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Class conformity - Should LAUSD go uniform?
- 11-10-2009
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Editorial/Los Angeles Daily News
Last week, the Los Angeles City Council voted for a resolution recommending Los Angeles schools adopt a mandatory uniform policy for all of its not quite 680,000 students.It was essentially meaningless. The council, for all its range of authority, has no control over how the Los Angeles Unified School District governs itself. However, the motion by Councilman and former school board president Jose Huizar does put the pressure on LAUSD Board of Education members, some of whom would like to move up in local political circles. Currently, LAUSD policy allows the administrator of each school to decide whether its students should wear uniforms. Some do, some don't. The renewed push for uniforms comes at a time when LAUSD is struggling to improve academics and avoid losing control of new and failing schools, as is allowed under new district policy. Under that shadow, controversial policies like this one may get more consideration. (more...)
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