CITY'S RED TAPE STYMIES SCHOOL STUDENTS STALLED BY INSPECTIONS.Byline: Jennifer Radcliffe Staff Writer WOODLAND HILLS - Students at a new charter school spent Thursday on a field trip instead of in class because administrators couldn't get city clearance to move into the Warner Center building. Ivy Academia, already under fire for incorrectly enrolling too many children, has not completed all of the fire and safety inspections needed to move its 385 students into the building. The school also failed to complete required traffic and planning studies, said City Councilman Dennis Zine, who represents the southwest 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. . ``There are a multiplicity mul·ti·plic·i·ty n. pl. mul·ti·plic·i·ties 1. The state of being various or manifold: the multiplicity of architectural styles on that street. 2. of issues that absolutely infuriate me,'' said Zine, who plans to send a letter to Ivy Academia parents today apprising them of the situation. Meanwhile, Ivy Academia leaders said they are crushed by the number of obstacles that have been placed in their way. They say they're spending their own money to take the children to science and history museums this week, while searching for a temporary site where they can hold classes next week. ``It's ridiculous,'' Principal Tatyana Berkovich said. ``We've spent over $500,000 on the site. ... It's safe for the kids to be there.'' Parents and employees worked through the Labor Day Labor Day, holiday celebrated in the United States and Canada on the first Monday in September to honor the laborer. It was inaugurated by the Knights of Labor in 1882 and made a national holiday by the U.S. Congress in 1894. holiday and until 2 a.m. Thursday to ready the building at 6051 De Soto de So·to , Hernando or Fernando 1496?-1542. Spanish explorer who landed in Florida in 1539 with 600 men and set out to search for the fabled riches of the north. Ave., she said. The school is designed to teach entrepreneurial skills to students in kindergarten kindergarten [Ger.,=garden of children], system of preschool education. Friedrich Froebel designed (1837) the kindergarten to provide an educational situation less formal than that of the elementary school but one in which children's creative play instincts would be through sixth grade. 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 officials, who granted the school's charter, said they are keeping a close eye on Ivy's status. Greg McNair, associate general counsel, said LAUSD LAUSD Los Angeles Unified School District (Los Angeles, CA) is concerned about whether the children are learning and whether they are safe. ``We are in a position, I think, of wanting to work with them to the extent that we can,'' McNair said. ``But we are concerned, and we're monitoring the issue closely.'' Jennifer Radcliffe, (818) 713-3722 jennifer.radcliffe(at)dailynews.com |
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