Wilmington is a neighborhood in the South Bay and Harbor region of Los Angeles,California,covering 9.14 square miles (23.7 km2).
Downtown Los Angeles (DTLA) is the central business district of Los Angeles. It is part of the Central Los Angeles region and covers a 5.84 sq mi (15.1 km2) area. As of 2020,it contains over 500,000 jobs and has a population of roughly 85,000 residents,with an estimated daytime population of over 200,000 people prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The San Diego Union-Tribune is a metropolitan daily newspaper published in San Diego,California,that has run since 1868. Its name derives from a 1992 merger between the two major daily newspapers at the time,The San Diego Union and the San Diego Evening Tribune. The name changed to U-T San Diego in 2012 but was changed again to The San Diego Union-Tribune in 2015.
Rafe Esquith is an American teacher who taught at Hobart Boulevard Elementary School,in Los Angeles,California,from 1984 until his resignation in 2015 as a settlement with the LAUSD. Many of his students,who were all from a community of poor and immigrant families,started class very early,left late,and typically achieved high scores in standardized tests. Esquith has authored books about teaching and his annual class Shakespeare productions were featured in the 2005 documentary The Hobart Shakespeareans.
Jack Griffin served as chief executive officer of the Tribune Publishing Company from April 14,2014 to February 23,2016. He currently serves as a senior advisor at investment banking firm DeSilva+Phillips.
University Park is a 1.17 square miles (3.0 km2) neighborhood in the South Los Angeles region of Los Angeles,California. The area includes the University of Southern California (USC),and the residential neighborhoods located immediately north of the campus:North University Park,Chester Place and St. James Park.
James Monroe High School (JMHS),at 9229 Haskell Avenue in North Hills,California,is a public high school in the Los Angeles Unified School District. It is home to Small Learning Communities (SLCs) and two magnet schools. Its mascot is the Viking.
Ramón Curtis Cortines is an American educator who has served as the chancellor of the New York City Department of Education,and the superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District in Los Angeles,California. Cortines returned as Los Angeles superintendent in October 2014,and his contract was extended in June 2015 for another year,through June 2016.
United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA) is the main trade union for certified,non-administrative staff in the Los Angeles Unified School District. The union was incorporated in 1970 by the merger between the (AFT-local) Los Angeles Teachers Alliance and the (NEA-local) Classroom Teachers of Los Angeles.
Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) is a public school district in Los Angeles County,California,United States. It is the largest public school system in California in terms of number of students and the 2nd largest public school district in the United States,with only the New York City Department of Education having a larger student population. During the 2022–2023 school year,LAUSD served 565,479 students,including 11,795 early childhood education students and 27,740 adult students. During the same school year,it had 24,769 teachers and 49,231 other employees. It is the second largest employer in Los Angeles County after the county government. The school district's budget for the 2021–2022 school year was $10.7 billion,increasing to $12.6 billion for the 2022–2023 school year.
Los Angeles College Prep Academy is a charter school in Hermon,Los Angeles,California,near El Sereno. It occupies the campus of the former Pacific Christian High School.
High Tech Los Angeles,or HTLA is an American charter high school located in Lake Balboa,CA,in the San Fernando Valley. It is located on the site of Birmingham High School,but it has its own separate buildings.
Marqueece L. Harris-Dawson is an American politician,currently serving as the 27th president of the Los Angeles City Council since September 20,2024. A member of the Democratic Party,who has represented the 8th district of the Los Angeles City Council since 2015.
Johanna Maska is an American communication professional. She was a longstanding aide to American President Barack Obama. She is CEO of the consulting firm,Global Situation Room.
Judy Burton was an important figure within the educational community within Los Angeles. After graduating college at the University of California,Los Angeles,Burton entered the education sector as a teacher at Hyde Park Elementary School. Burton then went on to lead LEARN as the new assistant superintendent of the program. In addition to her participation in LAUSD as a teacher and as an administrator,Burton helped develop one of the largest networks of charter schools in the Southern California Region,The Alliance College-Ready Public Schools,as its CEO.
Michelle King was an American educator. She was the first black woman to serve as superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD),the second-largest school district in the United States. She was appointed in January 2016 by the Los Angeles Board of Education.
The Superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District is the chief administrative officer of the District selected by the District's Board of Education. Portuguese-American educator and former superintendent of Miami-Dade County Public Schools,Alberto M. Carvalho,has been serving as the District's superintendent since February 14,2022.
John Edward Deasy is an American businessman who served as a superintendent for multiple school districts from 1996 until 2020. He first served as superintendent for Coventry Public Schools,the Santa Monica–Malibu Unified School District,and Prince George's County Public Schools. Deasy became the Superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District on April 15,2011,succeeding Ramon Cortines. He served until his resignation on October 15,2014,at which point Cortines was appointed as his successor. He later served as the superintendent of Stockton Unified School District from 2018 until 2020.
Vision to Learn is a US nonprofit organization that provides free optometry services to children in low-income communities.
James B. Taylor was one of the first African American principals in Los Angeles and went on to serve in the No. 2 position in the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD).
