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Parents challenge Crenshaw High shake-up - latimes.com

Parents challenge Crenshaw High shake-up - latimes.com:


Parents challenge Crenshaw High shake-up



Los Angeles school district officials received a frequently skeptical and occasionally hostile reception Tuesday night when they met with parents and others to explain their plans to restructure low-performing Crenshaw High School.
More than 150 community members and others were packed into the school library to hear about how the current school would be closed next summer and reopened in the form of three magnet schools. Under the new format, the Leimert Park campus would retain its old name and traditions, including its respected arts and athletic programs, officials said.
Local residents and current students would be guaranteed admission to the new programs, which as “magnets”