Los Angeles Unified School District Archives

78-Year-Old Jackie Goldberg Elected as Los Angeles Unified School Board President

January 18, 2023 4:18 pm

The Los Angeles Unified School District elected in former school board member and Assemblywoman Jackie Goldberg as President of the board on Tuesday, elevating her to the position 40 years after her first initial successful run for the school board....

Former Top LA Democratic Fundraiser Dixon Slingerland Pleads Guilty To Embezzlement, Filing False Taxes

January 18, 2023 2:30 amJanuary 17, 2023 9:57 pm

Dixon Slingerland, the former head of the non-profit group Youth Policy Institute Inc. and once one of the top Democratic fundraisers in Los Angeles, pled guilty to embezzlement from the non-profit and filing false tax returns on Tuesday, and is...

LA Unified School District Posts Bizarre Video About ‘Food Neutrality’

September 14, 2022 7:58 amSeptember 14, 2022 8:24 pm

Los Angeles Unified School District allegedly promoted an odd video on social media about “food neutrality,” food choices and health, obviously marketed at children. In the video, which is like something out of the freaky Willy Wonka movie with Johnny...

Mandatory Kindergarten Bill Passes Senate, Headed To Governor

August 30, 2022 12:02 pm

A bill to make kindergarten mandatory for all students entering the first grade in California was passed by the Senate on Monday, sending the bill to Governor Gavin Newsom. Senate Bill 70, authored by Senator Susan Rubio (D-Baldwin Park), would...

LA School Board Votes 7-0 to Delay Mandatory Vaccines for Students Until July 2023

May 11, 2022 12:31 pm

On Tuesday, the Los Angeles Board of Education voted to delay the system-wide student vaccination mandate by over a year following both similar statewide changes happening and the Board not wanting many families to choose between in-person classes and online...

California Public School Enrollment Drops by Another 110,000 Students – Fifth Decline in a Row

April 15, 2022 7:47 amApril 15, 2022 11:06 am

Across California, state figures showed that K-12 enrollment fell by 160,000 students in 2020, which was a 3-percent dip and the largest drop in enrollment in twenty years, the Globe reported last fall in October. The Los Angeles Times is now...

California Schools Ignoring Unsuitable, Graphic Sex Curriculum, Student Sexual Harassment

March 14, 2022 9:35 amMarch 16, 2022 6:28 am

Last year, California’s public school population saw a drop by 160,000 kids. Some experts say that enrollment drop was even higher. This year, experts expect even more parents to pull their kids from public schools, for myriad reasons. When Gov....