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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.

In the meantime, I was at a bookreading for Sandra Tsing Loh's new book, Mother on Fire, and got pressed into service rather quickly. The same question keeps coming up, over and over, and that's clearly why does LAUSD do such a terrible job of promoting the hidden gems it has all over the district? Not just the Balboas, but the quiet neighborhood schools offering violin, or fundraising for an art or computer teacher.

Sandra has created a blog-ish resource where parents looking for information on a local school can write in and Sandra puts out the word, and parents from that school are located and come write back about it. It's incredibly grassroots, but it's why it's working so well. It's at http://askamagnetyenta.wordpress.com

With the kids starting school again (and Michael in college, FINALLY), I'll try in earnest to keep up with this site as well as the time I'm spending on GreatSchools.net on their community forum answering parents questions there too.