schiller Sent 10pm Thursday April 24, 2014 Hi Scott - For your information:TO: Assignment Editor Media News Alert Please consider covering a student celebration at Cortines School of Visual and Performing Arts tomorrow, April 25 from 8 am to 8:45 am.Where: 450 N. Grand Ave. Los Angles, 90012 (Cesar Chavez Avenue between Grand Ave. and HIll StreetWhat:
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit 4-24-14
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: CHARTER OF VAN NUY’S CHAMPS IN JEAPARDY OVER STAFFER’S $27,000 CREDIT-CARD MISUSE + smf’s 2¢By Thomas Himes, San Bernardino Sun | http://bit.ly/1fa4qPp 4/22/14, 1:03 PM PDT | UPDATED: 4/23  ::  Charter High School of the Arts officials have 10 days to convince Los Angeles Unified they’ve fixed mismanagement that let a former staffer rack up $27,000 in p