Van Nuys Community Adult School
Instructor of English as a Second Language and Citizenship classes at Van Nuys Community Adult School
PROFILE
Greg Dobie
Guest
FROM Greg Dobie
Which Way, L.A.?
Adult Education on the LAUSD Chopping Block A program supporters call part of the "fabric of Los Angeles" will be on the chopping block at tomorrow's meeting of the Los Angeles School Board. It's a program that goes back to 1887, has provided LA with skilled workers since the post-World War II economic boom, and shows immigrant parents how to help their kids do their homework. But Superintendent John Deasy says he needs all $200 million to help fill the gap in his core programs in K-12 education.
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