From: To: Subject: Date: Great Public Schools Now García, Mónica (Board Member) Helping families simplify the charter application process Monday, October 8, 2018 4:49:03 PM Great Public Schools Now Board Member Garcia -For years Los Angeles families have faced a very complicated and disconnected set of applications to find and enroll in great public schools. Each school can have its own requirements, platform, and deadlines, so filling out the paperwork and keeping track of it all can be confusing and even overwhelming for families. In fact, when GPSN held a series of public events last year to hear from parents about how public education can be improved, many attendees said the current enrollment process wasn’t working and that communities needed a more family friendly charter application process. That’s why GPSN launched a single, common-sense application system – ApplyLA – last week. With ApplyLA, families fill out one application and apply to as many schools as they want in as little as five minutes. The site is off to a great start, with more than 900 applications already received, and we anticipate that number will grow as more parents spread the word about the site. For a quick overview on how ApplyLA works, click the video below.  LAUSD 0001 PRA [a In addition to allowing families to apply to multiple schools with a single application, also: . Includes about 10% of charter schools. The site currently has 31 schools, and we expect that number to grow. . Is an especially important complement to LA. Unified's Uni?ed Enrollment system, which does not currently include independent charter schools. . Allows families to track their applications in English, Spanish and Korean on a mobile-friendly platform. Families can log on at any time to see the status of their applications, apply to more schools, and accept offers in a single system. GPSN spent the past year working with Parent Revolution and other partners to create and participating schools include Aspire Public Schools, Bright Star Schools, Camino Nuevo Charter Academy, CHIME, Citizens of the World, City Charter, Collegiate Charter High School, Ednovate Charter Schools, Equitas Academy Charter Schools, Green Dot Public Schools, KIPP LA Public Schools, and Para Los Ni?os. Great Public Schools Now LAUSD 0002 PRA From: To: Cc: Subject: Date: Myrna Castrejon García, Mónica (Board Member) Lauren Tate; Josh Kinoshita; Patron, Lizette Introduction/Invitation Thursday, September 20, 2018 1:36:12 PM Dear Monica, I hope you're well; I wanted to make a quick intro to two members of my team, Lauren Tate, our Senior Director for Strategy and Growth, and Josh Kinoshita, our manager of common enrollment. Lauren and Josh are about to launch ApplyLA, a platform to ease enrollment access for LA charter schools, and we thought perhaps you and your team would like a private demo. We have been working with the charter community and the CSD to ensure our new system's features are within the authorized parameters for schools' enrollment policies, but still significantly ease the burdens of access for the most disadvantaged families. Launching this fall is just a pilot phase, but we are very excited about the many lessons we will learn in the coming year about how to make school choices more equitable, transparent and accessible to families, and more strategic for our partners.  Eager to show you/talk more when convenient. Let me know if you want to set something up! Best, Myrna  Myrna Castrejon Executive Director Great Public Schools Now mcastrejon@greatpublicschoolsnow.org LAUSD 0003 PRA From: To: Cc: Subject: Date: García, Mónica (Board Member) Myrna Castrejon carrie@ Melvoin, Nick; Reza, Sonia; Patron, Lizette Re: Connection Thursday, August 30, 2018 10:27:41 AM Thank you! Hello!  I am interested but am committed Oct 1 & 2. Please let me know of next opportunity. Monica Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 30, 2018, at 10:15 AM, Myrna Castrejon wrote: > > Dear Carrie, > Please meet LAUSD Board President Monica Garcia and VP Nick Melvoin! I forwarded your kind invitation for your initial cohort and they are both interested, yet incredibly pressured this fall as a potential teacher strike looms and the school year gets underway with a new Superintendent. They are both bold and courageous leaders leading our city to make the bold choices required to help our children reach their full potential. I leave you all to see if schedules allow for participation.  I am excited for your work ahead connecting leaders like Monica and Nick with other courageous leaders across the nation to find common ground, support and new ideas. > > All the best, > > Myrna Castrejón > Executive Director > Great Public Schools Now > > Sent from my iPhone LAUSD 0004 PRA From: To: Cc: Subject: Date: Myrna Castrejon carrie@ García, Mónica (Board Member); Melvoin, Nick Connection Thursday, August 30, 2018 10:15:15 AM Dear Carrie, Please meet LAUSD Board President Monica Garcia and VP Nick Melvoin! I forwarded your kind invitation for your initial cohort and they are both interested, yet incredibly pressured this fall as a potential teacher strike looms and the school year gets underway with a new Superintendent. They are both bold and courageous leaders leading our city to make the bold choices required to help our children reach their full potential. I leave you all to see if schedules allow for participation.  