LOS ANGELES TIMES
New plan for Garfield High School auditorium
February 9, 2010 | 6:00 am
The fate of the fire-damaged auditorium at Garfield High School may be decided Tuesday as the Los Angeles Board of Education considers a plan to pay for the rebuilding of the historic structure.
The auditorium was gutted in a May 2007 arson fire. A 17-year-old Garfield student was convicted of setting the blaze, sentenced to juvenile camp and ordered to pay restitution. The fire caused an estimated $30 million in damage to the East Los Angeles landmark.
Since then, the Los Angeles Unified School District has been mired in a dispute with insurers over the scope of reconstruction. The two sides have engaged in mediation without progress, which has frustrated school administrators, students and community members.
Now the district is proposing to separate the insurance claim and use a financing mechanism called Certificates of Participation, which would eventually be repaid with future insurance payments, private funds and other sources. The district would use money from the general fund for the project — estimated to cost $54 million — until the other funding sources become available.
The plan calls not only for rebuilding the auditorium using design features that mimic the 1925 structure’s original architectural details, but razing and rebuilding the attached administration building to meet current state codes.
If Tuesday’s proposal gets the go-ahead, the district will return by June with a final design plan and an environmental study for the Board’s approval, district officials said.
-- Carla Rivera
DAILY NEWS
LAUSD superintendent responds: Letters for Tuesday, Feb. 9
Re "Low-Paid Teachers" (Letters, Feb. 3):
I'd like to set the record straight: 97.8 percent of the Los Angeles Unified School District's classrooms teachers are credentialed. Regarding Mr. Martino's other inaccurate allegations that our instructors are the lowest paid in Southern California, our total compensation is more than competitive and very attractive when you include generous medical, dental and vision benefits for which our employees pay no premiums and our retirees keep for life.
- RAMON C. CORTINES
Los Angeles
The writer is superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District
Jacket is more than a piece of clothing
Updated: 02/08/2010 08:07:04 PM PST
There was some unfinished business Kathy Mattes had to take care of last week for her father.
A surprise visit she had to make back to his - and her - old alma mater to hand out some letterman jackets to three talented student athletes at Canoga Park High.
http://www.dailynews.com/search/ci_14361040?IADID=Search-www.dailynews.com-www.dailynews.com
DAILY BREEZE
Local high schools place in academic decathlons
By Melissa Pamer Staff Writer
Posted: 02/08/2010 06:17:59 PM PST
Two local high schools scored among the top campuses in the Los Angeles Unified School District's annual Super Quiz portion of the Academic Decathlon competition over the weekend.
San Pedro High tied for third place, while Narbonne High earned 10th place.
The Super Quiz portion of the competition is held over two consecutive Saturdays. The theme this year was the French Revolution.
Final results will be announced at a banquet Thursday.
South Bay teams did well in a simultaneous competition run by the County Office of Education for school districts other than LAUSD.
Torrance's West High came in second and Redondo Union High was third. Torrance, North and South high schools came in fourth, fifth and ninth, respectively.
The winning schools and wild card teams will go on to compete in the state Academic Decathlon, scheduled for next month in Sacramento. The winner there advances to the national competition.
- Melissa Pamer
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THE HUFFINGTON POST
Public school teacher, author of forthcoming novel, "A Short History of a Tall Jew"
Posted: February 9, 2010 10:14 AM
Dear United Teacher of Los Angeles Colleagues:
I will not be joining you this afternoon after work at some Mid-Cities elementary school march/rally to protest whatever it is we are protesting this week. Lay-offs, the privatization of LAUSD schools, the poor quality of bagels in our cafeterias. Frankly, I can't keep up with the issues.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dennis-danziger/shut-up-and-strike_b_454921.html?view=print
EDUCATION WEEK
The Battle for Fremont High
By Anthony Cody on February 4, 2010 10:28 AM
Last month I published a guest post from Chuck Olynyk, a veteran teacher at Fremont High School in Los Angeles. Our education leaders have decided that one way to improve low performing schools is to shut them down, and make everyone working their reapply for their jobs. Education Secretary Arne Duncan did this to 60 schools in Chicago, and has plans to put the 5000 lowest performing schools in the country into a process that could lead to reconstitution.
http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/living-in-dialogue/2010/02/the_battle_for_fremont_high.html?print=1
NEW YORK TIMES
With Federal Stimulus Money Gone, Many Schools Face Budget Gaps
By SAM DILLON
Federal stimulus money has helped avoid drastic cuts at public schools in most parts of the nation, at least so far. But with the federal money running out, many of the nation’s schools are approaching what officials are calling a “funding cliff.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/08/education/08educ.html?ref=education&pagewanted=print
February 9, 2010 | 6:00 am
The fate of the fire-damaged auditorium at Garfield High School may be decided Tuesday as the Los Angeles Board of Education considers a plan to pay for the rebuilding of the historic structure.
The auditorium was gutted in a May 2007 arson fire. A 17-year-old Garfield student was convicted of setting the blaze, sentenced to juvenile camp and ordered to pay restitution. The fire caused an estimated $30 million in damage to the East Los Angeles landmark.
Since then, the Los Angeles Unified School District has been mired in a dispute with insurers over the scope of reconstruction. The two sides have engaged in mediation without progress, which has frustrated school administrators, students and community members.
Now the district is proposing to separate the insurance claim and use a financing mechanism called Certificates of Participation, which would eventually be repaid with future insurance payments, private funds and other sources. The district would use money from the general fund for the project — estimated to cost $54 million — until the other funding sources become available.
