L.A. Board Extends ’95 School Calendar
Students will feel aftershocks of the Northridge earthquake as late as next June when campuses with traditional calendars stay open a week later than usual, a spokeswoman for the district said Tuesday.
The Los Angeles School Board voted this week to add five days to every 1994-1995 school calendar in the Los Angeles Unified School District to make up for time lost after the Jan. 17 quake.
Funding for the extension of the school year was provided by a $56-million grant from the U.S. Department of Education.
The grant is a portion of $85 million in grants to the district from the Deparment of Education to cover services such as counseling, tutoring, supervision, and other staff needs in the aftermath of the quake, said Roger Rasmussen of the district’s independent analysis unit.
About $20 million of it has already been spent. The addition increases the number of school days to 185 for most campuses. All schools with traditional September to June calendars will stay open until June 29 instead of June 22. LEARN schools will end on June 30 instead of June 23, and the 199 year-round campuses in the district will add days at various times during the year.
All of the district schools were closed for at least a week after the earthquake while the district surveyed campuses and assessed damage.
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