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UTLA PREZ WEIGHS IN ON LAUSD BOARD MEASARES TO BEEF UP DISCIPLINE

BY TAMI ABDOLLAH, KPCC PASS/FAIL BLOG | HTTP://BIT.LY/AZZCU2

Grant Slater/KPCC: UTLA President Warren Fletcher
12:44 p.m. ::  The head of the teacher's union weighed in today on two L.A. Unified board resolutions to beef up the district's employee discipline procedures that will be voted on at the board's Tuesday meeting.
In a statement, UTLA President Warren Fletcher said the teacher's union "supports measures to increase student safety, including vigorous and fair investigations of all allegations of misconduct," but also reminded board members that "we are in the current situation because LAUSD has not met basic standards of vigilance on a daily basis."
The measures come after a recent spate of reported teacher misconduct cases including one former Miramonte Elementary School teacher was