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L.A. Unified to retake considerable control of Manual Arts High
- 10-10-2011
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By Howard Blume/Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles school district officials will retake substantial control over Manual Arts High, which has been part of a high-profile reform effort led by an independent nonprofit, officials announced Thursday. The campus has been beset by overcrowding and endured a disorderly start to the school year that saw initial shortages of desks and textbooks and left some students without class schedules. The move demonstrates a startling new development in the reform landscape of the nation's second-largest school system. The Los Angeles Unified School District, which has received acclaim from some and derision from others for turning over campuses to others to manage, signaled this week that it is also prepared to take them back. (more...)
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