Susan Miller Dorsey High School students thought they were attending a march for Tyre Nichols. They ended up marching over 6th Street Bridge with LAPD officers and later acted out various scenarios in a VR police simulator.
The Police Free LAUSD coalition created a five-point plan to create safer schools through community-based public safety initiatives rather than through policing. Students, parents, and community members are now pressuring LAUSD to act.
After replacing former principal Gilberto Samuel following allegations of harsh discipline and retaliation against staff, the school still will not address the issues.
LAUSD allowed the UTLA contract to expire last week, while proposing a ban on teacher strikes. Gina Gray, a member of United Teachers Los Angeles, writes that LAUSD must pay teachers fair wages.
At Johnnie L. Cochran Jr. Middle School, Principal Gilberto Samuel is alleged to have sexually harassed colleagues and terrorized queer teachers while ignoring complaints from students.
