History of IDEA
Jeannie Oakes, Founder and Former Director
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Past Educational Opportunity Reports
LAUSD blasts threat on flier
THREAT: Latinos told they'll be deported if they support charter plan. By Connie Llanos/Los Angeles Daily News
Community groups and Los Angeles Unified officials on Tuesday condemned an anonymous flier handed to Latino parents that threatened them with deportation if they supported plans to convert their neighborhood school to a charter. Calling it an escalation in a series of "scare tactics," district officials and community advocates said distribution of the flier was timed to weaken one of LAUSD's boldest efforts to reform public education in Los Angeles. LA Unified Superintendent Ramon Cortines tried to reassure parents in a statement that nothing would happen if they signed a petition to support a charter school. "Parents, please trust us," Cortines said. "No one will ever be deported for signing a petition for a charter school. ... No one in this district either knows or cares about the immigration status of our students or their parents." (more...)
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