I am excited for your work ahead connecting leaders like Monica and Nick with other courageous leaders across the nation to find common ground, support and new ideas. All the best, Myrna Castrejón Executive Director Great Public Schools Now Sent from my iPhone LAUSD 0005 PRA From: To: Cc: Subject: Date: Myrna Castrejon García, Mónica (Board Member) Melvoin, Nick; Angel, Sarah; Isabel Acosta Re: School Board Partners is launching! Wednesday, August 29, 2018 12:00:49 AM I’ll connect you both to Carrie tomorrow directly!  M Sent from my iPhone On Aug 28, 2018, at 11:57 PM, García, Mónica (Board Member) wrote: I am interested as well.  I cannot make the first mtg as my Pahara group is meeting that week. Should we reach out to Carrie?  Thank you!  Thank you for supporting our movement towards 100% graduation. On Aug 28, 2018, at 11:24 PM, Melvoin, Nick wrote: Hi!  Thanks for this.  I’m definitely interested.  The timing may be tough with a strike and a Board step-back, but would love to learn more.  Appreciate a connection! N --Nick Melvoin –––––––––––––––––––– LAUSD Board of Education District 4   Website On Aug 23, 2018, at 2:10 PM, Myrna Castrejon wrote: Dear Friends, I am forwarding a networking and support opportunity that one of our partners is launching to advance the work of quality and equity in urban districts. School Board Partners is a new, spin off organization of the former Education Cities network, of which GPSN is a member. As you can LAUSD 0006 PRA see from Carrie's description, their aim is create a Boardlevel community of practice and make available resources and support for participating members on site and remote. This is at NO cost to participating Board members. If this is of interest to you, the initial cohort will launch October 1-3 in Denver. Let me know if I can connect you more directly. See the general description below, and the link to the live page that explains their work in more detail. I hope you find this helpful! Myrna ________________________________________________________________ I'm pleased to let you know that School Board Partners has secured our first large multi-year grant, allowing us to move forward with our plans to connect, inspire and support diverse school board members in selected cities across the country.  For year 1, our list of priority cities is: Atlanta, Baton Rouge, Denver, Detroit, Indianapolis, Los Angeles, Memphis, New Orleans, Oakland, San Antonio and Stockton. In each of these cities, we plan to support 1-3 school board members by providing these three sets of supports: 1. A national community of diverse school board members who are working to lead bold change in their respective communities. The network will meet annually in person and communicate virtually throughout the year as needed. Members of the network will learn together and support each other, as well as benefit from the support and resources of the team at School Board Partners. 2. A personal coach/mentor to support each individual school board member as they develop as an elected official and leader of change in your city. 3. Pro-bono consulting services to help school board members research, plan and execute thoughtful change initiatives specific to your board and city. Our first national convening of school board members will be held in Denver Oct 1st-3rd.  I'm writing today to see if you would like me to reach out to Los Angeles school board members directly, or if you would like to bring this opportunity to them from Great Public Schools Now. LAUSD 0007 PRA I believe we would be targeting Monica Garcia and Nick Melvoin for inclusion in the first cohort. Please let me know if you have any thoughts or questions before reaching out to them.  Thank you for your support of this important work! Carrie  LINK:   https://spark.adobe.com/page/r05wRprPcef99/ -- Carrie McPherson Douglass Founder and CEO School Board Partners Connecting, inspiring and supporting school board members to be  bold leaders for change in their community  Schedule a meeting with me here Connect with me on LinkedIn Myrna Castrejon Executive Director Great Public Schools Now mcastrejon@greatpublicschoolsnow.org LAUSD 0008 PRA From: To: Subject: Date: Myrna Castrejon García, Mónica (Board Member) Follow ups Thursday, August 16, 2018 3:28:25 PM Dear Monica, It was good to see you on your whirlwind first day of school tour! What an exciting moment for Amen and his students; Univision National filmed there this morning - and will broadcast a story on the school likely on Monday. We're incredibly pleased... I want to make sure that in the craziness that is now, we don't lose the thread on the longer term opportunities for collaboration this year. Would love to set some time for us to sit down with our teams and map out the following: * Co-location retreat for your district * Any possibilities of good long term facilities use agreements as an incentive for innovation * Potential replication of high performing magnets in your area Eager to get going on all of it!   