Inglewood Unified School District

Dec 13 2012

La Tanya Kirk-Carter steps in as interim

State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson has appointed La Tanya Kirk-Carter to serve as interim administrator of the Inglewood Unified School District after accepting the resignation of Administrator Kent Taylor.

“This change is in the best interests of taxpayers, students, and employees of the Inglewood Unified School District,” Torlakson said. “I’m confident that our work to address the district’s troubled finances will proceed without interruption.”

Oct 4 2012

Kent Taylor, one of the city’s own

State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson has appointed Kent Taylor—himself a graduate of Inglewood High School—as state administrator over the financially troubled Inglewood Unified School District.

Juliana D. Norwood  |   OW Staff Writer
Sep 20 2012

Brown approves $55-million loan to avoid bankruptcy

The Inglewood Unified School District became the first Southland school district in nearly 20 years to lose local control over its budget, causing California Governor Jerry Brown to approve an emergency loan of $55 million to keep it from going bankrupt and implement an immediate takeover of the school district’s administration.

Juliana D. Norwood  |   OW Staff Writer
Jul 21 2011

Author strives to embed book into school curricula

Think Like a Leader, Not a Follower (TLALNAF) is a gang prevention, anti-bullying and self-esteem education program based on the story of Frank and Joe, two boys who grow up in the same neighborhood but one becomes a gang member and the other a responsible citizen.

The mission of the program is to strengthen families, build communities and keep kids out of gangs by interactive storytelling projects that will engage students in the subject matter, prompt questions, add humor and re-enforce the need for personal responsibility.

Juliana D. Norwood  |   OW Staff Writer
Mar 17 2011
Classified employees take hardest hit in cuts

Last Wednesday, more than 60 Inglewood Unified School District (IUSD) employees including gardeners, maintenance workers and receptionists, as well as concerned students in the adult education program, gathered outside the IUSD board meeting room to protest proposed layoffs and budget cuts.

The district is currently struggling to cut its $20 million deficit in order to qualify for a private loan and simultaneously trying to avoid a state takeover. As part of a solution, the board proposed to lay off nine campus supervisors and pull $500,00 from adult education.

Across Black America

Here’s a look at African American people and issues making headlines throughout the country.

California
San Diego college students and volunteers will carry out their sixth home restoration project on Wednesday, July 10 through Sunday, July 14. as part of the “Healing our Heroes’ Homes” (H3) program created by the nonprofit Embrace. The five-day effort will take place at the home of medically retired Marine Corps Capt. Sarah Bettencourt. Bettencourt served with many different units across the country during the Global War on Terrorism and developed a rare neurological disorder in 2008. With a focus to restore the homes of disabled veteran homeowners, H3 falls in line with Embrace’s mission to mobilize college-student volunteers and community members to serve less fortunate members of civilian and veteran communities. The project for the Bettencourts’ home includes kitchen and bathroom remodeling, building ADA-compliant disability ramps, widening their driveway to ADA standards, widening doorways and landscaping.
 
District of Columbia
The 2013 Smithsonian Folklife Festival will showcase its five-year community research project on African American identity with the program “The Will to Adorn: African American Diversity, Style, and Identity.” This multicity collaboration examines the history and culture of the aesthetics of African Americans. The festival will be held June 26-30 and July 3-7, outdoors on the National Mall between Seventh and 14th streets. “Whether we realize it or not, we are all dress artists. The way we compose our look is a creative expression of our ideas about who we are and who we aspire to be,” said Diana N’Diaye, program curator. “This program explores the diversity of African American traditions of style, but also teaches young people the importance of documenting their own culture and saving that information for themselves and future generations.”