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16 LAUSD SCHOOLS TO LOSE $60 MILLION IN STUDENT-ACHIEVEMENT FUNDS FOR FAILING TO MEET STANDARDS + smf (+other)’s 2¢ |
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SOME CUTS, SOME CASH IN BUDGET DEAL: No change in grade point eligibility for Cal Grant |
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BUDGET CUTS DIMINISH EVALUATIONS OF TEACHER PREP PROGRAMS |
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CONGRATULATIONS CLASS OF 2012! |
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HIGHLIGHTS, LOWLIGHTS & THE NEWS THAT DOESN'T FIT: The Rest (but
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On Thursday at noon they had a block party at
Beaudry. Closed down a street – set up a stage – brought in some food
trucks – bands of student musicians played.
It was good to see those one normally sees indoors in their cubicles and
offices out in the clear – and disinfecting – sunshine of the light of
day. I was great to witness the talent of the young people.
It wasn’t a union rally or an angry protest; no sports team had won a
championship. It was a glorious Thursday afternoon in June. . School’s
Out for Summer. And for some: the recently graduated, retired – or
terminally RIFed – Forever.
It was Beyond the Bell’s celebration of itself and of LAUSD’s afterschool programs – and a fine time was had by all.
BtB is the brainchild and legacy of John Liecthy: The Man who Understood Middle Schoolers.
When John died far too soon they named a Middle School after him. In
Britain they call vacuum cleaners “Hoovers”; when one vacuums one
“hoovers” the rug. The noun and the verb. John was like that about
middle schools and afterschool programs. Oh sure, John was irascible
and a troublemaker. Bit of a loose cannon. Like those are bad things!
Never mind that Deasy&Co. plan to pull the plug on BtB afterschool
programs – and padlock the playgrounds ten minutes after the last bell
next year. 14,000+ K-8 kids will be affected at 85 campuses – sent home
or out onto the streets at the end of the school day as LAUSD zeroes
out afterschool programs. Flatline. BEEEEeeeep…..
Sure, some children will go to the library or the park or to little
league practice. Some parents and boosters and PTAs and philanthropists
will buy or sponsor afterschool programs at some schools. Some kids will
be served. Some kids will be saved. Some kids will be safe.
“Kasserian ingera” is the traditional greeting between in the Masai people of the Serengeti Plain: “How are the children?”
“Sapati ingera”: “All the children are well,” is the traditional reply. All.
Thursday afternoon bands played and the sun shone and guys in taco
trucks with high school diplomas sold a buck-and-a-quarter’s worth of
beans and rice and sliced sausage to Master’s Degrees and Ph.D’s for
$10. And nobody cared. The cupcakes were to die for. Never mind they
cost $4. It hardly seemed like a wake at all.
THURSDAY EVENING SOME OF THE MEMBERS OF THE LAUSD BUILDING TRADES – the
carpenters and painters and plumbers – the Maintenance+Operations folk
who fix and repair stuff - who answer trouble calls and keep kids safe
at a thousand schools spread out over 710 square miles - met in the
Valley. Their RIF’s haven’t been rescinded. [Deasy kinda/sorta/waffly
addressed this in an interview on Wednesday [http://bit.ly/MDLQw7]
Tradespeople will have their RIFs rescinded based on seniority and the
ability/willingness to “repurpose work”. M+O workers are seeing their
jobs farmed and contracted out – their work “repurposed” – sometimes to
members of different crafts or to other locals in their same unions.
Divide and conquer/RIF and outsource. Their business agents don’t see
the problem: union guys are getting the jobs. But their families and
kids do …because they don’t have jobs.
They are told by the District that if the Governor’s Tax Plan doesn’t
pass it will get worse (more RIFs/more furlough days) …while the
teachers are promised that if the Governor’s Plan passes it will get
better (RIF’s rescinded/less furlough days). Read that again. The
difference in the language is slight …but insidious.
FRIDAY MORNING THERE WAS A PRESS CONFERENCE/PHOTO OP at Dahlia Heights
Elementary School in Eagle Rock to try and save the Beyond the Bell
Afterschool Program there and throughout LAUSD. http://t.co/0KPVykDL | http://bit.ly/Mq4BWv
School Boardmemeber Kayser was there. Jackie Goldberg. Community
activists. Representatives of LA’s BEST from the mayor’s office.
