Helping the Schools; We All Can Do Our Part
Editorial
LA Daily News
MAYOR Antonio Villaraigosa has come up with a plan for getting more funds to Los Angeles Unified schools that sounds too good to be true: Get people to give the district the money.
Easier said than done, right?
Not when you're a massively popular mayor and an up-and-comer on the political scene. Last week Vil-laraigosa announced that he had snared a $1 million grant for the three clusters of LAUSD schools that will fall under his control -- courtesy of the Verizon Foundation.
Part of Verizon's generosity, to be sure, owes itself to wanting to get on the right side of a powerful politi-cian. But part also no doubt comes from the realization that an educated population earns more -- and thus can buy more Verizon products -- and provide a qualified work force.
Helping out schools is thus in the best interest not only of Verizon, but all businesses, big and small, and all Angelenos, too.
Few of us can cut the schools a $1 million check, but most of us can offer something, be it in time or money. The mayor has taken the lead in fixing the LAUSD, but we all can -- and should -- do our part.
LA Daily News
MAYOR Antonio Villaraigosa has come up with a plan for getting more funds to Los Angeles Unified schools that sounds too good to be true: Get people to give the district the money.
Easier said than done, right?
Not when you're a massively popular mayor and an up-and-comer on the political scene. Last week Vil-laraigosa announced that he had snared a $1 million grant for the three clusters of LAUSD schools that will fall under his control -- courtesy of the Verizon Foundation.
Part of Verizon's generosity, to be sure, owes itself to wanting to get on the right side of a powerful politi-cian. But part also no doubt comes from the realization that an educated population earns more -- and thus can buy more Verizon products -- and provide a qualified work force.
Helping out schools is thus in the best interest not only of Verizon, but all businesses, big and small, and all Angelenos, too.
Few of us can cut the schools a $1 million check, but most of us can offer something, be it in time or money. The mayor has taken the lead in fixing the LAUSD, but we all can -- and should -- do our part.
