LAUSD Board Votes To Cut School Police Budget By $25M
About 65 officers are expected to be laid off. Remaining officers will be required to give up their uniforms and patrol off campus
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About 65 officers are expected to be laid off. Remaining officers will be required to give up their uniforms and patrol off campus
The superintendent acknowledged that the district did not yet know what the new school year would look like, but he said contact tracing and testing for COVID-19 have to be part of the plan.
At the end of each episode, students are given a link to download a free digital copy of the book.
The Chuck Lorre Family Foundation has given LAUSD a $250,000 "challenge grant" to help the district continue to provide meals through its 63 Grab & Go Food Centers.
While concerns over the spread of coronavirus continue to grow, Los Angeles city school officials are trying to ease parents' fears.
Tuesday is the first day of school for Los Angeles Unified School District, the largest school district in Southern California and the second largest in the nation.
Marston Riley, who was arrested and charged with child abuse, appeared Sunday in a 17-second video attached to a GoFundMe page, speaking publicly for the first time since Friday's brawl.
David Binkle was once praised for bringing healthier meals to more than 600,000 L.A. school children.
A 174 percent pay raise was approved for the Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education.
"I approach it the same way as when I was a teacher. What I mean by that is from my heart." -Michelle King, LAUSD Superintendent
A grand opening ceremony celebrated Los Angeles Unified School District's first single-gender school, one of two such campuses set to open in the area this academic year.
The graduation rate for the Class of 2016 was 75 percent, compared to 72.2 percent last year.
Security was increased Tuesday at Sylmar High School in the wake of a lunchtime brawl involving about 40 students.
Los Angeles Unified School District officials say they will begin making arrangements for students to return to Porter Ranch-area schools, despite the original plan to relocate through the end of the school year.
Four San Bernardino City Unified School District schools were briefly placed on a security lockdown Tuesday after a shooting near a middle school. The lockdown came just hours after the Los Angeles Unified School District closed its doors to students due to a security threat that was later determined to be a hoax.
The Los Angeles Unified School District has agreed to pay $320,000 to the family of a girl who was the victim of misconduct by a teacher when she attended Portola Middle School in Tarzana.
With the threat of a strong El Niño bearing down on Southern California, Los Angeles Unified School District officials are working feverishly to get their campuses ready.
Two teenage boys were each awarded more than $3 million Thursday from Los Angeles Unified as compensation for being sexually abused in elementary school by a former teacher.
When a new school year began at the Sierra Sands Unified District 150 miles north of Los Angeles in August, students in four classes were greeted by a substitute.
Los Angeles Unified School District officials have agreed to pay another $4.5 million to former Miramonte Elementary School students.
With thousands of students returning to Los Angeles Unified School District campuses Tuesday, officials are preparing to teach about the dangers of "sexting."
Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent Ramon Cortines gave his farewell address Tuesday, as thousands of students prepare for the start of the school year.
Neil Virani, a teacher at William Mulholland Middle School, says the Los Angeles Unified School District is saturating its classrooms with technology to help transform K-12 students into innovative thinkers.
A bill moving through the California Legislature would mandate public hearings before schools accept military gear such as rifles and tanks.
The new budget envisions the layoffs of hundreds of staff members but also provides the first salary hikes in nearly a decade.
