The Los Angeles Times reported today that L.A. Unified has 35,442 unresolved calls for service and repairs, which means that some schools are literally falling apart:
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A lifelong Angeleno, Wendy attended public schools from Knollwood Elementary, to John F. Kennedy High School, through earning her degree at UCLA. Wendy started her career in public service working for former Mayor Tom Bradley, where she was a leader in the creation of LA's BEST, a nationally recognized afterschool program.
Wendy's commitment to strengthening our schools has been a priority throughout her career, and means even more to her now that her son attends a public school, which is one of many with a backlog of needed repairs according to the article:
As mayor, Wendy will cut the waste at City Hall and fund repairs so that schoolchildren and teachers can focus on learning instead of wondering if the air conditioner or leaking roof will ever get fixed.
"Many of the district's 763 schools, especially the oldest ones, are falling apart. It takes months and sometimes years for the district to respond to calls for repairs, and when I asked for specifics, I couldn't believe the numbers.
"We get a lot of work orders," said Hovatter. "About 1,100 a day."
Eleven hundred?
Yes, he said.
Many of those are quick fixes. But there's an enormous backlog of tougher cases. How enormous?
As of Monday, there were 35,442 unresolved calls for service and repairs, some of them going back several years."
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A lifelong Angeleno, Wendy attended public schools from Knollwood Elementary, to John F. Kennedy High School, through earning her degree at UCLA. Wendy started her career in public service working for former Mayor Tom Bradley, where she was a leader in the creation of LA's BEST, a nationally recognized afterschool program.Wendy's commitment to strengthening our schools has been a priority throughout her career, and means even more to her now that her son attends a public school, which is one of many with a backlog of needed repairs according to the article:
Mayoral candidate Wendy Greuel told me her son was complaining about how hot it was at his L.A. Unified elementary school, and she thought he was merely talking about the weather. It turned out the air conditioner in his classroom was broken.
As mayor, Wendy will cut the waste at City Hall and fund repairs so that schoolchildren and teachers can focus on learning instead of wondering if the air conditioner or leaking roof will ever get fixed.
