LAUSD chief orders overhaul of Fremont High
Superintendent of Schools Ramon Cortines and other members of the Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education in Los Angeles, California. File photo.
Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent Ramon Cortines ordered an overhaul of management at Fremont High School today, saying every teacher and staffer at the campus will have to reapply for their jobs at the end of the school year.
"Something is not working at Fremont High School and we need to fix it,'' Cortines said.
The South Los Angeles school has failed to meet Adequate Yearly Progress goals for the past 12 years, while its Academic Performance Index score is 524, Cortines reported. The district's average API score is 694.
He said only 13.6 percent of the school's students tested proficient or above in English Language Arts.
Of the school's 3,226 students tested in math this year, only 45 were proficient across all the tests, and only two achieved advanced scores.
Cortines said he will accept public comment for the next month on his planned restructuring of the school's management. After that period ends, district officials will spend a month developing a specific governance plan for the school.
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