Hi Everyone, thanks for all your support today. Despite the vote we need to stay united and find a way for us to move forward. I do believe we need to look at options. I have included two links here. One is the Expanded School Based Management agreement between UTLA and the district, please look it over and let me know what you think. I have also included a link to the school that uses this model, Woodland Hill Academy. Please study both of these ASAP so we can discuss it and see how we would like to move forward.
http://www.utla.net/node/796
http://www.whacademy.com/
Here are other options to look at. This is the Belmont model. As I stated before, we need to be out in front on this one as a school. We need to set the example that something we can choose can work. However, given the tight timeline, this needs to happen with the utmost haste.
UTLA/Belmont agreement: http://www.utla.net/node/793
Belmont High School: http://www.belmonths.org/
Brian Fritch
History Teacher, UTLA chapter chair
James A. Garfield High School, LAUSD
323-981-5500
brian.fritch@lausd.net
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These links are great, but I wonder if there is not a link to something from LAUSD that defines our options in more generic (not connected to one school's interpretation of the program) terms. For example: a definition of iDesign, Pilot, Small Schools; a step by step guide of how to apply for the one we would choose; and what the options are for each (advantages and requirements that would have to be met and followed for each option).
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