Concerned policemen. Worried parents. PTA moms+dads. Sweet Alice Harris
from Watts. Kids. Babies. The media. Educators and scholars downloaded
data to prove the point everyone knows anecdotally already: Children
need afterschool programs to be safe, to learn, to succeed, to grow and
to play – because Play is the Work of Children.
As our friend the school policeman pointed out: “The gangs aren’t cutting back on their programs!”
Back on February 14th – on the day of the infamous Valentines Day Budget
Massacre and before the “cone of silence” descended - Alvaro Cortes,
executive director of Beyond the Bell, said in an interview with Ed Week
[http://bit.ly/L5F95M
] the cuts to the after-school programs would be disastrous for
students and their parents, leaving many without a place to go from 3
p.m. to 6 p.m.
"I understand this is a horrific state of finances for all of our
schools, but we have to decide what are the most essential programs and
basic necessities for our students [when making budget cuts]," said
Cortes. "I happen to think before-school and after-school care,
providing a nurturing environment for our kids from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m., is
a basic necessity for our kids and something we owe their parents to
provide."
Beyond the Bell’s afterschool program is being zeroed out, but Teacher
Assessment and Evaluation, Value added and the ®eform, Inc. agenda are
being obsessively pursued big time. ”I don’t think so but…” Jackie
Goldberg said. “...perhaps those are good ideas. But we know that
afterschool programs are a great idea that works. You don’t abandon
successful ideas to try new ideas …especially not now when the money is
scarce!”
A parent likened the situation to a very Grimm Fairy Tale: Things are
going from bad to worse and the adults are dumping the kids onto the
streets – into the very dark forest where we all know the wolves are.
At Dahlia Heights we promised the kids that scary story won’t end that
way. Now we and they need all of you – including you Dr. Deasy – to
keep the promise every parent makes to every child: “You will be safe”.
IN THE CURRENT BEAUDRY REGIME LAUSD STAFF IS DISCOURAGED from speaking
up and speaking against the current direction – discouraged even from
speaking to school board members - whether in defense of programs or in
questioning “what’s best for kids” – an attitude that might be looked
upon by the Powers-that-Be as disloyalty to the Powers-that-Be.
In the Restructuring/Reconstitution/Privatization troublemakers need not reapply.
Educators are an opinionated bunch and thrive on sharing their opinions.
The pervasive uncharacteristic silence by staff doesn’t signify
lockstep wholesale agreement …. If they agreed they’d say so. It is
evidence of something darker going on. There is a palpable culture of
fear at Beaudry and at what’s left of the local districts and at the
school sites. Employee morale is as low as it goes. Jobs and futures are
at stake. The economy is in shambles. Big Brother is watching.
To paraphrase Pastor Martin Niemöller: “First they came for Adult Ed….” So it is and was and must not forever be.
There are exceptions. The school policeman – and president of the
school police officers union – said he would’ve supported eleven days of
furlough if that would’ve guaranteed that afterschool programs
continued. I can’t speak for the guys in the building trades – but I
suspect they would agree …IF the deal negotiations were open, honest and
transparent.
IN OTHER NEWS: •California really doesn’t have a budget, it has a budget
document and deal with the governor – whom it turns out – like his
predecessor - has never seen a charter school he didn’t like. And none
of it solves anything …until November – when everything changes, either
for the bad …or for the worse. •A government study shows that charter
schools aren’t serving special needs students. All together: Duh!
•Autism help for Latino parents is insufficient. •Eliminating 52% of
Adult Ed “saves” it – as does closing 20 Early Ed Centers. (‘Decimate’
only means eliminating 10%!) •The Brown Initiative - which adds no new
funding stream to education – but does shore it and every other program
at Sacramento’s whim up - and the PTA/Munger Initiative– which does
bring about $10 billion in new funding (protected from Sacramento) to
public education will be on the November ballot – along with 9 other
initiatives. •Duffy is lonely. •And I’m not running the story of how
some
Eagle rock parents are suing LAUSD because their straight A child (who
got a full ride to Stanford) didn’t get to be
valedictorian.
