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Parents fight kids returning to LAUSD
- 04-05-2010
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By Melissa Pamer/Los Angeles Daily News
Faced with the possibility that a strict new Los Angeles Unified School District policy will force her daughter to attend Westchester High next year, Lynda Mitsakos has been shopping for homes in pricey Manhattan Beach. That's because she wants her child to stay at the beach city's Mira Costa High, a well-regarded campus where she can take Latin and compete on the Division II swim team. Those options are not available at lower-achieving Westchester. "You can't just pull a kid out of high school. There are all kinds of other things going on. They're on a track," said Mitsakos, who lives in Playa del Rey. (more...)
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