ADVISORY/ Entertainment Industry Members to Serve As Principal for a Day in L.A. Public Schools.Entertainment & News Editors ADVISORY...for Thursday (March 30) --(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE) Mayor Riordan to Kick Off Event That Sends Entertainment Industry, Business and Community Leaders Back to School as Principal for a Day Three hundred entertainment industry, business and community leaders will serve as "Principal for a Day" in a Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. public school on Thursday, March 30. Participants will get a hands-on lesson in the challenge of operating a public school in Los Angeles and the opportunity to meet with teachers, administrators, students and parents to talk with them about their school. Mayor Richard Riordan Richard J. Riordan (born May 1, 1930) is a Republican politician from California, U.S. who served as the California Secretary of Education from 2003–2005 and as Mayor of Los Angeles from 1993–2001. Riordan ran for Governor of California unsuccessfully in 2002. , Interim LAUSD LAUSD Los Angeles Unified School District (Los Angeles, CA) Superintendent Ramon Cortines, LAUSD Board Member Caprice ca·price n. 1. a. An impulsive change of mind. b. An inclination to change one's mind impulsively. c. Young and representatives of the Entertainment Industry Foundation, Los Angeles Educational Partnership and other education and community organizations will officially kick off Principal for a Day at Fairfax High School Fairfax High School can refer to:
Participants in Principal for a Day include some of the entertainment industry's leading studio executives, producers, directors and agents as well as other Los Angeles business executives and community leaders. Participants will be assigned to schools in neighborhoods across Los Angeles. Principal for a Day 2000 is a project of the Entertainment Industry Foundation in collaboration with the Los Angeles Educational Partnership and the Los Angeles Unified School District The Los Angeles Unified School District (the "LAUSD") is the largest (in terms of number of students) public school system in California and the second-largest in the United States. Only the New York City Department of Education has a larger student population. . The event aims to generate a new spirit of civic involvement in support of public schools and to engage the talent and resources of the Los Angeles community in support of quality public education.
WHAT: Principal for a Day Kick-Off
WHEN: Thursday, March 30, 7:30 a.m.
WHERE: Fairfax High School Auditorium Rotunda
7850 Melrose Ave.
323/651-5200
Note to Editors and Reporters: A complete listing of participants in Principal for a Day is available from the Los Angeles Educational Partnership (LAEP LAEP Life After Exoneration Program LAEP Laboratoire d'Economie Publique (French) LAEP Late Auditory-Evoked Potential ). For more information contact John McDonald at 310/798-3252 or Jean Horwatt at 213/622-5237. |
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