Tomorrow some folks will be voting for mayor and a few other assorted City of Los Angeles positions. Tomorrow, I’m only voting for one thing: school board. And to me, it’s more important than a presidential election. Politicians and wealthy … Continue reading →
Sandra Tsing Loh, the original Magnet Yenta, has offered schools a great way to win $1000 by visiting her new website. What public school couldn’t put that to good use? Read on:
After seven years on KPCC and beyond, The … Continue reading →
A press release reposted several times on Facebook has certainly sparked my interest: Granada Hills Charter High School has acquired the six-acre campus of Pinecrest School in Northridge. GHCHS has assured the school its current lease through 2014-15, … Continue reading →
Biggest Day Ever at “Ask a Magnet Yenta”
Our sister site, “Ask a Magnet Yenta” had its heaviest traffic yesterday and today, surpassing our previous numbers by several hundred views. With magnet acceptance letters posted and mailed out, and SAS season in full swing, we shouldn’t … Continue reading →
Affiliated Charters Face Growing Pains on Several Fronts
Families at affiliated charters have been getting bad news left and right this week. Affiliated charters, or charter light, or hybrid charters, or any of a variety of ways used to explain the program, are semi-autonomous schools that receive their … Continue reading →
With less than a week until the March 5th election, LAUSD voters are being inundated with mailer after mailer. At my place, we’re up to 14, and I’m sure there will be at least half a dozen more in the … Continue reading →
LAUSD has posted the 2013-14 draft calendar, and there are a few surprises. While this year’s calendar included furlough days that included the entire week at Thanksgiving, and a four-day holiday for California state Admissions Day and Labor … Continue reading →
This post isn’t going to be about LAUSD today. It’s about parents, and specifically about parents driving around schools. School has been in session for nearly a month now and I’d like to think that traffic conditions are better than … Continue reading →
Yes, it’s been a few months.
With culmination activities of a fifth grader (and saying goodbye to a phenomenal school), a college graduation, a shortened summer, and the dread of starting a new middle school, I chose to spend time … Continue reading →
I’ll admit, I’ve been with the district longer than most families. With a son who started in 1995, and a daughter who will graduate in 2019, I’m afraid to even do the math to say the number when it comes … Continue reading →
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