L. A. Times Dodgers Blog (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
Jefferson High is one of the campuses that both Los Angeles' mayor and groups backed by the teachers union have bid to run. Supt. Ramon Cortines will decide. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and groups of teachers backed by the Los Angeles teachers union will compete for control of four campuses, including Jefferson High School, as part of a groundbreaking reform initiative.
Los Angeles Times (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
Jefferson High is one of the campuses that both Los Angeles' mayor and groups backed by the teachers union have bid to run. Supt. Ramon Cortines will decide. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and groups of teachers backed by the Los Angeles teachers union will compete for control of four campuses, including Jefferson High School, as part of a groundbreaking reform initiative.
L. A. Times Dodgers Blog (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
To offset a budget shortfall of almost $500 million, Cortines also wants a 12% pay cut in the future. Los Angeles school district officials asked union members Friday to agree to four furlough days this year and a future 12% pay cut to help offset a nearly $500-million budget shortfall next year.
L. A. Times Dodgers Blog (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
L.A. Unified Supt. Ramon Cortines stands by a one-year deal made with the teachers union to give assignment preferences to laid-off instructors, including those with less seniority. Veteran substitute teachers, who have recently lost teaching assignments because of an effort to help laid-off full-time instructors, won't be getting the work back any time soon, Los Angeles school officials confirmed...
L. A. Times Dodgers Blog (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
Supt. Ramon Cortines and other top officials visit the homes of some of the 20,000 students who failed to show up this year. About a dozen teens began working out plans to return to school. Los Angeles' top education official went door to door Monday to urge teens to return to school, netting about a dozen students with the effort and drawing attention to a growing problem.
