Five years after Green Dot Public Schools made history by becoming the first outside organization to assume control of a low-performing high school (Alain Leroy Locke High) in the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), the organization’s agreement is up for renewal and the matter will be taken up by the school board at its Feb. 12 meeting.

As the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) begins its academic year weeks earlier than normal, Superintendent John Deasy laid out his vision, the accomplishments and the concerns within the district during his annual message to the district recently held at George Washington Preparatory High School. One of those concerns was brought to the forefront on Aug. 9 during a rally led by the Labor/Community Strategy Center Community Rights Campaign (CRC) and involving students, parents and teachers.