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Jackie Goldberg, a political force, is retiring from the LAUSD board. Each of the two largest unions has a favorite as two district employees vie for the office.
School bond supporters say the LAUSD measure, which would increase property taxes, is needed to repair and modernize campuses in the nation’s second-largest school system.
The spending for this L.A. school board seat suggests it’s all about charter schools versus unions, but the candidates have much to say about many issues.
Charter Amendment LL, like Charter Amendment DD for the L.A. City Council, would create a redistricting process for the Los Angeles Unified School District.
Sherlett Hendy Newbill went from long shot to favorite after revelations about the social media activity of former front-runner Kahllid Al-Alim.
Gov. Newsom signed the Phone-Free Schools Act into law. It requires California school districts to draft policies restricting or banning student cellphone use.
In LAUSD, fights and aggression are rising and students’ perception of school as safe declines. Officials put faith in counseling and support for positive behavior.
Ten public schools, with extra resources, will be able to develop their own student measures to replace a bevy of standardized tests that L.A. Unified is currently using.
Four guns have been found at L.A. schools since the start of the current school year on Aug. 12. There’s also been a stabbing and a shooting outside football games.
The journalist saw himself as a ‘radical centrist’ in a Daily News career that looked out for the ‘little man,’ challenged police corruption and assailed bureaucrats.
