Los Angeles To Spend $20 Million To Build Parent Centers

The Los Angeles Times (6/17, Blume) reports on a program in Los Angeles "that includes spending $20 million to upgrade or add parent centers across the Los Angeles Unified School District." Presenting the program as part of a drive to "reshape and increase parent involvement," the Times notes that "Classes in parent centers have included help with parenting, nutrition courses and English-language instruction. More than half the school system's 1,000 schools have parent centers in varying conditions." The city-wide center program "will be paid for largely by voter-approved school-construction bonds. The district hopes to add or improve 300 centers with this tranche of funding."