#AnotherDayAnotherCharterScandal

Citizens Of The World Set To Invade Another Public School

Fresh off its conquest of Shirley Avenue Elementary School, this nationwide charter school sets its sights on another working-class school.

“The Lake Balboa Neighborhood Council supports Bassett Street School and rejects the co-sharing of the campus with a charter.”

- LBNC Motion

Families within the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) have many choices for the education of their children. The parents of 625 students in the Lake Balboa area of the San Fernando Valley have decided that Bassett Street Elementary School is the best option for their families. For some, this is because of the high-quality after-school programs that ensure that their children are well taken care of while they work. Others are attracted to the robotics team which went to the world championships in 2017. The special education program draws in other families. The Media Arts and Technology Magnet program attracts so many students that it currently has a waiting list.

Delivering these services on this campus is space-intensive. Classroom space is taken up by Youth Services and LA’s Best, the providers of the after-school programs. A STEAM classroom provides space for students to “develop their creative science and engineering skills”. Another room is set aside for the robotics program. Recognizing that special education services are best provided in quiet and confidential spaces, two classrooms have been partitioned for use by the School Psychologist, Psychiatric Social Worker, Resource Specialist, Speech teacher, and other special education itinerants. The magnet program uses five classrooms to support the specialized instructional program with a stage and green screen area, a control room and viewing area, a special effects room, a pre and post-production room, and a computer lab for media graphics and research.