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| 02/15/2007 | Calling the Transformer: Brewer must deliver on promise to cut LAUSD bureaucracy WHEN Superintendent David Brewer III took the helm of the LAUSD in October, he boasted that he was not a reformer, but "a transformer." Let's hope he's right, because if the district is going to pay for its whopping new teachers contract, he's going to need to radically transform the way it does business, and fast. |
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| 02/14/2007 | L.A Unified apologizes for payroll glitches Contrite Los Angeles Unified School District officials expressed regrets to district employees Tuesday for problems with a new payroll system that have resulted in errors on thousands of paychecks. |
| 02/14/2007 | LAUSD's payroll fouled up: Questions raised on choice of new system, contractor Roiled by glitches in a new $95 million computerized payroll system that have left thousands of employees without checks, Los Angeles school officials said Wednesday that they will review the contracting process that led to the deal and might consider taking legal action against the suppliers. |
| 02/07/2007 | $10.3 million tragedy: Child mowed down Last Thursday, a jury in Van Nuys Superior Court held the Los Angeles Unified School District liable for Jordan's death, issuing a $10.3 million verdict because it determined the parking lot was a safety hazard that district officials were aware of. |
| 02/07/2007 | Payday is delayed for some L.A. Unified teachers, staffers After 18 months of preparations to roll out the $95-million computer system, clerical errors and outdated employment data led to about 1,000 teachers and other staffers either not being paid or being paid too little, district officials said. |
| 01/29/2007 | Change agent: Villaraigosa's LAUSD reform drive has set the stage for real progres DESPITE the Los Angeles school board's efforts to fight, dodge or ignore major reforms, there's every indication that change is coming and there's nothing the intransigent board can do to stop it. |
| 01/29/2007 | L.A. Mayor Wants to Build a 'Schoolhouse For Reform' The mayor of Los Angeles is fighting back against an attorney for the school board who compared the mayor's effort to bring area schools under his control to placing Jiffy Lube in charge of more than 700,000 California students. |
| 01/22/2007 | Beneath mayor's fanfare lies a sound framework The Mayor Who Wants to Save the Children pranced onto the stage with Chuck Berry blasting: "Up in the mornin' and out to school / the teacher is teachin' the Golden Rule." |
| 01/18/2007 | Antonio unveils plan for LAUSD With his LAUSD reform plan mired in court, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa unveiled Wednesday night an ambitious proposal that relies on six "pillars of school excellence" to reinvigorate the nation's second-largest school district. |
| 01/18/2007 | Mayor posts his strategy for schools Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa unveiled a sweeping reform strategy for Los Angeles public schools Wednesday, calling for top-to-bottom changes that would include ending the practice of promoting failing students, requiring school uniforms and bringing in outsiders to help transform schools. |
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