FIRST OF ALL, Y'ALL...This isn't the ONLY important story in today's LA DAILY NEWS.
Go to www.DailyNews.com and see the story about "A Bearded City Council Returns", because they gave Big ZD a really sweet mention. (Thanks Rick Orlov, even though you don't want or need my thanks, y'all.) But now, about this malintented Mayor, whose people are running around like crybabies in the media for not getting credit over LAUSD efforts to reduce dropout rate. WHAT THE "F" DO YOU WANT MAYOR? FOR LAUSD TO FIX THE SCHOOLS, OR NOT? OR ONLY IF YOU GET THE CREDIT FOR YOUR POLITICAL CAREER?
Reform Burst at LAUSD
BY NAUSH BOGHOSSIAN, Staff Writer
[ZD comments in these parenthesis]
Los Angeles Unified School District officials rolled out a new program Tuesday that critics said was implemented hastily in response to Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's school-reform drive. The newly announced expansion of the district's vocational-education program is designed to stem the tide of dropouts, as well entice to those who have left school to return and earn their diplomas.
Although city officials commend the district's recent dropout-prevention efforts, THEY say (The Mayor's crybaby spokesman, concerned the Mayor won't get the crdit he DOESN'T derserve) -- the programs could have been implemented years ago and are only in response to Villaraigosa's efforts to change the governance structure of the district and gain a greater role by overseeing schools. [It shouldn't be such a rare occasion that something positive happens because of the Mayor. You make it sound like LAUSD should be critized for acting on the Mayor's "efforts". But then why have something good happen for the City, if the Mayor doesn't get to do it, or at least get credit, for it?]
Nathan James, a spokesman for the (crybaby) mayor. "This announcement is a direct result of Mayor Villaraigosa's leadership in raising the issue of dropouts and advocating for fundamental school reform." [O.K., already. Where do I go to kiss the Mayor's feet?]
"Our focus has been on elementary students and programs," Lansing said during a news conference Tuesday at the Maxine Waters Employment Preparation Center. "We know our focus now has to be on secondary students."
The quick succession of reform efforts has raised eyebrows among city leaders, who say the district made them a priority only in response to Villaraigosa's efforts.
City Controller Laura Chick, a Villaraigosa ally, said the district's recent effort to slow its dropout rate is disingenuous. [HOW DARE YOU, LAURA CHICKEN CALL ANY EFFORT TO IMROVE LAUSD, "Disingenuous!!!" JUST FOR THAT I'M GONNA POST ALL THE SHADY REASONS THE MAYOR, REALLY, WANTS CONTROL OF LAUSD...$20 2/3 BILLION IN FACILITIES MONEY AND A BUNCH OF OTHER MONEY FOR LAUSD HE IS GONNA HAVE TRANFERED INTO HIS "GENERAL FUND". NOW WHAT, CHICK!] I have watched LAUSD basically ignore and completely under-resource the whole issue of students not going to school, becoming chronic truants and then true-blood high school dropouts. To pretend this has been a priority item that they have been hard at work on is disingenuous at the least and it's not the case," Chick said. [If you EVER see the name, "LAURA CHICK" on a ballot...vote for the other name! MANY more reasons why, coming soon. Now go audit some Neighboorhood Councilmembers who disagree with your muppet master, Mayor Villagrossa.]
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