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George McKenna and Jackie Goldberg, lions of LAUSD, retire after fiery careers
2 weeks, 2 days ago

George McKenna and Jackie Goldberg, lions of LAUSD, retire after fiery careers

LA Times  

Jackie Goldberg on her first day as a newly elected board member at the Los Angeles Unified School District headquarters in downtown Los Angeles 2019. McKenna told he was ‘subpar’ Sept. 2017 photo of LAUSD board member Dr. George McKenna at the L.A. Unified School District headquarters. His efforts to turn around that school became the subject of a 1986 …

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Incumbents show commanding leads in L.A. Community College District trustee races
2 months ago

Incumbents show commanding leads in L.A. Community College District trustee races

LA Times  

Incumbents were strongly ahead in all four races to serve on the Board of Trustees for the Los Angeles Community College District, according to election results on Wednesday. Politics 2024 Los Angeles County elections results Latest vote counts for district attorney, Board of Supervisors and county measures as well as local races for all cities, school districts and water boards …

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L.A. council candidate takes heat for saying ‘F— the police’ while discussing LAPD spending
2 months, 3 weeks ago

L.A. council candidate takes heat for saying ‘F— the police’ while discussing LAPD spending

LA Times  

L.A. 14th Council District candidates Ysabel Jurado, left, and Kevin de León have been battling over the issue of police spending. The candidate running to unseat Los Angeles City Councilmember Kevin de León faced sharp criticism Monday for saying “F— the police” at a recent meet-and-greet with college students. “Every day, the men and women of the LAPD put their …

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Amid school crime spike, task force wants L.A. campuses to decide whether they need police
8 months ago

Amid school crime spike, task force wants L.A. campuses to decide whether they need police

LA Times  

Amid steeply escalating school crime, drug use and fighting, individual Los Angeles public school campuses should be allowed to decide whether to station a police officer on campus, a safety task force said, a recommendation that, if adopted, would reverse wins by anti-police student activists but respond to calls by many parents to restore officers. She said a parents group …

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After string of teen overdoses, L.A. schools will get OD reversal drug naloxone
2 years, 3 months ago

After string of teen overdoses, L.A. schools will get OD reversal drug naloxone

LA Times  

Alberto Carvalho on Thursday announces a plan to stock campuses with the overdose reversal drug naloxone in the aftermath of a student’s death at Bernstein High School. Los Angeles public schools will stock campuses with the overdose reversal drug naloxone in the aftermath of a student’s death at Bernstein High School, putting the nation’s second-largest school system on the leading …

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Supt. Alberto Carvalho won high marks in Miami, but can he move L.A. Unified forward?
2 years, 10 months ago

Supt. Alberto Carvalho won high marks in Miami, but can he move L.A. Unified forward?

LA Times  

Los Angeles Unified Supt. “They could tell you exactly what they scored on their reading, their math.” Miami-Dade students are encouraged to “own their own data,” Carvalho said. But, he said, “there needs to be a fair balance between autonomy, which generates good results, but also a unified sense and understanding of that which is essential, indispensable and important.” L.A. …

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LAUSD to end weekly COVID tests and spend $5 million on prizes to encourage vaccinations
3 years, 1 month ago

LAUSD to end weekly COVID tests and spend $5 million on prizes to encourage vaccinations

LA Times  

Students 12 and older are supposed to have their first shot by Nov. 21. With a deadline for student COVID-19 vaccinations days away — and about 72% in compliance — the Los Angeles Board of Education has authorized an estimated $5 million for prizes and treats as incentives, including gift cards to Amazon and Target, tickets to “Hamilton” and food …

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La Trobe Uni chancellor says more students want to study in the country
3 years, 7 months ago

La Trobe Uni chancellor says more students want to study in the country

ABC  

The head of a Victorian university expects more students will choose country campuses amid the pandemic population shift, which is good news for regional communities. Key points: La Trobe University's chancellor says country campuses are growing in importance as students opt for regional study The first in-person graduation ceremonies since the pandemic began have been held at La Trobe University's …

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Families demand wider school reopening as LAUSD moves toward limited in-person instruction
3 years, 10 months ago

Families demand wider school reopening as LAUSD moves toward limited in-person instruction

LA Times  

A third-grader at Warner Avenue Elementary School participates in a demonstration at the Federal Building to pressure the L.A. Unified School District to bring students back for in-person instruction. “In anticipation of a more complete reopening of schools in April, we will begin next week to offer child care, one-on-one and small group instruction; services for students with special needs; …

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Kelly Gonez, 32, first in her family to attend college, is new L.A. school board president
4 years ago

Kelly Gonez, 32, first in her family to attend college, is new L.A. school board president

LA Times  

Kelly Gonez, the daughter of an immigrant mother and the first in her family to attend college, was selected Tuesday as the new school board president for the Los Angeles Unified School District, representing a generational shift in the nation’s second-largest school system and potentially a shift toward more influence for backers of charter schools. The selection of the president …

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LA school board votes to end random searches
5 years, 6 months ago

LA school board votes to end random searches

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — The nation’s second-largest school moved Tuesday to end random metal-detector searches of students at secondary schools, a daily procedure that critics called ineffective, intrusive and offensive. The board of the Los Angeles Unified School District directed Superintendent Austin Beutner to develop an alternative plan for school safety that eliminates the use of random searches by July 2020. …

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