MLA Partner Schools has taken over the historic campus just south of USC with a team of idealistic former teachers, big-name Hollywood backers and a $4-million grant from Amgen Inc.
At the 100-year-old Manual Arts, MLA can spend $400 extra per student, offer a 12-hour school day with clubs and classes until 7 p.m., a drop-in center for 9th-graders to talk to counselors about problems at home or in their classes.
"Manual Arts has other advantages," Sandy Banks writes at LA Times.com "One-third of its teaching staff are alumni, who grew up in the neighborhood," an entry point for immigrants from Mexico, the Caribbean and Central America.
Five MLA staffers work in the community and on campus.
LAUSD Supt. Ray Cortines will cede control of its 200 lowest-performing schools.
MLA took over last summer, after spending two years running nearby West Adams Prep, a 2,200-student high school built just north of the 10 freeway.
KABC and veteran LA reporter Sid Garcia did a fabulous and well-deserved feature on the USC Neighborhood Academic Initiative Friday and its homegrown leader, Kim Thomas-Barrios. Below is a USC story on the program and this year's senior class.Which high school graduating class boasts 100 percent of its students enrolling in…See More
LA WEEKLY is featuring 24th Street Theatre co-founders Debbie Devine and Jay McAdams in their annual BEST PEOPLE 2012 Issue! There are 5 different covers photographed by the amazing Kevin Scanlon for this special issue that hit newsstands yesterday...all gorgeous. Grab one for your coffee table if you live in L.A... and here's the online version for our 24th ST friends across the globe:Debbie and Jay's BEST PEOPLE 2012…See More
LA WEEKLY is featuring 24th Street Theatre co-founders Debbie Devine and Jay McAdams in their annual BEST PEOPLE 2012 Issue! There are 5 different covers photographed by the amazing Kevin Scanlon for this special issue that hit newsstands yesterday...all gorgeous. Grab one for your coffee table if you live in L.A... and here's the online version for our 24th ST friends across the globe:Debbie and Jay's BEST PEOPLE 2012…See More
This Saturday, May 5th at 1pm, 24th STreet Theatre brings performance artist Sheetal Gandhi to North University Park with her hit show, Bahu-Beti-Biwi. This, the final show of this year’s Saturday Explorer Series for family audiences, has been performed around the world and is great for audiences 7 and up. Ticket includes a Free homemade tamale. Tickets for North University Park residents, just 24-cents, for the general public, just $5. Get tix…See More
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