We can’t ignore the legitimate concerns and criticisms that students and other members in the school community have about all forms of law enforcement, no person should feel the presence of a safety officer on a campus as an indictment of them or their character.

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The charter law is decades old, and it makes sense to me to pause while experts – not advocates – study all of the issues and propose what adjustments, if any, might be appropriate to the law to provide a path for the next 20 years.

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We're spending every nickel we have.

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Join me on the bus.

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I was asked yesterday by someone why I didn't just join teachers on the picket line, close our schools, and go to Sacramento( to) fight for more funding. Ninety percent of our funding comes from Sacramento, after all. ... It's a fair question, then I thought for a moment about Virgil Middle School and Telfair Elementary School.

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They came for shelter from the rain. They came for a warm meal and a secure, welcoming environment, and yes, they came to learn.

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The district on a day like yesterday would lose approximately $ 25 million in funding.

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If it's necessary, I'll be anywhere or anytime with UTLA leadership to resolve this. We want this resolved now.

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The experts have all said we do not have the ability to spend mor... by Austin Beutner

The experts have all said we do not have the ability to spend more than we're spending.

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100 % of the students in Virgil come from families living in poverty.

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I am not getting paid while I'm out here. if it's necessary, I'll be anywhere or anytime with UTLA leadership to resolve this. We want this resolved now.

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We are building support at the state level to find more resources to help our students.

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But August is still three months away and we can't predict exactly what standards health authorities will tell us are appropriate at that time.

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Looking down the path to recovery and the new school year which starts this fall, all students will have the opportunity to participate in full-day, on-campus, in-person instruction.

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Our challenge is convincing families that schools are safe.

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Make schools a priority and reduce the level of COVID-19 in LA to meet the state requirements.

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Extraordinary circumstances call for extraordinary actions, and while this testing and contact tracing effort is unprecedented, it is necessary and appropriate.

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