Let me know when works for you. Un abrazo, Myrna Castrejon Executive Director Great Public Schools Now mcastrejon@greatpublicschoolsnow.org LAUSD 0009 PRA From: To: Subject: Date: Great Public Schools Now García, Mónica (Board Member) Bringing More Great Schools to South LA Friday, August 3, 2018 10:48:39 AM Great Public Schools Now Board Member Garcia -The first day of school is approaching, and we’re very excited to see students arriving at two new L.A. Unified schools: University Pathways Public Service Academy and University Pathways Medical Magnet Academy. The schools are the result of years of collaboration with L.A. Unified to find creative ways to replicate high-quality campuses. Using a $1.5 million GPSN grant, the campuses “recreate” two of South L.A.’s most popular and accomplished schools, Diego Rivera Learning Complex Public Service Community School and King/Drew Magnet High School of Medicine and Science. Both of those schools have long waiting lists and cannot accept every student who wants to attend. The new campuses should ensure that fewer families are disappointed. To learn more about our work and the students who will be attending the new campuses, check out this ABC 7 story. LAUSD 0010 PRA EH We're delighted that GPSN was able to work with LA. Uni?ed and believe these are the first of many collaborations to make sure that all students in our city get a great education. El'll Great Public Schools Now This email was sent to monica.garcia@lausd.net. To stop receiving emails, 91151511231. Paid for by Great Public Schools Now LAUSD 0011 PRA From: To: Subject: Date: Great Public Schools Now García, Mónica (Board Member) New Medical Magnet Opening in South L.A.! Monday, July 23, 2018 9:41:04 AM Great Public Schools Now Board Member Garcia -Parents want their children to have every chance to be successful. That’s why the waiting list at King/Drew Magnet High School of Medicine and Science, the only L.A. Unified campus in South L.A. designed to help students become medical professionals, always has a long waiting list and why families are always disappointed when their children don’t get in. Through an innovative collaboration with L.A. Unified, Great Public Schools Now used $750,000 to “re-create” King/Drew at a nearby district campus that had empty space. The “re-created” school will open this fall and offer small classes with dynamic teachers, a full slate of extracurricular activities, and every student who graduates will also receive an associate’s degree. LAUSD 0012 PRA MedicalNewsLetterGraphic.png University Pathways Medical Magnet Academy will be led by Dorothy Cotton-Kindred, an LA. Unified administrator who grew up in South LA. and lives there because she believes that more South LA. students should be doctors, nurses, and other medical professionals. So do we. And we plan on continuing to collaborate with LA. Uni?ed to make sure that more students in South LA. and throughout the city have a chance at a brighter future. Great Public Schools Now l?l This email was sent to monica.garcia@lausd.net. To stop receiving emails, 91m. Paid for by Great Public Schools Now LAUSD 0013 PRA From: To: Subject: Date: Great Public Schools Now García, Mónica (Board Member) Recreating Diego Rivera Public Service This Fall! Friday, July 13, 2018 12:07:47 PM Great Public Schools Now Board Member Garcia -Great Public Schools Now’s goal is educational equality for all children in our city. That means students in South L.A. should have the same chance at success as children in Westwood. For that to happen, South L.A. needs more great options like Diego Rivera Learning Complex Public Service Community School, an L.A. Unified high school where 98% of students graduate. Because of such success, families flock to apply to the school, and the waiting list is long every year, which means some families aren’t able to get in. Through an innovative collaboration with L.A. Unified, Great Public Schools Now used $750,000 to help “re-create” Diego Rivera at a nearby district campus that had empty space. The new school will open this fall and offer small classes with dynamic teachers, a full slate of extracurricular activities, and every student who graduates will also receive an associate’s degree. LAUSD 0014 PRA University Pathways Public Service Academy will be led by Amen Rahh, an LA. Unified administrator who grew up in South LA. and spent his whole educational career working there because he cares passionately about the area and making sure children have every opportunity to succeed. Making University Pathways Public Service Academy took almost two years of planning and collaboration, and now that the doors are about to open, we?re thankful we had such strong partners throughout. When we visited the campuses recently, we saw how excited the students were about their new school, which made all the planning and hard work worth it. We believe this will be the first of many collaborations between GPSN and LA. Unified and, more importantly, the start of a new school that will give generations of South LA. students a brighter future. Great