Last night, Jackie held our first virtual town hall to discuss the coronavirus pandemic and what the District is doing to support students, teachers, and families during this transition. Topics included the transition to online learning, remote special education, and […]
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LAUSD has been hard at work over the last couple of weeks to ensure all of our students and families have access to the resources they need in these difficult times. On March 18th, 60 “Grab and Go” Centers were […]
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Dear Board District 5 families, Yesterday, the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus outbreak a global pandemic. While there have been no detected cases of coronavirus linked to our school communities so far, there are 20 confirmed cases of coronavirus […]
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Last night, the Board unanimously passed a resolution brought by Jackie and two of her fellow Board members, Scott Schmelerson and Dr. George McKenna, which commits LAUSD to transition to 100% clean, renewable energy in its electricity sector by 2030 […]
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LAUSD has pulled the plug on a plan to rate schools on a 1 to 5 star scale thanks to a resolution brought forward by Jackie at the Board’s November 5, 2019 meeting. Jackie worked to stop the rating system […]
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To celebrate National Coming Out Day, which took place on October 11th, Jackie put forward the Celebrating OUT for Safe Schools and National Coming Out Day Resolution, which affirmed the Board’s commitment to support policies, practices and curriculum that honor […]
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The Board District 5 team has opened two regional offices so that our constituents don’t have to travel all the way to Downtown to meet with us! Our Northeast field office is located at Burbank Middle School and will be […]
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Jackie and her staff concluded a first round of community meetings this week throughout Board District 5. Over 295 parents, students, teachers, principals, and LAUSD administrators attended the meetings, which took place at Marshall High School, Gage Middle School, Walnut […]
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Over the past few weeks, Jackie’s staff met one-on-one with principals in every school in Board District 5. During these meetings, we learned about many of the wonderful things that are happening at our schools and about the ways that […]
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