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Families' hopes are dashed as new Beverly Hills Unified policy ousts nonresident children from district schools
- 07-25-2010
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By Carla Rivera/Los Angeles Times
To Cheryl and Joshua Winiarz, the Los Angeles County Board of Education represented their last hope for keeping their daughter in the school she loved. The Beverly Hills school system denied Sophie a permit to continue attending Horace Mann Elementary School because she lives outside the city. In June, the Winiarzes appealed the decision to the county board but left in tears after the request was denied. They are among about 200 families who, under a new policy, were denied permits for their children to continue attending Beverly Hills Unified schools because they live outside of the city. (more...)
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