Public Schools Now El l?l This email was sent to monica.garcia@lausd.net. To stop receiving emails, chasm. Paid for by Great Public Schools Now LAUSD 0015 PRA From: To: Subject: Date: Great Public Schools Now García, Mónica (Board Member) Building a "One City, All Kids" Coalition Monday, July 9, 2018 9:16:18 AM Great Public Schools Now Board Member Garcia -Making sure that all students in Los Angeles have access to a highquality education will take a unified community of educators, parents, and leaders who recognize that kids must come first. That’s why GPSN was so excited to convene a historic meeting with new L.A. Unified Supt. Austin Beutner, school board members Monica Garcia and Nick Melvoin, and more than 250 parents from across the city late last month. Parents were able to tell the new superintendent their hopes for more great teachers, better facilities, and equitable funding. And Beutner, shown below with some parents and educators who attended the meeting, made it clear that he heard their concerns and that improving L.A. Unified will take strong and open dialogue.                 LAUSD 0016 PRA We know this is the beginning of a journey that will lead to a ?One City, All Kids? plan that ensures greater educational equity across Los Angeles. The meeting marked the first time that so many education advocacy groups, representing all types of public schools, including charters, magnets and traditional campuses, met with Beutner to advocate for their common interests. GPSN believes more collaborations like this will lead to great things for students and families. Thanks to groups including Parent Revolution, Speak UP, United Parents and Students, CCSA Families, Families in Schools, Alliance for a Better Community, lnnercity Struggle, and Promesa Boyle Heights for all their hard work in making the meeting possible. -- Great Public Schools Now Eli] Elli This email was sent to monica.garcia@lausd.net. To stop receiving emails, click here. Paid for by Great Public Schools Now LAUSD 0017 PRA From: To: Subject: Date: Great Public Schools Now García, Mónica (Board Member) GPSN helping teachers make LA home Friday, June 29, 2018 12:21:01 PM Great Public Schools Now Board Member Garcia -So much of great education is making sure that teachers can do their best work in the classroom by giving them a fun but challenging work environment, freeing them from as much bureaucracy as possible, and sometimes even making sure they feel at home in a new city. To make help some new KIPP LA teachers adjust to life in L.A., GPSN funded a program that gave new hires access to an apartment rental search engine as well as relocation support that helped KIPP LA attract the best and brightest teachers. Click below to watch our video and learn more. LAUSD 0018 PRA EN The bonuses and apartment search helped bring Shahara Tiatia, a talented Latina math teacher who was living in Ireland, to her ?dream city? of LA. Shahara found an apartment within 30 minutes of work, a new favorite pupusa restaurant in her neighborhood, and a growing sense of becoming an Angeleno. We know L.A. can sometimes seem intimidating from the outside, so we?re delighted to see KIPP LA do everything it can to help their new hires. GPSN is also looking forward to seeing young educators like Shahara put down roots in LA. and grow as educators and leaders. .1 1 -. 1? working to bring more great teachers to LA, check out the video here. -- Great Public Schools Now LAUSD 0019 PRA From: To: Subject: Date: Myrna Castrejon Beutner, Austin; García, Mónica (Board Member); Melvoin, Nick Thank you, and Photos Friday, June 29, 2018 11:24:04 AM Superintendent, Board Members Garcia and Melvoin: Thank you again for engaging our allied organizations on Wednesday - our parents left the session hopeful, energized and eager to do their part to ensure our LAUnified movies forward toward a vision of #onecityallkids under your leadership. I hope you found the morning inspiring as much as I did, and I know that together, we will accomplish great things for children. Here's a dropbox containing photos from the event.   Have a wonderful weekend!  Adelante! Myrna Castrejon Executive Director Great Public Schools Now Sent from my iPhone LAUSD 0020 PRA From: To: Cc: Subject: Date: Attachments: Myrna Castrejon Beutner, Austin; García, Mónica (Board Member); Melvoin, Nick Plascencia jr., Antonio; Glenn Gritzner; Patron, Lizette; Rosa, Clayton; Angel, Sarah; Cynthia Kanagui; Lauren Tate Final Agenda for tomorrow Tuesday, June 26, 2018 4:09:16 PM Welcome Meeting 6.26.18 Final Agenda.docx Dear Superintendent Beutner, Board Members Monica Garcia and Nick Melvoin, We are looking forward to hosting tomorrow's event with 250 parents from our advocacy coalition, representing organizations active in traditional, magnet, pilot and independent charter schools across the city. As you can see from the attached agenda, there is a lot of substance to cover, and more than 15 parent speakers, so we will move quickly through an agenda highlighting the experiences of parents and students across challenging policy landscapes. We know you will be impressed with their leadership, their will to partner with you to help LAUSD meet its promises and challenges to help all students achieve at high levels, and the work they have endeavored to realize, together. We will welcome and introduce you at the top of the meeting, then parents will present the five policy areas of their work, and then we will invite you to offer reactions/comments to the families. Superintendent, we have allocated 10 minutes for your remarks, as families are eager to hear your thoughts on the issues they present, but most importantly, want to express their willingness to partner with you moving forward; Monica & Nick, families want to recognize your Board leadership in working to increase equity, transparency and access for students and would welcome brief remarks from you as well.  