In Philadelphia they convicted the monsignor of child endangerment. Not
for what he did to children - but for what he didn’t do for children
School’s out. Please, let’s be extra careful out there.
¡Onward/Adelante! - smf
16 LAUSD SCHOOLS TO LOSE $60 MILLION IN
STUDENT-ACHIEVEMENT FUNDS FOR FAILING TO MEET STANDARDS + smf (+other)’s
2¢
• 3 out of 4 middle schools cut from QEIA are in the mayor’s partnership.
• 85 LAUSD schools met the goals
By Barbara Jones, Staff Writer | LA Daily News http://bit.ly/Mg6YMr
6/22/2012 07:24:44 PM PDT :: Sixteen struggling Los Angeles Unified
schools will lose nearly $60 million from a state program designed to
boost student achievement after they fell short in raising scores on
standardized tests, according to officials.
The district campuses are among roughly 130 statewide that will be
dropped July 1 for failing to meet requirements of California's Quality
Education Investment Act. With a fund of $2.7 billion, QEIA is designed
to help nearly 500 California schools shrink class size and improve
teaching staff as a way to raise test scores.
With the state mired in a financial crisis that has slashed public
school funding, QEIA has been viewed as a godsend by districts trying to
improve student reading and math skills and raise graduation rates.
Without the state windfall to hire and train more teachers, officials
say, the schools will have to find the money elsewhere or simply do
without.
"It's devastating to a school," said Bo Vitolo, who oversees QEIA
programs throughout Southern California for the Los Angeles County
Office of Education. "In this fiscal climate, it's really a challenge."
QEIA (which most officials pronounce KEE-ah) was created in 2006 to
settle a legal battle between the California Teachers Association and
then-Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, after he suspended funding for public
schools.
A total of 488 California schools were selected to participate,
including about 100 in Los Angeles Unified. The schools all scored in
the lowest 20 percent on the state's Academic Performance Index test,
and most are in poor and predominantly Latino neighborhoods.
QEIA: Who gets the money?
The 2006 Quality Education Investment Act provides $2.7 billion to
participating schools that meet seven benchmarks designed to improve
student achievement. They are:
-- Class-size reduction (20:1 in grades K-3; 27:1 in core classes in grades 4-12)
-- High school student to counselor ratio of 300:1.
-- Core classes taught by "highly qualified teachers," as defined by the federal No Child Left Behind Act.
-- Meet district targets for experienced teachers.
-- Ensure students have sufficient instructional materials and that schools are clean and safe.
-- One-third of teachers must participate in professional development.
-- Exceed API growth target, averaged over three years.
Source: California Department of Education.
Schools get money based on enrollment -- $500 for each student in
kindergarten through third grade, $900 for grades 4-8 and $1,000 for
each high schooler.
QEIA schools got three years to phase in seven performance benchmarks, which had to be fully implemented in 2010-11.
The student-teacher ratio for K-3 classes can be no larger than 20 to 1,
for instance, although the district norm is 24 to 1. High schools must
have a counselor for every 300 students, a ratio that may be as high as
600 to 1 at the average campus.
The most critical mandate requires schools to exceed their API growth target, based on a three-year average of its scores.
Three LAUSD high schools -- Jordan, Fremont and Manual Arts -- lost
their funds in 2011-12, despite a three-year QEIA investment totaling
$22 million.
Seven other high schools, along with four middle and five elementary
schools will be terminated in 2012-13 for missing their API targets.
Those 16 schools received a total of $20 million for the current fiscal
year. Had they been able to continue in the program through 2014-15,
when QEIA is now set to expire, they would have raked in some $60
million.
Three of the middle schools on the list -- Carver, Gompers and Stevenson
Middle schools -- are among those taken over by the Partnership for Los
Angeles Schools, a reform movement organized by Mayor Antonio
Villaraigosa. Together, the three campuses received about $4.3 million
this year. The loss to Stevenson was especially difficult since the
school missed its API target by just one point.
"The schools were underserved and underperforming when we took over,"
said Marshall Tuck, the partnership's CEO. "We put in strong leadership,
but we just couldn't move fast enough. It's absolutely heartbreaking."
