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School chief’s plan would divide L.A. school district into 32 networks

By Howard Blume and Anna M. Phillips
Nov 05, 2018  

"Los Angeles schools chief Austin Beutner is working on a plan to radically reshape the nation’s second-largest school district by shrinking the central bureaucracy and moving decision-making closer to campuses.

The aim is to boost student success and save money at a time when officials insist that grave financial problems threaten the Los Angeles Unified School District’s solvency.

Under a proposal being developed confidentially, Beutner would divide the system into 32 “networks,” moving authority and resources out of the central office and into neighborhoods"
"The network strategy is not a plan to break up or end L.A. Unified, but it could transform how the school system functions."



https://www.latimes.com/local/education/la-me-edu-lausd-school-networks-20181105-story.html