October
21, 2014
CBS
Los Angeles
NORTH HOLLYWOOD (CBSLA.com)
— Los Angeles school board officials were set to meet Tuesday as teachers are
calling for smaller class sizes and parents want a civil grand jury
investigation and audit regarding the troubled roll-out of the district’s
computerized student-information system.
KNX 1070’s Margaret Carrero reports members
of United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA) met with reporters outside North
Hollywood High School just one day before they return to the bargaining table
with the Los Angeles Unified school district (LAUSD).
Class sizes are having an impact on the
quality of education at North Hollywood High, according to ninth-grader John
Huddleston, who said his physical education class alone has over 50 students.
“It takes the teacher so long to take
attendance that it truly does cut into our class curriculum time,” said
Huddleston.
In addition to the employment contract for
interim Superintendent Ramon Cortines, the Board of Education is also expected
to discuss a report on the troubled My
Integrated Student Information System, otherwise known as MISIS.
But at least one group of parent and
community activists say it’s time for a civil grand jury investigation and
audit regarding MiSiS as well as the district’s ambitious $1 billion effort to
provide all of its students and staff with iPads or laptops.
In his resignation as LAUSD Superintendent
last week, John Deasy
defended his role in implementing the Common Core Technology Project
– which included the controversial iPad rollout at schools district-wide – and
said he’s confident a pending review “will determine that there were no
missteps on my part in the process whatsoever.”
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