LAUSD has 85 schools remaining in QEIA, including 14 in the San Fernando
Valley. Among the noteworthy schools is Napa Elementary in Northridge,
which raised 2011 API score by 130 points, the third-biggest jump in the
district.
"It's important to say there has been some pretty magnificent
improvement in some of our schools," said Donna Muncey, chief of LAUSD's
Division of Intensive Support and Intervention.
Given the mixed results at QEIA schools, the state teachers union has
hired an outside consultant to study the role of smaller class size and
other factors on student achievement.
"We want to look at success beyond the test scores, at what is making a
school successful," said CTA Vice President Eric Heins. "It's all part
of a puzzle that fits together -- the teachers, the school
administrator, the buy-in of parents and staff."
Ironically, QEIA was authored by Tom Torlakson, a former state senator
who is now the superintendent of public instruction. His agency is now
responsible for administering the law, which was passed in 2006, before
the recession.
QEIA mandates that money taken from schools dropped from the program be
used to help the others survive. While the law says schools can receive
an annual cost-of-living increase, officials say the state's financial
problems make that impossible. It's more likely, they say, that QEIA
will simply be extended until the original $2.7 billion allocation is
exhausted.
Local schools say they'd benefit more now from the additional state
money -- especially with Gov. Jerry Brown threatening more budget cuts
if voters reject his tax hike on the November ballot.
Reducing class size, especially in grades K-3, is becoming increasingly
difficult and will be the next crisis facing QEIA schools, county and
district officials say.
Deb Ernst, who oversees QEIA for LAUSD, said the program provides an
additional incentive for polishing efforts that were already under way.
"There are many good things happening -- not just class size," she said.
"There are many things that have to work together, that a dedicated
principal has to do to leverage true increases in student achievement.
QEIA doesn't hurt, but it isn't the primary lever."
••smf’s 2¢: The good news is that 85 LAUSD schools in QEIA DID meet the
goals and did make a difference in the lives of students by investing
the QEIA money well. The maybe even better news is that QEIA relies on
class-size reduction to work – so now the data-driven and research-based
can conclude that CSR is successful in LAUSD 85% of the time. Or they
can ignore the evidence that doesn't support their agenda.
••2¢ more: Former boardmember David Tokofsky writes to 4LAKids:
Today's Daily News Front Page tells a lot but misses the point that
the schools that lost the money were in fact almost entirely
partnerships of one sort or another. (emphasis added)
LAUSD did not lose the money directly but only through the partners. ….
$80 million plus [The $60MM this year and the $22MM last year] is a lot
of money to lose compared to other initiatives especially since it was
money already in poor kids classrooms.
SOME CUTS, SOME CASH IN BUDGET DEAL: No change in grade point eligibility for Cal Grant
By Kathryn Baron & John Fensterwald | Thoughts on Public Education http://bit.ly/MH2bQU
6/22/12 • Legislative leaders protected most student financial aid in
the Cal Grants program and preserved status quo funding for charter
schools in the budget deal announced yesterday between Democrats and
Gov. Jerry Brown.
The agreement comes less than a week after legislators approved a $92
billion spending plan that eliminated some of the governor’s biggest
education proposals, including his plan to switch the entire school
finance system to a weighted student funding formula.
Few details were revealed from the agreement announced yesterday; Senate
staff members said the specific language of the budget trailer bills
would be written over the weekend and taken up in the budget committee
on Monday. A floor vote could come as soon as Tuesday.
Staff confirmed that the bills would not raise the eligibility for Cal
Grants, the $1.5 billion student aid program. Brown recommended raising
the grade point average (GPA) required for the Cal Grant A program from
3.0 to 3.25, and increasing the GPA for Cal Grant B awards from 2.0 to
2.75.
Michele Siqueiros, executive director of the Campaign for College
Opportunity and a board member on the California Student Aid Commission,
said taking the GPA increases off the table is “absolutely a great
thing for students,” because the proposal threatened to shift the core
value of Cal Grants from a need-based scholarship into a merit-based
program.