The event begins at 11 sharp, on the 30th floor penthouse space of 1150 S. Olive Avenue. Please pull up to valet and we will greet you at the security desk in front and direct you to the express elevators.  We look forward to an energetic and impactful meeting tomorrow! Myrna Castrejon Executive Director Great Public Schools Now mcastrejon@greatpublicschoolsnow.org LAUSD 0021 PRA From: To: Subject: Date: Attachments: Myrna Castrejon García, Mónica (Board Member) Fwd: Charter Common Enrollment - Talking Points for AB-FINAL.docx Friday, June 22, 2018 8:28:28 AM Charter Common Enrollment - Talking Points for AB-FINAL.docx Here you go!! Mil gracias!!  Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: From: Myrna Castrejon Date: June 21, 2018 at 2:06:42 PM PDT To: austin.beutner@lausd.net Cc: ltate@greatpublicschoolsnow.org Subject: Charter Common Enrollment - Talking Points for AB-FINAL.docx Dear Superintendent Beutner: We are looking forward to meeting with you next week, when we will host you for a visit with our advocacy partners with 100 parents, advocating for greater access to high quality schools and the enabling conditions that will increase access and success for all children in our great city.  I want to bring another item to your attention that we are working on and for which we are respectfully requesting your advisement and assistance. Great Public Schools Now has been working for more than a year to eliminate barriers to equitable access and choice for needy families, and help level the playing field among sectors to give parents greater resources. After careful and deliberate collaboration with charter organizations across the city, we are ready to pilot a charter common application system, with the long term goal of creating the conditions needed for a truly universal enrollment system in a few years when sufficient trust and expertise across sectors can create better conditions for success.  One immediate impediment is that participating schools fear and anticipate that the charter division will opine that any participation in the pilot would require a Board-approved material revision to their entire petition, which they are not eager to 're-litigate', especially as material revisions requests often lead to re-opening many other terms of the charter. While charter operators are happy to seek amendments in the spring once the pilot reveals what specific changes are relevant and useful, we all agree that a temporary administrative permission from the charter schools division to engage without risking non-compliance would be not only more efficient but more effective in the long run while we seek to learn more from pilot results. The attached document describes the ask in more detail. We have engaged in conversations with Board President Monica Garcia and VP Nick Melvoin to map out the best solutions, and want to engage you as well in helping us carve the best path. LAUSD 0022 PRA I am happy to chat with you to describe the issues in more detail, and very much look forward to meeting you in person soon, as well as hosting you next week, as I am confident we will have many opportunities to support your efforts and partner in meaningful ways in the coming weeks and months ahead.  I am energized and hopeful that you are leading our district, and wish you every success - and please don't hesitate to reach out if I can be of assistance or support in any way. My cell phone is Warm regards, Myrna  Myrna Castrejon Executive Director Great Public Schools Now mcastrejon@greatpublicschoolsnow.org Sent from my iPhone LAUSD 0023 PRA From: To: Subject: Date: Myrna Castrejon GarciaI Monica (Board Member) Re: Hard Choices report Advisory Task Force Tuesday, June 5, 2018 3:22:43 PM thanks for sending! 111 Myrna Castrejon Executive Director Great Public Schools Now 011 Tue J11115 2018 at 3: 15 PM Garcia Monica (Boa1d Member) cal-gag; Iausd 11e1> Wiote: Thank you for supporting our movement towards 100% graduation. Begin fmwarded message: From: "Janelle Erickson" To:"Ga1cia Monica (Board Member)" "Gonez, Kelly" 'Rod11guez "Schmerelson "Austin Beutner" 9911p, "Romero, Michael"< <"Plice Scott" Cc: "La honza Butler" 3 i . "Wend Greuel" 1 0? Nouera" (L1 >1 "Alexis Davis" . "Elise Buik" "Pedro (7, "Miguel A Santana" "Chris Silbennann" (7 "Hannah Linkenhoker" .