Teachers at Carson's Dolores Street Elementary School are again taking their continued battle for the removal of Principal Anna Barraza to L.A. Unified district headquarters on Friday. This time they'll have tents.
They'll be camping out in front of the 24-story downtown Los Angeles skyscraper, with the 110 Freeway practically running beneath their sleeping bags. This move is a less grass-cushioned repeat of the teachers' UTLA-backed camp-out at their elementary school campus in August.
The teachers contend that Barraza is not collaborative and has an overly rigid adherence to district policy. They've been protesting against her weekly since May. Barraza and her union say she's trying to bring change to the campus, and they point to a 33-point jump in the school's API score last year (Barraza's first at the campus after being moved from two other campuses).
The event begins Friday at 6 p.m. at the LAUSD building, 333 S. Beaudry Ave.
Expect lots of TV news crews!
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