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Effort launched to raise $200 million for L.A. public schools
- 09-15-2011
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By Howard Blume/Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles schools Supt. John Deasy and Hollywood philanthropist Megan Chernin have launched an effort to raise $200 million over five years to benefit local public schools. The collaboration, in the works for several months, was announced in a letter signed by Deasy, Chernin and Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa. The letter strikingly lists failures of the Los Angeles Unified School District but also asserts that "for the first time in the District's history, the conditions for bold change are present.... The time is now to harness this potential and it is our responsibility to do so." (more...)
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