The plan calls not only for rebuilding the auditorium using design features that mimic the 1925 structure’s original architectural details, but razing and rebuilding the attached administration building to meet current state codes.
If Tuesday’s proposal gets the go-ahead, the district will return by June with a final design plan and an environmental study for the Board’s approval, district officials said.
-- Carla Rivera
DAILY NEWS
LAUSD superintendent responds: Letters for Tuesday, Feb. 9
Re "Low-Paid Teachers" (Letters, Feb. 3):
I'd like to set the record straight: 97.8 percent of the Los Angeles Unified School District's classrooms teachers are credentialed. Regarding Mr. Martino's other inaccurate allegations that our instructors are the lowest paid in Southern California, our total compensation is more than competitive and very attractive when you include generous medical, dental and vision benefits for which our employees pay no premiums and our retirees keep for life.
- RAMON C. CORTINES
Los Angeles
The writer is superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District
ACADEMIC DECATHLON PHOTOS
Competitors answer questions during the 2010 Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) Academic Decathlon competition ÒSuper QuizÓ at the Roybal Learning Center in Los Angeles Saturday, February 6, 2010. Sixty-four teams of student decathletes completed in the ÒSuper QuizÓ competition. This yearÕs study topic was the French Revolution. The winner of the LAUSDÕs 2010 Academic Decathlon will be announced February 11 at Hollywood High School. (Hans Gutknecht/Staff Photographer)
Team prepare to answer questions during the 2010 Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) Academic Decathlon competition ÒSuper QuizÓ at the Roybal Learning Center in Los Angeles Saturday, February 6, 2010. Sixty-four teams of student decathletes completed in the ÒSuper QuizÓ competition. This yearÕs study topic was the French Revolution. The winner of the LAUSDÕs 2010 Academic Decathlon will be announced February 11 at Hollywood High School. (Hans Gutknecht/Staff Photographer)
Canoga Park High School team members cheer during the 2010 Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) Academic Decathlon competition ÒSuper QuizÓ at the Roybal Learning Center in Los Angeles Saturday, February 6, 2010. Sixty-four teams of student decathletes completed in the ÒSuper QuizÓ competition. This yearÕs study topic was the French Revolution. The winner of the LAUSDÕs 2010 Academic Decathlon will be announced February 11 at Hollywood High School. (Hans Gutknecht/Staff Photographer)
Jacket is more than a piece of clothing
Updated: 02/08/2010 08:07:04 PM PST
Left to right - Canoga Park High School athletes Maria Ruvalcaba (cq), Marcy Rodriguez (cq) and Abel (cq) DeHaro receive surprise letterman jackets from Kathy Mattes in her late father's memory. Photo by Alma Hernandez.
There was some unfinished business Kathy Mattes had to take care of last week for her father.
A surprise visit she had to make back to his - and her - old alma mater to hand out some letterman jackets to three talented student athletes at Canoga Park High.
http://www.dailynews.com/search/ci_14361040?IADID=Search-www.dailynews.com-www.dailynews.com
DAILY BREEZE
Local high schools place in academic decathlons
By Melissa Pamer Staff Writer
Posted: 02/08/2010 06:17:59 PM PST
Two local high schools scored among the top campuses in the Los Angeles Unified School District's annual Super Quiz portion of the Academic Decathlon competition over the weekend.
San Pedro High tied for third place, while Narbonne High earned 10th place.
The Super Quiz portion of the competition is held over two consecutive Saturdays. The theme this year was the French Revolution.
Final results will be announced at a banquet Thursday.
South Bay teams did well in a simultaneous competition run by the County Office of Education for school districts other than LAUSD.
Torrance's West High came in second and Redondo Union High was third. Torrance, North and South high schools came in fourth, fifth and ninth, respectively.
The winning schools and wild card teams will go on to compete in the state Academic Decathlon, scheduled for next month in Sacramento. The winner there advances to the national competition.
- Melissa Pamer
###
THE HUFFINGTON POST
Public school teacher, author of forthcoming novel, "A Short History of a Tall Jew"
Posted: February 9, 2010 10:14 AM
Dear United Teacher of Los Angeles Colleagues:
I will not be joining you this afternoon after work at some Mid-Cities elementary school march/rally to protest whatever it is we are protesting this week. Lay-offs, the privatization of LAUSD schools, the poor quality of bagels in our cafeterias. Frankly, I can't keep up with the issues.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dennis-danziger/shut-up-and-strike_b_454921.html?view=print
EDUCATION WEEK
The Battle for Fremont High
By Anthony Cody on February 4, 2010 10:28 AM
Last month I published a guest post from Chuck Olynyk, a veteran teacher at Fremont High School in Los Angeles. Our education leaders have decided that one way to improve low performing schools is to shut them down, and make everyone working their reapply for their jobs. Education Secretary Arne Duncan did this to 60 schools in Chicago, and has plans to put the 5000 lowest performing schools in the country into a process that could lead to reconstitution.
http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/living-in-dialogue/2010/02/the_battle_for_fremont_high.html?print=1
NEW YORK TIMES
With Federal Stimulus Money Gone, Many Schools Face Budget Gaps
By SAM DILLON
Federal stimulus money has helped avoid drastic cuts at public schools in most parts of the nation, at least so far. But with the federal money running out, many of the nation’s schools are approaching what officials are calling a “funding cliff.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/08/education/08educ.html?ref=education&pagewanted=print
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