- (-1 "Renata Simril" "Michael E. a na P11. D. "Helen Tones" "Jake Winebaum" "Janelle >5 Erickson" LAUSD 0024 PRA Subject: Hard Choices report - Advisory Task Force Dear Board Members and Superintendent, On behalf of the LA Unified Advisory Task Force, we would like to present our report, Hard Choices, that examines a select set of issues involving student learning, workforce, and equity in school funding, and connects them to LA Unified’s budget.  Thank you for giving us the opportunity today to speak to the full Board of Education. We would like to reiterate our offer to continue this discussion with you and District stakeholders. Attached you find the full reports from both the Task Force and Education Resource Strategies. Again, we thank you for your partnership and we look forward to seizing this time to build the public school district the communities of Los Angeles deserve. Sincerely, The LAUSD Advisory Task Force   LAUSD 0025 PRA From: To: Cc: Subject: Date: Myrna Castrejon Garc a Món ca (Board Member) Maria Cas llas; yf ores@gradelevelread ng.net Re: Screening of “Backpack Full of Cash” fol owed by a moderated panel d scussion about privat zation of public schools in LA Wednesday May 16 2018 9:40:01 PM Thanks for sharing. I’m actually surprised it took this long for the film to be brought here. I have seen it heavily promoted on the East Coast for almost a year.... ugh. And In The Public Interest is hardly the neutral third party it pretends to be - it’s an NEA front. very interesting research done by national foundations connecting “the left” money with the campaigns to discredit reform - tied to Kids Not Profits. That’s why we have been so heavily invested in media work..... The semi good news is that they have not figured out how to deliver their messages in Spanish. We own that lane pretty significantly. Telemundo especially, and our social media channels. We forge on. M Sent from my iPhone > On May 16, 2018, at 7:52 PM, García, Mónica (Board Member) wrote: > > FYI > > >> -----Original Message---->> From: Anna Bakalis >> Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2018 8:40 PM >> To: Anna Bakalis >> Subject: Screening of “Backpack Full of Cash” followed by a moderated panel discussion about privatization of public schools in LA >> Importance: High >> >> ** MEDIA ADVISORY ** >> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE >> May 15, 2018 >> >> Media Contact: >> Anna Bakalis, UTLA Communications Director >> >> Screening of “Backpack Full of Cash” followed by a moderated panel discussion about privatization of public schools in LA >> >> WHAT:  A screening of Backpack Full of Cash,’ a documentary narrated by Matt Damon, takes an urgently-needed look at how charter schools, vouchers and the privatization movement are threatening the nation’s public schools. In the wake of the 2016 presidential elections and the appointment of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, as well as the installation of a pro-charter majority of the LAUSD School Board, BACKPACK is more timely than ever. Filmed in Philadelphia, New Orleans, Nashville and other cities, BACKPACK takes viewers through the tumultuous 2013-14 school year, exposing the world of corporate-driven education “reform” where public education -- starved of resources -- hangs in the balance. >> >> WHO:  Presented by UTLA’s Task Force Against Prop 39, the event will include a panel moderated by John Rogers, Director of UCLA’s Institute for Democracy, Education and Access. Panelists include Donald Cohen, the executive director of In the Public Interest, a national policy center promoting the common good; Delmar Thomas, a parent at Baldwin Hills Elementary School; Yolanda Tamayo, a teacher at Lorena Street Elementary School and a student from Southeast High School who participated in recent student actions against colocation by a charter school. >> >> WHEN: Wednesday, May 16, 2018 >> 4:00 pm – “Social/Networking Hour” >> 5:00 pm – Welcome/Film Screening >> 7:00 pm – Panel Discussion >> >> WHERE: RFK Community School / Coconut Grove Theatre / 701 S. Catalina Street, Los Angeles, CA 90005 >> >> For more info: https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url https%3A%2F%2Fwww.utla.net%2Fevents%2Fscreening-backpack-fullcash&data 02%7C01%7Cshannon.haber%40lausd.net%7C3b213e3cc8fc49ffc0be08d5badec849%7C042a40a1b1284ac48648016ffa121487%7C1%7C0%7C63662038838479449 &sdata BoYqU4w0EcgIX7bJ%2B1B9cDvFmNRCmKjyt04yRm6K0Nk%3D&reserved 0 >> >> >> >> >> >> ________________________________ >> >> Please consider the environment before printing this email. >> >> CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This electronic message is intended to be viewed only by the individual or entity to whom it is addressed. It may contain information that is privileged, confidential and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. Any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited without my prior permission. