DISTRICT GETS LOW MARKS FROM MONITOR.Byline: Naush Boghossian Staff Writer The monitor overseeing improvements in 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's special-education programs issued a formal report Friday, blasting the district for its lack of progress over the last year. Independent Court Monitor Carl Cohn said there had been little progress made in the 2004-05 school year toward achieving the 18 goals outlined in the settlement of the Chanda Smith special-education class action lawsuit class action lawsuit A lawsuit in which one party or a limited number of parties sue on behalf of a larger group to which the parties belong. For example, investors may bring a class action lawsuit against a brokerage firm that has actively promoted a tax . 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. has until June 30, 2006, to meet the goals and faces an extension of the decree if it fails to do so. ``Based on the performance to date, I have grave doubts whether the LAUSD LAUSD Los Angeles Unified School District (Los Angeles, CA) is capable of making the necessary progress to achieve disengagement disengagement /dis·en·gage·ment/ (dis?en-gaj´ment) emergence of the fetus from the vaginal canal. dis·en·gage·ment n. by June 30, 2006,'' Cohn said in his report to district officials and the school board. Achieving the goals, he said, will require ``direct involvement and focused attention of the superintendent and Board of Education,'' and strong accountability for results, he wrote. School board President Marlene Canter plans Tuesday to appoint a committee to create a strategy for meeting the goals, including improving student performance and graduation rates. Naush Boghossian, (818) 713-3722 naush.boghossian(at)dailynews.com |
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