* THIS IS FRIGGIN' AMAZING! AND THIS IS" LIBERAL" GOVERNMENT IN ACTION! BA$TARDS!
The State Board of Education approved on Thursday an
agreement that will require the state to provide immediate assistance to six
California high schools where students claimed they lost valuable instruction
time because they were placed in so-called “sham” classes.
* "CLAIMED," HUH? READ ON!
The agreement settles the Cruz v. California lawsuit,
filed last year by students in high schools in Compton Unified, Los Angeles
Unified and Oakland Unified. These students were regularly assigned to multiple
classes where they were told to sit idly in classrooms or perform menial tasks,
including picking up trash or cleaning erasers. Some students were also sent
home as part of the class period.
* NOTICE... FACTS... NOT CLAIMS.
The lawsuit alleged that the state failed to intervene
when scheduling problems and inadequate course offerings at schools resulted in
some students spending weeks in classes during which they received no
instruction.
* "ALLEGED," HUH?
(*SNORT*)
This lawsuit “was the first in the nation to address the
denial of equal learning time to children residing in many of California’s most
disadvantaged communities and attending many of the most underperforming public
schools,” said Mark Rosenbaum, lead attorney representing the two dozen plaintiffs
and their families.
“These students courageously took on the state of
California to end the practice of assigning students in courses with literally
no content whatsoever.”
* THE... STATE...
* THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA!
The settlement agreement, which a judge is expected to
ratify later this month, coincides with the passage last month of AB 1012. The
law signed by Gov. Jerry Brown prevents high schools from enrolling students in
classes that lack any educational content for more than one week each semester.
The law takes effect July 2016.
* CALIFORNIA NEEDED A L*A*W TO OUTLAW SUCH
PRACTICES...?!?!
The suit was filed in May 2014 on behalf of Jessy Cruz,
who was then a student at Fremont High School in Los Angeles, by public
interest law firm Public Counsel, the American Civil Liberties Union of
Southern California and the firm Carlton Fields Jorden Burt.
Students from five other high schools – Dorsey and Jefferson
in Los Angeles Unified, Compton in Compton Unified, and Fremont and Castlemont
in Oakland Unified – later joined the suit.
Plaintiff Briana Lamb, a former student at Fremont High
in Los Angeles and currently a sophomore at Cal State Northridge, said the
lawsuit settlement and AB 1012 will mean fewer students will struggle like she
did to graduate.
“In high school, I missed out on a lot of classes I
didn’t even know I was supposed to take,” she said. “I was repeatedly assigned
to fake classes while no one, not even my counselors, told me I was falling
behind. I felt like my school had given up on me.”
* F--KING BA$TARDS...
Lamb eventually researched on her own the courses she
needed to complete to apply to college and spent two summers taking extra
classes to catch up.
* GOOD FOR HER!
Los Angeles Unified officials released a statement
Thursday saying that many of the scheduling issues that led to students being
placed in these courses have since been resolved.
* CERTAIN LOS ANGELES UNIFIED OFFICIALS SHOULD BE GOING
TO JAIL!
* NOT ONLY DID THEY SCREW THE KIDS; THEY SCREWED THE
TAXPAYERS!
“We are pleased that the plaintiffs and state defendants
have agreed that there is no need to proceed with the case, recognizing that
the district has adequately addressed the issues raised in the lawsuit once it
was brought to our attention,” the statement said.
(*SMIRK*)
State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson
said the settlement will allow the state to better target schools that may have
potential scheduling problems.
* "POTENTIAL SCHEDULING PROBLEMS." UH-HUH...
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