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DonV is correct in stating that parents should change and be more involved in their childs education. With active parents there could be an improvement within each school. The questions is how sincerely do we want our children to succeed? I am very involved in my childrens education and they are all doing well. There are many teachers who sincerely want the students to succeed in their education and others who teach just to pass the test. I believe that good teachers should be paid appropriately and incompetent teachers should be let go. Teacher should teach to better the student not just to pass a test to raise test scores.
ClassEmployee @ 12:29 PM PST, Nov 14, 2008
HireMichelle must not know that there are a lot of positions that are contracted out. Most of the positions already have employees hired by LAUSD to do the same job as those being contracted out at a higher pay. There are more administrative positions paying three to four times the amount of any clerical, cafeteria worker or most teachers. The administration needs to be cut down to size and contracted employees doing the same job as district hired employees need to be let go. I do not believe that Brewer was the best for the position because he is a business person not an educator.
ClassEmployee @ 12:14 PM PST, Nov 14, 2008
Why has no one considered the need for a financial and efficency audit for LAUSD? It's budget is bigger that a half-dozen states. There is plenty of money to get the job done. Where does it all go? The disasterous payroll progam was rolled out WITHOUT being tested. Who's idea of good management was that? Brewer, being navy, knows that the captain is ultimately responsible for the ship. Thing are messed up. It is HIS fault. He should go down with the ship!
CPA turned Technolgy Teacher @ 11:07 AM PST, Nov 14, 2008
SUBPRIME DIPLOMAS is what LAUSD is in the business of offering most of its students today. Teaching to the test increases district scores, but ignores the knowledge and skills that students really need to succeed in today;s world. We need a leader in LAUSD taht can achieve this goal.
William @ 10:06 AM PST, Nov 14, 2008
Oh, for heaven's sake! Stop blaming Brewer and trying to make it sound like he ever had any chance of solving the incredibly bloated, politicized, and self-defeating problems of the enormous LAUSD bureaucracy. His heart was in the right place initially, and then he just ran into the usual big district buzz-saw. I'm sure he was amazed that LAUSD was harder to move than the U.S. Navy, and no one told him the truth about what today's school industry is really all about. He's just the unwitting scapegoat for a clueless Board of Education! www.ChangeTheSchools.com
Patricia Kokinos @ 9:14 AM PST, Nov 14, 2008
It sounds like somebody within politicing for a job. Leave Brewer alone. You people need to help him get it right.
K.W. @ 8:55 AM PST, Nov 14, 2008
Why did the district hire an executive chef? What has he done to save money. The food is lousy. Fire him and send him back to McDonalds.
LAUSD Parent @ 8:07 AM PST, Nov 14, 2008
Someone already said it best, it's the students and parents NOT the school district. If you place LAUSD students in South Pasadena and San Marino, and moved administrators from South Pasadena and San Marino to LAUSD, do you honestly think it would make a difference??!!?? Of course not. It all starts with parents holding themselves and their children accountable. It's so easy to blame the "system". I come from a place where going to school was almost impossible for the masses. I can't believe that people in this country complain about everyhting.
Juan G. @ 7:21 AM PST, Nov 14, 2008
Prediction: The Mayors only solution is going to be to put a Mexican in office. Tony Baloney has got to go!
Robert Herndon @ 6:42 AM PST, Nov 14, 2008
He gets a $50,000 slush fund to take principals on a retreat to Embassy suites with taxpayer money and I have to PAY $75 to go to a MANDATORY staff meeting. He and all the board memebers can go!
Joe @ 6:32 AM PST, Nov 14, 2008
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