Los Angeles Unified School District

Jul 26 2012

Good student makes the grade at school district’s top television job

Sabrina Fair Thomas, who has served as interim general manager of public television station KLCS for the past year, was named general manager by the Los Angeles Unified School District on Monday.

KLCS is one of five television stations in the country operated by a school district.

In earning the station’s top job, Thomas will continue developing TV content, choosing on-air promotions and overseeing day-to-day operations.

Jul 19 2012

FBI Crimes Against Children Unit examines

An attorney representing the families of nearly a dozen children who were allegedly sexually abused by a teacher at Miramonte Elementary School said today he was pushing for a federal investigation into the alleged activities at the school and throughout the LAUSD.

Attorney Brian Claypool said he sent a letter to President Barack Obama asking that the federal government conduct an investigation into the activities at Miramonte and the Los Angeles Unified School District’s handling of the case and other reports of child abuse.

May 31 2012

More Miramonte sexual abuse victims come forward

Another negligence lawsuit has been filed against Los Angeles Unified School District in which additional former Miramonte Elementary School students allege they were victims of lewd acts by a teacher fired in January.

Parents of about a dozen ex-Miramonte pupils brought the suit on behalf of themselves and their children in Los Angeles Superior Court. The complaint also alleges intentional infliction of emotional distress and names all seven members of the LAUSD Board of Education, as well as Superintendent John Deasy.

May 21 2012

Multiple counts of lewd acts on a child

A 25-year-old man employed as a teacher’s aide at a Los Angeles elementary school was charged Monday, May 21, 2012, with a dozen felony counts for allegedly committing lewd acts on a child, the District Attorney’s Office announced.
     
Jorge Luis Dominguez, 25, of Los Angeles is expected to be arraigned after 1:30 p.m. in Department 30 of the Foltz Criminal Justice Center.
     

Juliana D. Norwood  |   OW Staff Writer
Mar 22 2012

In Orange County, one is convicted

A teacher at a Wilmington elementary school is being investigated for alleged “inappropriate touching” of a student. The investigation involves a male teacher at George de la Torre Jr. Elementary School, in Wilmington.

The ongoing investigation involves LAPD Juvenile Division detectives and personnel from the Los Angeles Unified School District.   

Across Black America

Here’s a look at African American people and issues making headlines throughout the country.
 

Alabama
Freeman A. Hrabowski, president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, will address the annual African American Business Council luncheon on June 28. Hrabowski, who is chairman of President Barack Obama’s Advisory Commission on Education Excellence for African Americans, has a national reputation for his work studying the performance of minority students in math and science. Hrabowski, named one of the 10 best college presidents in the country by Time magazine, was a child leader in the Civil Rights Movement in Birmingham in the 1960s.
 

Arkansas
The Liberty Counsel filed a motion and a brief in United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas seeking to intervene on behalf of a Concepts of Life crisis pregnancy center to defend against a suit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Reproductive Rights. The groups seek to impose a permanent injunction before the Human Heartbeat Protection Act goes into effect July 18. Liberty Counsel also filed a brief opposing the ACLU’s request for an injunction. The “Heartbeat” bill states that when a woman seeks an abortion at or after the 12th week, doctors must test for a fetal heartbeat before an abortion is performed and inform the pregnant mother that the child in her womb has a heartbeat. If a heartbeat is detected, a woman cannot have an abortion, except in cases of rape, incest, and if a mother’s life is in danger. “As we promised when the legislation was introduced, Liberty Counsel will defend this law without reservation for the people of Arkansas, born and pre-born,” said Matt Staver, founder and chairman of Liberty Counsel. “No right is more foundational than the right to life. Without life, all other rights are irrelevant,” concluded Staver.