Magnet Angel

Hola parents!

It's been ages, and I'm dealing with an FAQ issue here on Magnet Angel, so for awhile I gave up a bit. I'll try to find a decent workaround.

LAUSDMagnetAngel.com was created to help parents find answers to their public school questions without spending days on hold or getting different answers each time a parent calls downtown.

Not always politically correct, but a true veteran of virtually all school choice options, Angel can guide, nudge, and advise for free. A volunteer in no way affliated with LAUSD aside from having been in the trenches as a parent, LAUSDMagnetAngel truly believes you deserve an angel in your corner.

With an area as vast as Los Angeles is many of us have created separate websites that specialize in a variety of niches.

Sandra Tsing Loh's Scandously Informal Guide to Los Angeles Public Schools

http://www.sandratsingloh.com/index.php?pr=Scandalously_Informal

Bill Ring's Guerilla Guide to LA Unified

http://www.guerrillaguidetolaunified.com/

Los Angeles Parents Union

http://www.laparentsunion.org/

I offered to do the newsletter for my daughter's school's PTA. There was no newsletter this year, and when they sent home the list of "jobs" available, I figured if no one else wanted to do it, I would be willing. My husband will set me up with a template, and I can insert content.

It's not even June and the first of the area schools will be graduating Thursday evening. As soon as Granada went charter, they chose to move their academic calendar earlier. The kids start school in the beginning of August and finish their midterms before the holiday break in December. And when they return, it's to the second semester. And now, May 31st, they graduate. Congratulations, GHCHS grads!

I'm still moving into these new cyber digs, but I want to mention that open enrollment ends June 1st. Parents have been swarming into the offices at my daughter's school for the five spots that are available. It's not too late to look into options for 2007-08

This site has been a long time coming. I'm an LAUSD mom of two: a sixteen-year-old junior and a six-year-old kindergartener. My son, patient as he is, went through three schools in three years. Kindergarten, we tried open enrollment at a very prestigious West Valley School. It didn't go so well. First grade, a neighbor convinced us to try the neighborhood school where she was an administrator. Year round was just not for us. Finally in second grade, he was accepted by a great magnet that met his needs.