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or the employee of agent responsible for delivering the message to the intended recipient, or if you have received this communication in error, please notify me immediately by return email and delete the original message and any copies of it from your computer system. >> >> ______________________________________________________________________ >> This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud service. >> For more information please visit https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/? url http%3A%2F%2Fwww symanteccloud com&data 02%7C01%7Cshannon.haber%40lausd.net%7C3b213e3cc8fc49ffc0be08d5badec849%7C042a40a1b1284ac48648016ffa121487%7C1%7C0%7C636620388384794495&sdata TSMBNKsDiQ0uuy2IthWkbCtRuMlgceXwCMV%2Bl4VeK84%3D&reserved 0 >> ______________________________________________________________________ LAUSD 0026 PRA From: To: Cc: Subject: Date: Myrna Castre on Garc a Mónica (Board Member) Mar a Cas l as; Yolie F ores Re: Sharing Thursday March 1 2018 6:48:07 AM Wonderful! Thank you for all you do Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 28 2018 at 11 27 PM García Mónica (Board Member) wrote > > > https //na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/? url=https%3A%2F%2Flausd wistia.com%2Fmedias%2Fx11a9 nih &data=02%7C01%7Cmonica.garcia% 0lausd.net%7C8b8555c1822d d210b0 08d57f8370f1%7C0 2a 0a1b128 ac 86 8016ffa121 87%7C1%7C0%7C63655512 86715758 &sdata=xfe0QSAEQoil0Z C9wJ%2BCHAm0VjL3cHw0aI jx23I8I%3D&reser ed=0 > > > Thank you for supporting our mo ement towards 100% graduation. LAUSD 0027 PRA From: To: Subject: Date: Great Public Schools Now García, Mónica (Board Member) News from Great Public Schools Now Thursday, September 21, 2017 12:51:12 PM Great Public Schools Now Hello: We hope the start of your school year has gone great. Ours has been fantastic. Like all of you, we had a busy summer, and we’re excited about some of our big projects that are coming up this fall. Here’s what we’ve been up to: Last Town Hall of 2017 We held our fifth and final 2017 town hall in the Pico-Union neighborhood this August, which capped off nearly a year of GPSN events. We held town halls in the northeast San Fernando Valley, South L.A., East L.A., Southeast L.A. and Pico-Union, speaking with thousands of people about Great Public Schools Now’s work and mission. We believe that community members are an invaluable resource for educators. Families know what’s working for them and what their neighborhoods need from schools, and GPSN is excited to hold more public events in the near future. Stay tuned for more details. Poll To make sure that we are getting an accurate understanding of what students need, GPSN conducted a poll this summer with Tulchin Research to gauge public opinion on education. You can see read the press release here, but we found that the community supports doing more of what works. Voters, and parents in particular, want to see more high-quality public schools of all kinds, including charter and L.A. Unified schools. The public also overwhelmingly feels that educational politics have become too overheated, something GPSN also agrees with. It’s time to put students first and improve education across Los Angeles. Univision Fair Even though we don’t have any more town halls planned, GPSN will be doing at least one more public event: the Univision Education Fair on Sept. 23 at Cal State Northridge. We’ll LAUSD 0028 PRA have a booth and will be doing two presentations that day. One will be with Parent Revolution called “Education 101,” where we will explain educational options at both traditional district schools and charters. The other will feature members of Students For Education Reform, who will explain how to best choose a college, major and even career. We hope to see you there! Great Public Schools Now http://www.greatpublicschoolsnow.org/ Great Public Schools Now · United States This email was sent to monica.garcia@lausd.net. To stop receiving emails, click here. You can also keep up with Great Public Schools Now on Twitter or Facebook. Created with NationBuilder, software for leaders. LAUSD 0029 PRA From: To: Subject: Date: Myrna Castrejon Garcia, Monica (Board Member) Re: fyi: follow up on townhall at Berendo plus media outreach Thursday, August 17, 2017 4:22:18 PM excellent!! I so totally didn't want to be an ass to a good friend, but i was really torn. thank you for understanding. win win! On Thu, Aug 17, 2017 at 4:21 PM, Garcia, Monica (Board Member) wrote: Happy First day of school!!   Yes.  Thanks for creative problem solving! Thank you for joining the movement towards 100% graduation! Kids First! On Aug 17, 2017, at 4:15 PM, Myrna Castrejon wrote: Hi Monica! Sorry for the delayed response... yesterday was school and I was mostly out.... first day of Cynthia let me know about the request for contact information and here's the real deal on why the hesitation... As you may know, Cynthia formed a parent team for the East and Pico Union Town Halls to canvass neighborhoods and sign folks up for Town Hall and communications/advocacy support from us. The team reported heavy resistance in the community, as people were incredibly fearful of giving their names and contact information because of immigration fears. We promised in writing and verbally to keep their information confidential and not share with third parties. I know that we are perfectly aligned in wanting the same good things for parents and