Saturday, March 31, 2012

Lausd sex abuse

  • On Thursday, the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) announced a new mandate that schools notify all parents within 72 hours if a teacher is removed from a classroom for allegations of sexual misconduct with students.
  • (Huffington Post)
  • During a morning news conference Monday, board member Tamar Galatzan said the disgusting and tragic recent sex-abuse cases have tarnished the law because of bureaucratic problems within LAUSD.
  • (Daily Breeze)
  • The new policy follows calls by San Fernando Valley school board members Tamar Galatzan and Nury Martinez to change how the district notifies parents about abuse allegations. This is definitely a move in the right direction, Galatzan said.
  • (KTLA.com)
  • Parents will be notified within 72 hours when a teacher at their childs school has been accused of sexual misconduct under a policy adopted Thursday by Los Angeles Unified officials.
  • (Los Angeles Daily News)
  • Six weeks after the molestation scandal broke at Miramonte Elementary, three LAUSD board members called Monday for the dismissal process for teachers arrested for sex abuse or other misconduct.
  • (Contra Costa Times)
  • The official LAUSD Facebook page and YouTube account are taking off as well, because nothing helps us move on from horrific sex-abuse allegations like feel-good photos of science projects and won decathlons, she adds, sarcastically.
  • (Education Week)
  • but said they do not absolve the district of blame for the recent spate of sex abuse cases.
  • (NBC Los Angeles)
  • The second will standardize the process of informing parents about sex abuse allegations needs to stop balancing their budget on the backs of our kids at LAUSD.
  • (Huffington Post)
  • and resolutions on employee dismissal procedures after recent sex-abuse cases have rocked the district.
  • (89.3 KPCC)

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