4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit

This page is a compendium of items of interest - news stories, scurrilous rumors, links, academic papers, damnable prevarications, rants and amusing anecdotes - about LAUSD and/or public education that didn't - or haven't yet - made it into the "real" 4LAKids blog and weekly e-newsletter at http://www.4LAKids.blogspot.com . 4LAKidsNews will be updated at arbitrary random intervals.

Wednesday, November 12, 2008

CALIFORNIA BUDGET ANALYST RECOMMENDS RAISING VEHICLE LICENSE FEE

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  Mac Taylor forecasts that the state will need to close a $27.8-billion budget gap in the next 20 months. He calls for a smaller sales ta...
Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Forging a Sustainable Future for LAUSD: New Programs, New Funding

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Samantha Koos | Green Technology Magazine November 11 - Expanding its role as a leader in the green schools movement, the Los Angeles Un...

TODAY @ A State without a Budget/A Government without a Clue…

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CALIFORNIA'S CAR TAX MAY BE ON THE ROAD AGAIN : THE VEHICLE LICENSE FEE THAT GOT GRAY DAVIS RECALLED AND ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER ELECTED L...
Monday, November 10, 2008

Apologia (or not!)

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Harry Shearer in his syndicated radio program reads corporate apologies weekly, with the Wings song “We’re so sorry, Uncle Albert” playing ...

2008 ENVIRONMENTAL YOUTH CONFERENCE :: Sat, Dec 13, 2008

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ICEF PUBLIC SCHOOLS RECEIVES $2.1 MILLION TO SUPPORT EFFORT TO PRODUCE 2,000 COLLEGE GRADS FROM SOUTH L.A.

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CA Department of Education Grants Will Help ICEF Enroll 1 in 5 South L.A. Students by 2020 ICEF Press Release Los Angeles, CA – ICEF...

BULLYING+FEAR+LOATHING MEET “FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS” IN EAGLE ROCK

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Following are two stories, one of a scientific study of aggression in young men and the other the incomplete story of an unfortunate inci...
Sunday, November 09, 2008

The news that didn’t fit from Nov. 9th

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UNFINISHED BUSINESS From the Associated Administrators Los Angeles Weekly Update of October 27, 2008 4LAKids doesn't necessarily ...

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

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  From the Associated Administrators Los Angeles Weekly Update of October 27, 2008 4LAKids doesn't necessarily agree with all th...

Arts Education News: CALIFORNIA BUDGET UPDATE

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from the ArtsEdMail e-newsletter connecting the Arts Education community in California. November 5 , 2008-- There is a blessing in Je...
Friday, November 07, 2008

ALLOW OUR SCHOOLS FREEDOM TO INNOVATE

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by School Boardmember Tamar Galatzan in her Galatzan Gazette newsletter 7 November - At a meeting of the Governance Committee last week ,...
Thursday, November 06, 2008

Q, RATED: Why the LAUSD bond passed, and big

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Measure Q is 70 pages in length and the detail on proposed spending seems infinite. But there are also long passages where it gets vague ...

Rooney Redux: “WHAT PART OF ‘UNLAWFUL SEXUAL RELATIONSHIP WITH A MINOR’ IS IT THAT YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND?”

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opinion by smf | 4lakids In the PILLSBURY REPORT LAUSD’s hired gun/outside counsel $209,000. investigation of the Rooney Matter – blame i...

STATE ALLOCATION BOARD DIVVIES UP $225 MILLION AMONG SCHOOLS

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By Capitol Weekly Staff Thursday, November 06, 2008 -- The State Allocation Board, the state office that decides how state funds are disb...

LOCAL ELECTIONS/NATIONAL TRENDS - VOTERS PASS ALL 23 L.A. COUNTY SCHOOL BOND MEASURES: Fifteen receive more than a two-thirds majority, including LAUSD’s $7-billion Measure Q and LACCD's $3.5-billion Measure J + 82% OF BONDS PASS NATIONALLY

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  By Howard Blume and Jason Song From the Los Angeles Times November 6, 2008 - It wasn't Los Angeles County's 23 school bonds...
Monday, November 03, 2008

3 from the Homeroom: ROONEY REDUX

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    Lawsuit alleges school officials knew about suspected molester Outside review on molestation episode g...
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Scott Folsom is a parent and parent leader in LAUSD. He is the former President of Los Angeles 10th District PTSA and represents PTA as Vice-chair the LAUSD Construction Bond Citizen's Oversight Committee. Scott is a member of the California State PTA Board on Managers. He serves on various school district advisory and policy committees and is or has been a PTA officer and/or governance council member at three LAUSD schools. He is an elected neighborhood councilmember of the Arroyo Seco Neighborhood Council in Northeast LA, representing Mount Washington. www.asnc.us • In this forum his opinions are his own and your opinions and feedback are invited. • Quoted and/or cited content copyright © the original author and/or publisher. All other material copyright © 4LAKids. • To SUBSCRIBE to the weekly 4LAKids e-mail newsletter e-mail: 4LAKids-subscribe@topica.email-publisher.com - or -TO ADD YOUR OR ANOTHER'S NAME TO THE 4LAKids SUBCRIPTION LIST E-MAIL smfolsom@aol.com with "SUBSCRIBE" AS THE SUBJECT. Thank you.
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