The Campaign for College Opportunity sent a letter to the governor last
week opposing that and two other recommendations: reducing the Cal Grant
award by 40 percent for new and continuing students attending
independent nonprofit colleges in California, and linking Cal Grant
eligibility to federal standards for the Pell Grant program. The budget
deal reportedly contains neither of those proposals.
However, students attending private, for-profit colleges may want to
check their schools’ graduation and loan default rates. The Legislature
did accept Brown’s bid to crack down on so-called diploma mills, private
for-profit institutions, by withholding Cal Grants from these schools
for one year if their graduation rate falls below 30 percent or their
student loan default rate is 15 percent or higher. That could affect
more than 80 postsecondary institutions, according to an analysis
conducted for the Student Aid Commission.
“It says to colleges, especially if they’re going to charge a lot of
money, that students should be getting a lot of value for that money,”
said Siqueiros, adding that means getting a job that pays enough to pay
back the loan.
BROWN HAS CHARTER SCHOOLS’ BACKS
Brown has persuaded legislative leaders to restore an unexpected $50
million cut to charter schools that they approved in passing the state
budget last week. The cut would have been $100 to $112 per charter
student and would have widened a funding gap between charters and
district schools.
But charter leaders will be holding their breath until the agreement is
written into the language of a trailer bill and it becomes a done deal.
The money is for the block grant that charters get in lieu of small,
restricted amounts of money for special purposes known as categorical
programs. In his budget, Brown flat-funded the block program but
included an additional $50 million to accommodate what the Department of
Finance is projecting to be a 15.5 percent increase in charter school
attendance next year, compared with less than 1 percent more in district
schools.
The surge in enrollment reflects not only additional schools but also
schools adding grades and more students per class to cope with budget
cuts, said Jed Wallace, president and CEO of the California Charter
Schools Association. Over the last four years, the average charter
school has grown from 360 to 400 students.
Earlier this year, the Legislative Analyst’s Office calculated that
charter schools received 7 percent or $395 per student less than
district schools, including $150 per student less in categorical
funding. That difference would have increased to $260 per student
without the $50 million growth factor.
“Our members were very vocal about this,” Wallace said. “It looks as though funding will be restored, and we appreciate this.”
Brown, who was a creator of two charter schools while mayor of Oakland, has become a protector of charters as governor.
BUDGET CUTS DIMINISH EVALUATIONS OF TEACHER PREP PROGRAMS
By Tom Chorneau. SI&A Cabinet Report –http://bit.ly/NmXJFS
Wednesday, June 20, 2012 :: Site accreditation visits to 40 of the
state’s teacher preparation programs will be put on hold for 2012-13 as
the staff at the Commission on Teacher Credentialing takes a closer look
at how institutional evaluations are done and what activities are
actually needed.
The hold on site visits comes as the result of the grim funding forecast
the commission faces next year. As one of the few state agencies
completely self-funded, the CTC is struggling with a steep decline in
revenues as the number of teacher applications and tests the agency
administers has also fallen during the recession.
A 14-point response plan for revising the accreditation program for next
year – approved by the commission last week – goes well beyond just
suspending the site visits.
Also under review is the analysis of reports and reams of data that
universities and preparation institutions submit in an effort to show
that their teacher candidates are learning what they need to carry out
instruction based on California standards.
“We believe the current system is robust,” said Teri Clark, director of
the CTC’s Professional Services Division. “But the system may be a
little overly intense for both institutions and commission staff. So we
are going to look carefully to see which of these activities gives us
good information and really need to be continued. And are there any
activities that should be streamlined to reduce stress on the
institutions and the commission especially if the activity is not giving
the commission the assurances that the other activities are.”
In addition to its role as arbiter of discipline for educator misconduct
cases in California, the commission also serves as the state standards
board for teacher and administrator preparation – which includes
oversight of college, university and other institutional training
programs.
There are about 260 preparation programs in the state but some, like the
California State University, includes a large number of separate
pathway programs that all require individual review.
Currently, the commission has a seven-year evaluation cycle with
preparation programs providing reports throughout that period. Candidate
assessments are also reviewed to make sure the programs are testing for
the right knowledge and skills. Finally, in year six, a team of experts
–volunteers from within the same educational profession being evaluated
– make a site visit to get a first-hand appreciation of the program.
