LAUSD PARES BACK GRANT AG PROGRAM NOW ONLY ON WEEKENDS, AFTER SCHOOL.Byline: Lisa M. Sodders Staff Writer VAN NUYS - Grant High School was unable to save its successful agriculture program but will offer some classes after school and on Saturdays, although without its popular instructor, officials said Thursday. The program, taught for 28 years by Colin ``Doc'' Wainwright Wainwright, town (1991 pop. 4,732), E Alta., Canada, SE of Edmonton and near the Sask. border. It is a trade center and railroad division point for an oil and natural gas area. It has oil refineries, grain elevators, and flour mills. Nearby is a military base. , ended Sept. 30, after a 300-student drop in enrollment forced campus officials to reassign four teachers and cut several classes. ``We saved at least a semblance of the program,'' said 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 board member Jon Lauritzen, who fought to save the program. ``It's something we can revisit re·vis·it tr.v. re·vis·it·ed, re·vis·it·ing, re·vis·its To visit again. n. A second or repeated visit. re and redesign re·de·sign tr.v. re·de·signed, re·de·sign·ing, re·de·signs To make a revision in the appearance or function of. re .'' The after-school and weekend classes will be funded through an adult education program open only to the Grant students. But Wainwright, 58, who began working this month as a substitute teacher at Sylmar High, said a heart condition prevents him from teaching the night and weekend classes, even though he was offered the post by Grant High School Principal Linda Ibach. But he said he was glad the classes will continue. ``That's better than nothing,'' he said. ``To be able to save the program - that's the bottom line for me.'' The adult education division hopes to eventually align the program with Pierce College In 2006 the Library won a national Excellence award. Academics Pierce College offers associate's degrees, mainly in the arts and sciences. There are also certificate programs in early childhood education, social services, dental hygienist, and others. , so Grant students would be able to earn Advanced Placement credit in landscaping or horticulture horticulture [Lat. hortus=garden], science and art of gardening and of cultivating fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants. Horticulture generally refers to small-scale gardening, and agriculture to the growing of field crops, usually on a large , officials said. ``When we can tie something in to a community college that can lead to a degree objective, as well as career opportunities, then it becomes an extra special program,'' Lauritzen said. Lisa M. Sodders, (818) 713-3663 lisa.sodders(at)dailynews.com |
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