“We’re here as parents fighting for more security and safety in the schools,” said Diana Guillen, a leader within the district’s parent-advisory committees at a school board meeting this month. “All these programs that you’re doing truly don’t have an impact,” Guillen said. “...
and while there was a drop in 2023, the district is confident that rates will climb again in this school year. Achievement in meeting early literacy benchmarks in kindergartenincreased 11.4% across the district,chronic
Destiny, who uses a wheelchair, depended on VGo to attend her classes on the upper floors of Fairfax High School when the elevator was temporarily broken. All three students drove their VGo systems at the LAUSD board meeting to demonstrate how the technology works to board members....
The deal also must be approved by the LAUSD Board of Education. A representative for the district said that vote is expected to occur at the next regular board meeting, set for April 18. "This contract recognizes the essential work of those who work hard to ensure students can learn in a...
The nation's second largest school district says more than half of its 688,000 students currently receive no arts instruction due to state funding cuts over the past five years. Actors Cheech Marin and Monica Rosenthal appeared at the meeting to ask the board to support the arts initiative. ...
This point-based system defines a high performance school as site, energy, material, and water efficient, as well as healthy, comfortable, and easy to maintain and operate. In 2001, the LAUSD Board of Education passed a resolution adopting CHPS as a guideline for building sustainable schools,...
At LAUSD, Black students have the second lowest graduation rate of any group at 80%, and the lowest rates for meeting requirements to go to a UC or CSU school at 53%. Black teachers make up about 10% of teachers in LAUSD, which is slightly more than the population of its students...
The truth is LAUSD tries to “narrow the gap” by meeting each child at their level and bringing them up a notch with differentiated instruction. Historically, and especially with No Child Left Behind, gifted children have been left to fend for themselves because they were advanced. I have a...
A group of about a dozen parents spoke at Tuesday’s school board meeting, calling for an end to the strike. Some placed equal responsibility on the unions and the school district; others put heavier blame on the unions, while also expressing sympathy for the workers, especially the low-wage...
The Times writes that the school board is slated to discuss Deasy’s job performance in a closed-door session Tuesday. In a special meeting the same day, the board will discuss plans for the distribution of those iPads. The complete ...