FOCUSING ON EDUCTION.With more than 746,000 students in kindergarten through 12th grades, 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. is the biggest public school system in California and the second-largest in the nation, behind only New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. with its 1.1 million students. Recognizing the need to prepare for future growth, LAUSD LAUSD Los Angeles Unified School District (Los Angeles, CA) has placed a $3.8 billion bond measure on the March 2 ballot to build new campuses and modernize existing ones. It will appear on the same ballot as a $12.3 billion state school bond that would provide additional construction money to districts throughout California. 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 is working to improve student achievement and its efforts are paying off. In all, 85 percent of LAUSD schools met or exceeded their target scores on the 2003 Academic Performance Index, well above the statewide average. The district's sophomores also improved their performance on the exit exams that will be required for graduation, beginning with the Class of 2006. Sixty percent of the LAUSD's 10th-graders passed the English exam and 32 passed the math test, up more than 10 percentage points from the previous year in both categories. LOS ANGELES UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT Superintendent Roy Romer Roy R. Romer (born October 31, 1928 in Garden City, Kansas, United States) was the 39th governor of Colorado and served as the superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District from 2001 to 2006. 333. S. Beaudry Ave., Los Angeles (213) 241-1000 www.lausd.k12.net Cities served: the city of Los Angeles
Grades: K-12 Total enrollment: 746,610 Total schools: 434 elementary, 78 middle, 56 high, 14 multilevel mul·ti·lev·el adj. Having several levels: a multilevel parking garage. Adj. 1. multilevel - of a building having more than one level , 21 magnet, 45 continuation, 20 special education, six opportunity high schools, 26 community adult, one central adult Calendar: Traditional and year-round Average class size: 20 in K through 3 Mean SAT math score: 454 Mean SAT verbal score: 437 English language English language, member of the West Germanic group of the Germanic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages (see Germanic languages). Spoken by about 470 million people throughout the world, English is the official language of about 45 nations. learners: 41 percent Fully credentialed teachers: 74.7 percent Free or reduced lunch: 77 percent of student population Pupil-teacher ratio: 20:1 (K-3); N/A (4-12) Three of 11 local districts are located in 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. : LOCAL DISTRICT A District Superintendent Deborah Leidner 8550 Balboa Blvd., Suite 150 Northridge, CA 91325 (818) 256-2800 Student enrollment: 69,058 Number of schools: 47 elementary, nine middle, six high, 7 continuation, 16 magnet LOCAL DISTRICT B District Superintendent Sue Shannon 5200 Lankershim Blvd., Second Floor North Hollywood, CA 91601 (818) 755-5300 Student enrollment: 83,322 Number of schools: 43 elementary, eight middle, five high, 13 magnet, one special education LOCAL DISTRICT C District Superintendent Robert Collins 6621 Balboa Blvd. Van Nuys, CA 91406 (818) 654-3600 Student enrollment: 73,074 Number of schools: 51 elementary, 20 middle, 20 high, six continuation, 16 magnet, five special education, 2 multilevel BURBANK UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT A unified school district is a school district which includes both primary school (kindergarten through middle school or junior high) and high school (grades 9-12). In Illinois, these districts are called unit school districts. Superintendent David Aponik 1900 W. Olive Ave., Burbank (818) 729-4400 www.burbank.k12.ca.us Cities served: Burbank Grades: K-12 Total enrollment: 15,533 Total schools: 20 Average class size: K-3, 19; ninth-grade English and math, 20; 30.5 for the rest of the district Fully credentialed teachers: 92.8 percent English language learners: 21 percent Students qualifying for free or reduced lunch program: 32 percent One-year dropout (1) On magnetic media, a bit that has lost its strength due to a surface defect or recording malfunction. If the bit is in an audio or video file, it might be detected by the error correction circuitry and either corrected or not, but if not, it is often not noticed by the human rate, grades 9-12: 0.95 percent Pupil-teacher ratio: N/A GLENDALE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT The Glendale Unified School District is a school district based in Glendale, California, United States. The school district serves the city of Glendale, portions of the city of La Cañada and the unincorporated communities of Montrose and La Crescenta. Superintendent James Brown 223 N. Jackson St., Glendale (818) 241-3111 www.glendale.k12.ca.us Cities served: Glendale Grades: K-12 Total enrollment: 29,200 Total schools: 30 Average class size: K-3, 19; Grades 4-6, 33; Grades 7-12, 35. Fully credentialed teachers: 93.5 percent English language learners: 39.1 percent Students qualifying for free or reduced lunch program: 44 percent One-year dropout rate, grades 9-12: 1.4 percent Pupil-teacher ratio: 28.4 CAPTION(S): 3 boxes Box: (1) LOS ANGELES UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT (see text) (2) BURBANK UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT (see text) (3) GLENDALE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT (see text) |
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