It’s budget approval season for school committees, yet parents are in the dark — Does LAUSD’s Board not expect parents to actually access school budgets? It’s budget approval season at school-site committees and lack of transparent data is an inexcusable obstacle to parent engagement. Talk is cheap but average student…

Parent Advocate Juan Mangandi Speaks Out on Disconnect Between LAUSD and Community It Serves — Watch public comments delivered to Los Angeles Unified School District’s Board and Superintendent Carvalho — on Oleada’s YouTube Channel, and read the full translated transcript below. “You forget that there are a lot of people…

Pueden optar por no autorizar encuestas invasivas — les explicamos cómo — No estamos de acuerdo. Discutimos sobre temas complejos que no tienen solución. Resolvemos no estar de acuerdo y seguimos con nuestras vidas. Sin embargo — el derecho de un padre de crear a sus hijos a su propia manera no es solamente otra idea filosófica, es una parte integral de…

You can opt-out from invasive district surveys — here’s how — In our society, we have disagreements. We argue about complex issues that don’t have clear, provable answers. We agree to disagree and get on with our lives. But a parent’s right to raise children as they see fit — not just another conceptual idea open to discussion — is an…

Transcript of Public Comments: October 11, 2022, 1 p.m. — Click the link to view the October 11, 2022 LAUSD Board Meeting video public broadcast — Public Comments by Maria Luisa Palma. This is a transcript of public comments provided to the Los Angeles Unified School District’s Board of Education on October 11, 2022, on revising policies to allow for parent connections and communication with parents elected to committees:

Transcript of Public Comments: September 13, 2022, 1 p.m. — Click the link to view the September 13, 2022 LAUSD Board Meeting video public broadcast — Public Comments by Maria Luisa Palma. This is a transcript of public comments provided to the Los Angeles Unified School District’s Board of Education on September 13, 2022, addressing potential violations of open meeting laws at school sites. My name is Maria Luisa Palma. I respectfully address the Board, the Superintendent, and the public. I will discuss the lack of transparency and lack of compliance with…

Transcript of Public Comments: September 27, 2022, 1 p.m. — Click the link to view the September 27, 2022 LAUSD Board Meeting video public broadcast — Public Comments by Maria Luisa Palma. This is a transcript of public comments provided to the Los Angeles Unified School District’s Board of Education on September 27, 2022, on changing district culture to achieve improvement in parent engagement: Good afternoon, Board, Superintendent. My name is Maria Luisa Palma. I am a parent working to challenge the status quo at LAUSD and assisting in finding pathways to…

Ever heard of the PAC, DELAC, SSC or ELAC? Learn how to participate or nominate yourself! — Do you have ideas about how to improve LAUSD? Don’t keep them to yourself! Do you want your voice heard? You have access to an amplifier! Do you want to influence change at LAUSD? …

The world’s oldest profession — really — Stop crying already. You have nothing to blame but yourself. The reality is that people are sheep. We want to be told what to believe and what to do. We are herd animals. We can’t live alone. We find safety in numbers. We want to numb our thoughts. We want…