COUNCILWOMAN - WENDY GREUEL (Who will be attending for a short time)
LOS ANGELES POLICE DEPUTY CHIEF - MICHAEL MOORE (Commanding Officer- Operations, Valley Bureau )
LAUSD SUPERINTENDENT - DAVID L. BREWER III
Invite you to attend: "Public Safety through Neighborhood Empowerment"
Please attend this important event to discuss Public Safety Issues in your neighborhood and find out about resources to help you get involved in making your Neighborhhod cleaner, safer, and a better place in which to live.
Thursday, February 28, 2008 6:30-8:30 p.m.
All Nations Church
10000 Foothill Blvd.
Lake View Terrace , Ca. 91342
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Zuma Dogg has posted several stories about Mt. Gleason Middle School
The teachers and most of the staff are incredible and if it weren't for them the school would be too unsafe, in my opinion for the students to attend.
Now as the STNC Education Representative, I would like to share a few of the things that I have supported Students and Parents with during the last Year and a half at our local Middle School:
A Student reported that she had been "Touched by a Substitute Teacher" School Response: Child was not put into protective custody, Parent was not notified.
Police were not notified and were only contacted by the LAUSD school administration five (5) days later. Both of the non-reporters were promoted.
Administration forced 700 female students to share a restroom with only four (4) working toilets for "lunch and nutrition" for over 5 months. 4 toilets sat with no doors or stalls.
School Response: A half-assed quote to the local paper stated " The girls don't want to use the restrooms, They are too busy talking to their friends."
Parents have removed students from the school for fear of their Safety.
The boys are being forced to use the Girls restrooms at both after-school programs.
Students report that there are fights almost Daily. I often get calls from parents confirming this.
Last week I witnessed a fight on campus, through a locked fence. I broke up the fight with a neighbor. He said there all fights all of the time. that the Students climb over the fences to get out. As his house is close to the fence, the kids often climb the fence and jump off of the roof.
I spend a ridiculous amount of time on the phone with the District trying to deal with Safety Issues. I have Spoken to Julie Korenstein and appreciated the help that I get.
I have attended LAUSD Safety Commitee Meetings with Numerous reports regarding Safety issues.
Our Neighborhood Council is setting up a School Communication System and education committee for local school oversight.
The Response from the School /District has been to send a "Posse" (A Quote from the Teacher's Union Rep) to the Neighborhood Council Meetings to keep me and other Parents Quiet.
If they hear Something they don't like they call us liars.Not one update, or nice thing is ever said by them. they just all sit and glare at us.
Oh, did I forget to mention Irma Good the District Director over the Principal also attends the Neighborhood Council Meetings? Yes, she is the one that insinuated to Zuma Dogg, that the Wwapon that was picked up on campus and turned over to the District could have easily been made by the parent, rather than express concern over the handmade weapon found on school grounds.
I have gone to Wendy Greuel's office to talk about the School Safety Issues, but have been told that the schools aren't her problem and that I need to go to the District.
I go to the District, but a Principal, that is not providing a safe school environment per Federal law, remains on campus.
The Neighborhood Council has representation on School Committees, but nothing the School is doing is making sense and the Parents and the Community are not being notified of Changes
So...I Thought Neighborhood Councils were set up to support Neighborhood Empowerment
Now We have a Meeting to attend, Is this going to be the "Here we are the Ready to help You Brigade?"
Well, I certainly hope so, because in my opinion this continued throwing up road blocks in front of the Neighborhood Councils, and not really helping to solve the issues, is getting old.
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