Even with the volunteer support, site visits next year were estimated to
cost the commission close to $160,000 – an expense the agency just
cannot afford.
While they look for efficiency and innovation, the CTC staff plans to
continue with the data collection and analysis and push back the site
visit component one year.
Some employer groups, including the Association of California School
Administrators, have warned the commission that the accreditation system
is badly needed to ensure the quality of the work force, and that it
should be careful when considering modification.
“We want to emphasize to everyone that this is only a one-year deferment
of the site visits,” said Cheryl Hickey, Administrator of the CTC’s
Professional Services Division, noting that there have been discussions
in the past about cutting out the site visits completely and going only
with a document review.
“But the panel that worked on this came to the conclusion that there are
some things you just can’t get unless you are on the ground, talking to
candidates, faculty, stakeholders and employers,” she said. “So we are
very much aware that the site visit is a critical piece.”
••smf’s 2¢: One wonders how much of this is driven by LAUSD’s download
of 110/591/600/604/over 8,000 allegations of teacher misconduct to the
CTC – driven by LAUSD’s previous failures to report the same?
CONGRATULATIONS CLASS OF 2012!
Themes in the News: A weekly commentary written by UCLA IDEA on the
important issues in education as covered by the news media. | http://bit.ly/9k0ADx
06-22-2012 :: As the school year comes to a close, UCLA IDEA would
like to congratulate all the graduates in California's high school class
of 2012. Roughly 25,000 of these students have special cause for hope.
Last week, President Obama issued an executive order halting
deportations for young undocumented immigrants. That decision, taken
together with legislation signed by Gov. Brown last year allowing
qualified undocumented students to access state financial aid, means
that more outstanding California students will be able to enroll in and
graduate from California's colleges and universities. And, because
Obama's order also grants undocumented youth work permits, this expanded
pool of college graduates will be able to make use of their degrees and
contribute back to the larger community.
Young immigrant rights activists like Tam Tran and Cinthya Felix played a
critical role in bringing us to this point. These DREAMers—so named for
their support of the DREAM Act and their vision of a better
future—spoke out and protested at great personal risk. In so doing, they
changed public perception and transformed political reality.
The task of creating just and inclusive immigration policies is far from
complete. Young people, including graduates from the class of 2012,
will need to lead the way.
HIGHLIGHTS, LOWLIGHTS & THE NEWS THAT DOESN'T
FIT: The Rest (but not necessarily the best) of the Stories from Other
Sources
Not the end of the world, just another tragedy in the
litany: ADULT ED BAKING CLASS ENDS; WHO'LL BE TAKING THE CAKES?
Culinary instructor Susan Holtz knew the dough-strapped district was
losing more than just a popular adult education class. There was also a
baker's legacy at stake
.By Bob Pool, Los Angeles Times | http://lat.ms/MtFtLB
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AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS ELIMINATED FROM LAUSD BUDGET: 14,000 K-8 students will be forced to leave the school yard ... http://bit.ly/Mn7se4
CALIFORNIANS WANT TO INVEST MORE IN OUR LOCAL SCHOOLS, PTA SAYS: MEDIA ADVISORY June 15, 2012 ... http://bit.ly/Loof6a
ADULT EDUCATION’S EXISTENTIAL CRISIS + EdSource Report: AT RISK: Adult Schools in California: By Kathryn Baro... http://bit.ly/N5o4M6
EVENTS: Coming up next week...
*Dates and times subject to change. ________________________________________
• SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE:
http://www.laschools.org/bond/
Phone: 213-241-5183
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• LAUSD FACILITIES COMMUNITY OUTREACH CALENDAR:
http://www.laschools.org/happenings/
Phone: 213-241.8700
What can YOU do?
• E-mail, call or write your school board member:
Tamar.Galatzan@lausd.net • 213-241-6386
Monica.Garcia@lausd.net • 213-241-6180
Bennett.Kayser@lausd.net • 213-241-5555
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! • Find
your state legislator based on your home address. Just go to: http://bit.ly/dqFdq2 • 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 Brown: 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. THEY DO!.
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