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The Numbers Don’t Add Up

When considering its charter renewal, will the LAUSD Board address Ivy Bound Academy’s failure to educate its fair share of at-risk students?

Carl J. Petersen
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5 min readDec 30, 2024

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we feel that the school’s current demographics reflect the community we serve and our commitment to inclusion:

– Ivy Bound’s 2017 charter petition

From the school’s promotional video

The Ivy Bound Academy of Math, Science, and Technology Charter Middle School sits in the shadow of the connector road between the 101 and 405 freeways. Its 86 students attend school in a brick industrial building breathing in the fumes from thousands of passing vehicles as they transition from the Valley’s primary eastbound artery to the busiest route north. Netting protects cars from balls straying from the playground, but they would do nothing to stop an errant big rig from inflicting unimaginable tragedy.

From the school’s promotional video

When the school opened in 2007, it had 130 students. Three years later, the student body had increased to 227 students. In…

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Carl J. Petersen
Carl J. Petersen

Written by Carl J. Petersen

Parent, special education advocate and former LAUSD School Board candidate. Still fighting for the children. www.ChangeTheLAUSD.com

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