Reorganization at L.A. high school displaces more than half the teaching staff

May 31, 2013
Crenshaw High School is being transformed into 3 magnet programs.

More than half of the teachers and staff at Crenshaw High School in Los Angeles are being displaced in a campus reorganization ordered by Superintendent John Deasy. The Los Angeles Times says the district is remaking Crenshaw, a traditional high school, into three magnets. The move came after years of high dropout rates and low student test scores at the school. Teachers had to reapply for their jobs; Of the 62 teachers who reapplied, 29 were selected to return, according to the teachers union.

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