Executive Director, Santa Monica-Malibu Education Foundation
Executive Director of the Santa Monica-Malibu Education Foundation
PROFILE
Linda Gross
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FROM Linda Gross
Which Way, L.A.?
Private Sector Steps in to Save Our Schools After a school-funding measure barely failed to get the two-thirds required vote last month, the Santa Monica-Malibu School Board cut $7.1 million , eliminated 65 teaching jobs and closed libraries in elementary schools. This weekend, parents and kids set up a lemonade stand on Main Street as part of SOS — the Save Our Schools Campaign .
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