Even During A Pandemic LA’s Students Still Deserve An Education.
It’s time to tell LAUSD that our children are worth more.
It’s time to tell LAUSD that our children are worth more.
Meet Some of The Plaintiffs
Keshara, Parent of a 6th grader at LAUSD, Torrance
“The impact of so many lost months of learning is adding up for my son, and I can’t see how he’s supposed to catch up when he is still receiving so little time with his teachers. LAUSD has to find a way to give our kids what they need to be successful during distance learning.”
Akela, Parent of three children (Pre-K, 1st, and 2nd grade) at LAUSD, Los Angeles
“Every day, I have to sit and watch my baby girl struggle and she is getting left behind…it is breaking my heart. She struggles with reading, and cannot keep up with her classmates during distance learning because so much of the work is independent. If you cannot read, you cannot do the assignments on your own.”
Vicenta, Parent of a 2nd grader at LAUSD, Pico Union
“My daughter spends hours and hours every day trying to learn on her own. We need better information so that we can help her to be successful while we try to help her learn at home, like information about what is in her curriculum. But we see our daughter falling behind and know it’s taking a toll. She told my husband one night that she’ll never be able to reach her dream of being an astronaut if she is not learning anything at school.”
Worth More LA is a group of parents and community members unwilling to accept educational cuts that deny opportunity to the children of Los Angeles.
We are legally challenging Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD)’s distance learning plan in court. We think our kids’ futures are worth more than a plan that does not even meet California’s constitutional guarantee of a basic public education and disproportionately harms Black students Latino students, English learners, and students with disabilities.
Read more about the September 24 filing by clicking on the document links below:
LAUSD has denied opportunities to Black and Latino students for too long. The inequities of our education system are no longer hidden behind school walls, but are in our homes and we can see how LAUSD’s distance learning plan is deepening these inequities. We won’t go back to a system that doesn’t educate all kids. After a lost spring semester where LAUSD failed to engage 4 out of 10 students every day, the district’s distance learning plan for the Fall offers:
We understand and support the need to keep schools physically closed. At the same time, LAUSD has a responsibility to do its best for its teachers, students and families. We also know our kids’ futures are at stake, and the harm of a denied public education will follow them for the rest of their lives.
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