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The LAUSD School Board Drops The Ball Again

Ignoring its fiducial responsibility to the students of L.A., the Board renews the Watts Learning Center despite its unpaid debt of $169,837.

The Watts Learning Center “did not consistently attain measurable increases in academic achievement in all academic performance indicators schoolwide and for all numerically significant student groups between 2022 and 2023 and between 2023 and 2024 based on California School Dashboard data.”

– LAUSD Charter School Division

With its charter nearing the expiration date, Watts Learning Center asked the LAUSD for a renewal. Before the Board considered this “middle-performing” school’s request, my wife made the following comments on my behalf:

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