DISTRICT PTSA BACKS LAUSD BREAKUP.Byline: Kimberly Kindy kindy, kindie Noun pl -dies Austral & NZ informal a kindergarten Daily News Staff Writer The executive committee of the 31st District Parent Teacher Student Association announced Thursday that it had voted unanimously to support the breakup breakup The division of a company into separate parts. The most famous breakup to date was the 1984 division of AT&T (formerly, American Telephone & Telegraph Company). This breakup was intended to increase competition in the communications industry. of 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 17-member committee voted late Wednesday night after learning that a breakup is favored by 80 percent of PTSA PTSA Parent Teacher Student Association PTSA P-Toluenesulfonic Acid PTSA Prevention Through Service Alliance PTSA Petroleum Transportation and Storage Association PTSA Pre-Task Safety Analysis schools that responded to a survey. Only 23 of the 118 schools with PTSAs participated. Bobbi Farrell, chairwoman of the 31st District's School District Reorganization Task Force, said she was surprised by the results and had expected greater number of members to oppose a breakup. ``I didn't expect it to be as one-sided as it was,'' said Farrell. ``I really thought there was a silent group that opposed (the breakup) and they had not come forward. It surprised me, I thought we would hear more from the others.'' Survey results show that members at 67 schools voted for a breakup, 12 were against a breakup, one was undecided and three were neutral on the issue. Board of Education President Mark Slavkin, who opposes a breakup, said that while the PTSA had taken a thoughtful approach to studying the breakup before casting its vote, he believes the members are wasting their time. ``I think their energy could be better spent on trying to boost achievement at the local level. This is distracting dis·tract tr.v. dis·tract·ed, dis·tract·ing, dis·tracts 1. To cause to turn away from the original focus of attention or interest; divert. 2. To pull in conflicting emotional directions; unsettle. people. It's an issue to a large extent that is hyped out of proportion to the movement,'' Slavkin said. New state laws took effect in January that make it easier to break up the district by reducing the number of petition signatures required to qualify a breakup measure for the ballot and by eliminating the school board's veto power over breakup proposals. The vote takes 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. parent-teacher group out of limbo limbo In Roman Catholicism, a region between heaven and hell, the dwelling place of souls not condemned to punishment but deprived of the joy of existence with God in heaven. The concept probably developed in the Middle Ages. and back to a firm position on the breakup issue. Before 1993, it opposed a breakup but over the past three years its official position has been ``it is feasible.'' |
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