BRIEFLY : NEW LAUSD PLAN TO CONTROL PESTS.A task force of school officials, parents and environmentalists Thursday unveiled a plan to minimize the use of hazardous pesticides at Los Angeles schools. The new guidelines for pest management in 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. sprang from a 1998 incident in which students at a Sherman Oaks elementary school Sherman Oaks Elementary School is a public K-5 elementary school in Los Angeles, California. Sherman Oaks Elementary is a part of the Los Angeles Unified School District. were accidentally sprayed. Under the plan presented to Board of Education members, the district will use only a short list of pest control pest control n → control m de plagas pest control n → lutte f contre les nuisibles pest control pest n products, many of them baits or traps that carry less risk of student exposure. ``The effect of this policy should be that pesticides won't be sprayed at Los Angeles schools,'' said Christina Graves of the group Pesticide Watch, which worked on the new plan. The guidelines also spell out measures to prevent insect infestations, including caulking caulk·ing n. A usually impermeable substance used for caulking. Also called caulking compound. Noun 1. caulking - a waterproof filler and sealant that is used in building and repair to make watertight caulk cracks. If adopted by the board, the policy will be phased in during the next two to three years. - Daily News School board's ire raised by overruns With estimates of the latest cost overruns at the Belmont Learning Complex now topping $10 million, several Board of Education members Thursday expressed outrage that environmental problems on the school site weren't identified years ago. They were angry that several district officials apparently knew when the land was purchased that it hadn't undergone sufficient environmental testing. ``The board was left out of the loop completely,'' said Julie Korenstein, who represents part of the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. . The district's now-defunct planning and development department, she said, ``wanted to get the land fast, and they wanted to get it cheap.'' Members of the 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. Unified School District's School Safety Team presented plans on Thursday for additional environmental review at the site of the partially built school to address concerns about methane gas. - Daily News Cosby killer's case won't be reopened A judge refused to set aside the murder conviction of the man who killed Bill Cosby's son, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. documents released Thursday. Defense attorney Henry Hall petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus Noun 1. writ of habeas corpus - a writ ordering a prisoner to be brought before a judge habeas corpus judicial writ, writ - (law) a legal document issued by a court or judicial officer , asking that the case against Mikail Markhasev be reopened because of allegedly fraudulent letters produced at trial. Six alleged jailhouse letters used against Markhasev actually were written by a convicted forger, David Gomez, according to Hall's petition filed Dec. 23. Markhasev was convicted in July for killing Ennis Cosby Ennis William Cosby (April 15, 1969 – January 16, 1997) was the son of actor Bill Cosby and Camille Hanks. He had four sisters. Life Ennis's father Bill Cosby mined family life for much of his material, but kept the family itself quite private. , 27, during a Jan. 16, 1997, holdup while the entertainer's son fixed a flat tire near a freeway off-ramp. Markhasev was sentenced in August to life in prison without parole. ``Even assuming that the jailhouse (letters) were not written by (Markhasev), this still does not point to the innocence of (Markhasev) . . . and there was substantial evidence independent of the jailhouse (letters) to support the jury's verdicts,'' Superior Court Judge David Perez wrote. - Associated Press Robbery suspect arrested in Texas A man wanted for armed robberies in Sherman Oaks and six other Southland cities since December has been arrested in a Dallas suburb, officials said. James Waloweek, 40, was picked up by Richardson, Texas, police about 11:20 a.m. PST PST Paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia, see there after an attempted bank robbery there, said Laura Bosley of the FBI. Waloweek is accused of robbing the Cal Bank & Trust in Sherman Oaks on Dec. 24. He also is accused of robbing banks in Los Angeles, Beverly Hills and Culver City, as well as Riverside, San Bernardino and Anaheim. No one was hurt in the robberies. - City News Service Studio City youth a top volunteer STUDIO CITY - A Studio City sixth-grader Thursday was named one of the state's top two youth volunteers for 1999. The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards is a nationwide program honoring young volunteers. The program is sponsored by Prudential Insurance Co. of America and the National Association of Secondary School Principals The National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP) is a United States educational advocacy organization consisting of secondary school principals. To promote excellence among middle school and high school students, NASSP founded and still sponsors the National Honor . Theodoros Milonopoulos, who attends Curtis School in Los Angeles, earned the honor for his petition drive to ban the sale of bullets in the city. ``I came up with the idea for my project because I was afraid of being shot to death,'' the 12-year-old said. Theo has collected signatures from more than 5,000 youths, and says he will continue until he gets 50,000. Theo will receive $1,000, an engraved en·grave tr.v. en·graved, en·grav·ing, en·graves 1. To carve, cut, or etch into a material: engraved the champion's name on the trophy. 2. silver medallion and an all-expense-paid trip to Washington in May. - City News Service |
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