School board approves plan to open up schools to outsiders
Private companies don't have to hire union workers - federal law forbids it. My bet is that this will be stuck in the courts for years while the schools go to shit.LA Tiimes wrote:
The Los Angeles Board of Education voted today to open up 250 schools, including 50 new multimillion-dollar campuses, to outside charter operators and others. The move came after a nearly four-hour debate on a 6-1 vote, with board member Marguerite Poindexter LaMotte opposing.
Under the proposal by board member Yolie Flores Aguilar, nonprofit charter groups and the mayor's group that oversees 11 schools could compete for the chance to run these schools. Ultimately, it will be up to Supt. Ramon C. Cortines to select the winning bid for these campuses.
The debate was heated at times -- with at least one person calling for a recall of Flores Aguilar. Others accused the board of acting out of political ambition and not on behalf of the students in the nation's second-largest school district. Cortines said he supported the proposal because "for too long we have protected the status quo."
Labor unions were especially opposed to the plan, with teachers union head A.J. Duffy saying the district needs to be collaborative if it wants to reform schools.