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| SPECIAL ISSUE: LAUSD Construction Program ReOrg |  | | | In This Issue: | | • | NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING OF THE LAUSD BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE - 2:30 PM Wed. Sept 30th | | | • | FASTEN YOUR SEAT BELTS.... | | | • | MINIMIZING TH' OL' CARBON FOOTPRINT.... BUT WAIT, the pitchman said, THERE’S MORE! | | | • | What can YOU do? | |
Featured Links: | | | | NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING OF THE LAUSD BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE - 2:30 PM Wed. Sept 30th
It may all come down to this! If you only go to one boring meeting at Beaudry this year - make this the one!
An LAUSD Bond Oversight Committee Special Meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, September 30th at 2:30 pm. The meeting will be held in the Board Room at the Beaudry Bldg.
The agenda has not yet been posted. There will be one agenda item, FSD Organization and Compensation.
FASTEN YOUR SEAT BELTS....
....The events of the past few weeks have been swift and troubling.
• The passage of the Schools Choice Resolution.
• The outright elimination of School Board Committee Meetings and closing of the door on parent, public and community input in the Board of Education’s decision-making process
• The handover of the new Mendez High School to the Mayor’s partnership with no public process.
• The announcement of 12 existing schools and 24 new schools valued at $1.5 billion as being candidates for outside operation by entities outside the jurisdiction of the Board of Education on a fast track schedule.
• Unilateral decisions made by the Superintendent in opposition to the Bond Language in Prop BB and Measures K, R and Y.
• A reorganization of the Facilities Services Division – the builders and modernizers of our schools – to make them more accountable to Beaudry and less accountable to the voters and taxpayers.
• The resignation/retirement/removal of the Chief Facilities Executive (perhaps?) as result of some of the items above. (Ya think?)
Events over the past 48 hours have been happening at an accelerating pace – your attention is directed to the 4LAKidsNews link below.
Or twitter@ http://twitter.com/4LAKids
These are adult issues, with adults behaving as adults do when money and power are at stake. My apologies that the word ‘children” only appears once …and that was it.
Onward! - smf
MINIMIZING TH' OL' CARBON FOOTPRINT.... BUT WAIT, the pitchman said, THERE’S MORE!
OK, you’re downtown on Wednesday afternoon and you’ve caught-and-caused your fair share of abuse at the Bond Oversight Committee Meeting, What now?
• ALSO NEXT WEDNESDAY Senator Gloria Romero convenes her long awaited Select Committee on Urban School Governance and asks the question: "WHAT IS THE ROLE OF PARENTS AS AGENTS OF CHANGE IN CALIFORNIA'S PUBLIC SCHOOLS?"
A great question.
Senator Romero's last foray in School Governance was her sponsorship of AB1381 - which unconstitutionally tried to give LAUSD over to the Mayor of Los Angeles. The senator's own bio claims she: "convened the Senate Select Committee on the California Correctional System. She soon became a leading voice for the reform and overhaul of California’s prison system. She conducted numerous oversight hearings on abuse and violence in California’s prisons and in 2005 authored landmark legislation reorganizing the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. She has authored numerous pieces of legislation focused on parole and sentencing reforms. She has participated in national reviews of sentencing commissions and reforms of state and federal prisons."
Senator Romero correctly identifies Public Education as the Civil Rights Issue of the 21st century - but at what cost? If we look back just two paragraphs and compare her bio it seems like the senator is an architect of the School-to-Prison Pipeline …maybe parents should be asking questions of her.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2009
SELECT COMMITTEE ON URBAN SCHOOL GOVERNANCE
SENATOR GLORIA ROMERO, Chair
6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Rosemont Elementary School
421 N. Rosemont Avenue
Los Angeles
INFORMATIONAL HEARING - SUBJECT: Power to the Parents: The Role of Parents as Agents of Change in California's Public Schools.
What can YOU do?
• E-mail, call or write your school board member:
Yolie.Flores.Aguilar@lausd.net • 213-241-6383
Tamar.Galatzan@lausd.net • 213-241-6386
Monica.Garcia@lausd.net • 213-241-6180
Marguerite.LaMotte@lausd.net • 213-241-6382
Nury.Martinez@lausd.net • 213-241-6388
Richard.Vladovic@lausd.net • 213-241-6385
Steve.Zimmer@lausd.net • 213-241-6387
...or your city councilperson, mayor, the governor, member of congress, senator - or the president. Tell them what you really think! • There are 26 mayors and five county supervisors representing jurisdictions within LAUSD, the mayor of LA can be reached at mayor@lacity.org • 213.978.0600
• Call or e-mail Governor Schwarzenegger: 213-897-0322 e-mail: http://www.govmail.ca.gov/
• Open the dialogue. Write a letter to the editor. Circulate these thoughts. Talk to the principal and teachers at your local school.
• Speak with your friends, neighbors and coworkers. Stay on top of education issues. Don't take my word for it!
• Get involved at your neighborhood school. Join your PTA. Serve on a School Site Council. Be there for a child.
• If you are eligible to become a citizen, BECOME ONE.
• If you a a citizen, REGISTER TO VOTE.
• If you are registered, VOTE LIKE THE FUTURE DEPENDS ON IT.
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| Scott Folsom is a parent leader in LAUSD. He is Past President of Los Angeles Tenth District PTSA and represents PTA on the LAUSD Construction Bond Citizen's Oversight Committee and the BOC on the Board of Education Facilities Committee. He is an elected repreprentative on his neighborhood council. He is a Health Commissioner, Legislation Team member and a member of the Board of Managers of the California State PTA. He serves on numerous school district advisory and policy committees and has served a PTA officer and governance council member at three LAUSD schools. He is the recipient of the UTLA/AFT 2009 "WHO" Gold Award for his support of education and public schools - an honor he hopes to someday deserve. • In this forum his opinions are his own and your opinions and feedback are invited. Quoted and/or cited content copyright © the original author and/or publisher. All other material copyright © 4LAKids.
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