Dwight Jones is entering his ninth month as superintendent and faces a $150 million budget deficit. Of the school district’s more than 20,000 seniors, half are not on track to graduate this year. More rigorous curriculum and tougher standardized tests are likely going to lower proficiency scores and the graduation rate in coming years. These problems weigh heavy on Jones’ mind and keep him working late hours.
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Michelle Jones rides the bus to school every morning — the city bus. She goes to The Delta Academy, 4075 N. Rancho Drive, a public charter school with about 150 students in the northwest valley. It serves mostly students who, for various reasons, dropped out of traditional middle and high schools.
The Bermuda grass quad at the center of Griffith Elementary School has been replaced with desert landscaping and elevated garden beds for student interaction. The $20,000 project was sponsored by the Water Conservation Coalition.
Children in raggedy clothes pocketed ketchup packets at lunch, trying to slip them into their jeans unnoticed.