Media Contacts: Ronald Simms Jr., Senior Manager of Communications, Catalyst California 202-270-0936Julio Esperias, Communications Manager, Community Coalition 424-409-1752Esthefanie Solano, Communications Strategist, InnerCity Struggle 323-780-7605 x 121 LOS ANGELES – Tens of thousands of essential school workers represented by Service Employees International Union Local 99 (SEIU 99) and serving students across the Los Angeles Unified School District...
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MEDIA ADVISORY: EQUITY ALLIANCE FOR LA’S KIDS HOSTS TOWN HALL WITH LA UNIFIED SUPERINTENDENT CARVALHO
Los Angeles: April 26, 2022 Contact: Esthefanie Solano esthefanie@innercitystruggle.org WHAT: On Wednesday, April 27, Equity Alliance For LA’s Kids (EA) will convene a town hall with Superintendent Alberto Carvalho to elevate the long, hard-fought struggle for equity and racial justice in L.A. Unified campuses. The Town Hall will provide a platform for South LA and...
LAUSD unanimously votes yes on SENI 2.0 resolution!
By unanimously passing SENI 2.0, Los Angeles Unified School District took bold action and made a clear statement: our highest-needs students matter. We look forward to working with the district to ensure that these dollars are spent to support student success. #EquityAllianceforLAsKids #EquityisJustice
LA Times: “School board approves a new formula for funding high-need schools”
(This article was originally published on Los Angeles Times on April 10, 2018.) L.A. schools will soon get more money if they are located in neighborhoods with such problems as high levels of gun violence and asthma. The Los Angeles Board of Education voted unanimously Tuesday to adopt a new formula to determine how to...
KPCC: “LAUSD just decided to use shooting, asthma rates to help decide which schools get more money”
(This article was originally published on 89.3 KPCC on April 11, 2018.) Starting next year, Los Angeles Unified School District officials will consider asthma rates and injuries from gun violence in neighborhoods near its campuses to help them decide which district schools are most in need of extra funding. And those are among nearly a...