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3110, 2024

Malibu Exits District Separation Process with SMMUSD, Files Request with LACOE

By |October 31st, 2024|

Last week, the City of Malibu announced it would exit negotiations with the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District (SMMUSD) despite reaching a new milestone just last month. Malibu unification, which would separate Santa Monica and Malibu schools within SMMUSD into two distinct districts, has been in the works for over a decade. The terms unification and separation can be used interchangeably here – Malibu would create an independent unified school district by separating from SMMUSD.

2810, 2024

Candidates for LAUSD Board District 1 Prioritize Accountability and Student Support

By |October 28th, 2024|

Voters in L.A. Unified Board District 1 will decide between two candidates to replace board member George McKenna this November. Board District 1 (BD1) covers the majority of South L.A. and southwest L.A., abutting Beverly Hills, Culver City, and Inglewood. Candidates Sherlett Hendy Newbill and Kahllid Al-Alim advanced from the primary election in March, receiving 25 percent and 20 percent of the vote respectively.

2410, 2024

Students Demand LAUSD Keep Commitments to Black Students

By |October 24th, 2024|

Students and allies convened at Los Angeles Unified (LAUSD) headquarters on Tuesday to demand the district keep its commitments to Black students. The Black Student Achievement Plan (BSAP), a reparative initiative introduced in the district in 2021 to address historic and ongoing inequities specifically harming Black students, split a $36.5 Million budget between schools with significant populations of Black students, with the majority of funding going to those schools with high needs.

1710, 2024

UCLA Tribal Legal Clinic Receives $2 Million Grant From the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians

By |October 17th, 2024|

A new $2.2 Million grant from the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians (SMBMI) will bolster the Tribal Legal Development Clinic (TLDC) at the UCLA School of Law’s Native Nations Law and Policy Center (NNLPC), enabling the clinic to continue its work providing free legal services to Native American tribes locally and abroad and “training the next generation of lawyers in Indian law.”

Malibu Exits District Separation Process with SMMUSD, Files Request with LACOE

By |October 31st, 2024|

Last week, the City of Malibu announced it would exit negotiations with the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District (SMMUSD) despite reaching a new milestone just last month. Malibu unification, which would separate Santa Monica and Malibu schools within SMMUSD into two distinct districts, has been in the works for over a decade. The terms unification and separation can be used interchangeably here – Malibu would create an independent unified school district by separating from SMMUSD.

Candidates for LAUSD Board District 1 Prioritize Accountability and Student Support

By |October 28th, 2024|

Voters in L.A. Unified Board District 1 will decide between two candidates to replace board member George McKenna this November. Board District 1 (BD1) covers the majority of South L.A. and southwest L.A., abutting Beverly Hills, Culver City, and Inglewood. Candidates Sherlett Hendy Newbill and Kahllid Al-Alim advanced from the primary election in March, receiving 25 percent and 20 percent of the vote respectively.

Students Demand LAUSD Keep Commitments to Black Students

By |October 24th, 2024|

Students and allies convened at Los Angeles Unified (LAUSD) headquarters on Tuesday to demand the district keep its commitments to Black students. The Black Student Achievement Plan (BSAP), a reparative initiative introduced in the district in 2021 to address historic and ongoing inequities specifically harming Black students, split a $36.5 Million budget between schools with significant populations of Black students, with the majority of funding going to those schools with high needs.

UCLA Tribal Legal Clinic Receives $2 Million Grant From the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians

By |October 17th, 2024|

A new $2.2 Million grant from the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians (SMBMI) will bolster the Tribal Legal Development Clinic (TLDC) at the UCLA School of Law’s Native Nations Law and Policy Center (NNLPC), enabling the clinic to continue its work providing free legal services to Native American tribes locally and abroad and “training the next generation of lawyers in Indian law.”

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