Teacher and parent demands for the ouster of Dolores Street Elementary School (LAUSD/Carson) Principal Anna Barraza are continuing this week, with a public rally and protest scheduled for Wednesday at Scott Park.
The Daily Breeze two weeks ago covered the first official activity against Barraza, who's being called a "lemon principal" by United Teachers Los Angeles, the union representing LAUSD educators.
Barraza has twice before been the subject of such outcries at prior campuses where she's worked -- the Riordan Primary Center and Dena Elementary.
UTLA says it's filed a combined 16 grievances and 2 interventions against her on behalf of those schools, but Barraza has never officially run the gauntlet of LAUSD's grievance procedure.
The principal herself previously told the Daily Breeze that it's common for principals to move campuses as they continue their careers and claimed that complaints about her -- "a belligerent management style, a seeming indifference to student safety and an unhderhanded and uncooperative attitude toward school stakeholders," says UTLA -- are just sour grapes from teachers resistant to change.
The Wednesday-scheduled (6:30 p.m.), UTLA-led "rally to remove" Barraza will be held at Scott Park, 23410 Catskill Avenue, in Carson. The union wants her bounced from Dolores before the school year ends next week.
The Teachers who are protesting state that all the parents agree with them in removing Principal Barraza and we do not all agree. Our school is below standards in testing and she is trying to fix that. I want what is best for my daughter in her education and Principal Anna Barraza is the ANSWER.
They protest the principal and not the Child molesters who live within blocks of the School. Don’t believe me check out Megan’s Law.
http://www.meganslaw.ca.gov/search_main.aspx?searchBy=county&county=los%20angeles&lang=ENGLISH
Sincerely,
Angelica Logan
Barraza Supporter!!!!!!