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Monday, July 28, 2014

4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit 7-28-14

4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit:







NEW CalArts RESIDENCY TRANSFORMS ARTISTS INTO TEACHERS
Mary Plummer  | 89.3 KPCC |  http://bit.ly/1nNQjmc Teaching artist in training Anthony "Chuck" Gloria, left, works with animation co-directors Ruah Edelstein and Masha Vasilkovsky on a performance blending music and animated pieces. Maya Sugarman/KPCC   3:45 Listen to Radio Story July 28, 2014  ::  A new program at the California Institute of the Arts is taking some of the

CALIFORNIA SCHOOLS FACE LAWSUIT OVER PHYSICAL EDUCATION CLASSES + smf’s 2¢
By Sara Hayden, Los Angeles Times | http://lat.ms/1qHdz7J A physical education classes at Van Nuys Middle School in 2006. Several California school districts are being sued for allegedly not providing enough time for kids to exercise. (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)  ●●smf: This article and the subject lawsuit is about P.E. in elementary school. It is telling that The Times  photo editors
3 of 4 KIDS WITH MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS DON’T GET HELP, LAUSD CUTS MENTAL HEALTH FOR SPECIAL ED STUDENTS
Study finds 3 out of 4 children with mental health needs don't get treated by Adrian Florido  | 89.3 KPCC |  http://bit.ly/1Aq7iza 0:51 Listen to radio story UCLA researchers say only one-quarter of California children aged 4-11 with mental health needs receive treatment. Maya

Suppose they hold a school board election and nobody votes? THE LAUSD BOARD ELECTION MATTERS; VOTERS SHOULD TURN OUT
  OP-ED by Jim Newton, Los Angeles Times | http://lat.ms/1pujSor A lone voter fills out his ballot in the June 3 election at the International City Masonic Temple in Long Beach. (Christina House / For The Times) On Aug. 12, voters in Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education District 1 will choose between Alex Johnson and George McKenna.


4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit 7-27-14
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: MOODY’S ASSIGNS Aa2 RATING to LAUSD’s GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS: $138.4 million new debt affected; rating affirmed on outstanding parity and COP debtThe Wall Street Transcript from Moody’s press Release  |  http://bit.ly/1zjrUb3 New York, July 25, 2014  Issue: General Obligation Bonds, Election of 2004, Series J (2014); Rating: Aa2; Sale Amount: $71,435,