Date: 11/20/01 10:42:29 AM
From: RC-SFV@humanaspect.com
To: tedhills@aol.com
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ACTION ALERT:
The State Board of Education will be deciding soon if the
People of the San Fernando Valley will be allowed
to vote on breaking-up the
Los Angeles Unified School District
You can write to the State Board of Education and let them know your opinion on this important issue:
State Board of Education
721 Capitol Mall
Sacramento, CA 95814
FREE
P.O. Box 33333
Granada Hills, CA 91394
And send
copy to:
It is time for the San Fernando Valley to have its own school districts separate from the L.A.U.S.D.
We need to increase accessibility, accountability, and manageability in order to deliver excellent public education to all students.
In the mammoth L.A.U.S.D., students are often simply numbers to be shuffled by a variety of departments, for any variety of reasons, any number of times.
By having more localized school districts, the boards and administrations will be within close proximity to their immediate service areas and there is more opportunity for community support, parental involvement,
and activism.
The current district of over 650,000 students continues to envelop itself in bureaucratic preoccupation with money, business, structure, and failed reorganization schemes rather than providing education for the children.
At the present time, L.A.U.S.D does not offer the benefits of geographical compactness and it takes hours to travel within its borders. This presents circumstances that are counterproductive to success for a school district.
And most importantly, L.A.U.S.D. has failed to educate our children and we can not allow this to continue!
