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The Los Angeles Schools Bond Measure -- Is It Needed?

On November 8th, the voters of who live inthey expect another 4,304 to be dropped this
the Los Angeles schools district will beyear. There are several reasons for these
faced with their fourth proposition, calleddrops in enrollment.First, one in every 20
Measure Y. The $3.985 bond measure, whichstudents is choosing to attend a charter or
will be paid by property taxes, is for moreprivate school, rather than attend
planned expansion within the Los Angelestraditional Los Angeles schools. The 88
schools, allowing them to add another 25charter schools within the state now enroll
elementary schools to the current list of 160about three percent (about 200,000) of the
schools that are scheduled to be constructedpublic school students. About 35,000 of these
by year 2012. Some of the money also isstudents attend charter schools within the
slated for other needs, such as new schoolLos Angeles schools. The number of charter
buses, repairs and charter schools.The otherschools within the state continues to
three bond measures were passed for Losincrease, with another 20 new charter schools
Angeles schools new construction and repairsplanned for this fall.The California Charter
that were long overdue. Classrooms wereSchools Association predicts that ten percent
literally falling apart, and classes wereof public school students within the state
excessively overcrowded with year-roundwill attend charter schools by the year 2014,
schedules for many schools. The previouslywith perhaps an even higher percentage in the
passed measures underwrote the current 160Los Angeles schools area. They cite that the
schools on the list for construction.Manynumber of charter schools would need to
people, however, are asking if this fourthtriple in order to accommodate all of the
measure is truly needed. According to the Losstudents currently on waiting lists. With the
Angeles Daily News, the traditional Lossmaller size and flexibility of charter
Angeles schools are slowly but steadilyschools, they can be created and implemented
losing students from their rolls. Since thein a very short time, as compared to the
2002-2003 school year, the traditional Loslarge, traditional Los Angeles schools that
Angeles schools have lost 4,471 students.take years to construct.
According to Los Angeles schools officials,



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