that their info would be safe with them, but i am still uncomfortable breaking our word, especially under the circumstances it was given.... WHAT IF.... we sent an email/text to the families that signed up and informed them that as a follow up to the town hall, we want them to stay in active contact with advocates who can help, and we would like to share their information with trusted allies, and if they respond they object by a certain day (say five days hence) we will not share their individual contact? That way we make it an 'opt out' rather opt in, but I assuage my conscience that they will have given their implicit permission? If anyone objects, I'll remove them from the list and then pass it on? Does that work? in addition, we would specifically have folks disclose that we will share future info or 'opt in' at registration on Saturday? myrna On Tue, Aug 15, 2017 at 4:09 PM, Garcia, Monica (Board Member) wrote: Hello , Can you review & see if there is some level of sharing for email LAUSD 0030 PRA communication only!  MG  Thank you for joining the movement towards 100% graduation! Kids First! Begin forwarded message: From: "Armenta, Isidro" Date: August 15, 2017 at 10:47:54 AM PDT To: "Garcia, Monica (Board Member)" , "Patron, Lizette" Subject: fyi: follow up on townhall at Berendo plus media outreach would like assistance on communicating with Myrna on better ways to strengthen our collaborate approach. From: Cynthia Kanagui Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2017 10:42:56 AM To: Armenta, Isidro Subject: RE: follow up on townhall at Berendo plus media outreach   Hi Isidro,   The GPSN Video Stream is just a replay of some of the videos GPSN has produced in 2016-17. I can ask Jason to send you the list of videos we’d play, if you’re interested.   Also, I checked on the guest contact information request for East LA and we will not be able to hand over contact information for parents since we did not notify families that we would be sharing their information to additional parties. However, in preparation for our Pico-Union town hall, we can ensure that you have a channel for obtaining contact information. There are a few options to consider, one is to have someone from your team collect information at our registration table, another is to provide us with your sign-in sheets and we are more than happy to direct parents to them as they are signing in, and lastly, we can also embed a checkbox on our sign-in sheets that allows parents to opt into sharing their information with your team. Let me know how you’d like to proceed and we can make it happen. LAUSD 0031 PRA   Thank you for your time,   Cynthia   From: Armenta, Isidro [mailto:isidro.armenta@lausd.net] Sent: Monday, August 14, 2017 1:23 PM To: Cynthia Kanagui Subject: RE: follow up on townhall at Berendo plus media outreach   Cynthia,   Thank you for agenda – please remember to add accent marks on the board member’s name: Mónica García. Also, what is the GPSN Video Stream?   I want to close the loop on the Eastside townhall guest contact info from the sign in?   Additionally, just got a call from Univision – are you or Mr. Jason Song pitching this to local media outlets. I ask to understand whether the pitch is from your side or school site. If you did pitch, what is your angle?   Thanks in advance – appreciate the partnership. Also, tomorrow our school year begins and will be out in the field for most of the day with limited opportunity to respond. If anything urgent on this event comes up, please send me a text to my cell at     In appreciation of your service, LAUSD 0032 PRA   Isidro Armenta Director of Communications Office of Board Member Mónica García, District 2 Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education Office: Fax: 213.241.8459 Thank you for being part of the movement towards 100% graduation. Kids First! Sign Up for Updates!  facebook.com/iamwithmonicagarcia  twitter.com/monica4LAUSD  garcia.laschoolboard.org       From: Cynthia Kanagui [mailto:ckanagui@greatpublicschoolsnow.org] Sent: Monday, August 14, 2017 12:31 PM To: Armenta, Isidro Subject: RE: follow up on townhall at Berendo   Hi Isidro,   I hope that you had a restful weekend! I have attached a preliminary draft of the program for Saturday as well as some of the questions that our parent team has drafted. These documents have not been vetted by my ED and will be finalized as soon as she takes a look tomorrow. I wanted to make sure you had the drafts as soon as possible but will be sending you finalized documents as soon as they are reviewed.   Thank you,   Cynthia   LAUSD 0033 PRA From: Cynthia Kanagui [mailto:ckanagui@greatpublicsc hoolsnow.org] Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2017 2:28 PM To: 'Armenta, Isidro' Subject: RE: follow up on townhall at Berendo   Hi Isidro,   Thank you for reaching out. Some of the details you requested are still in the works but I’ll try to send them to you as they become available. Also, most of my items usually go through Myrna and she is on PTO through Tuesday…just to give you some context for possible delays.   Thanks for your flexibility, I’ll try to get you information ASAP!   From: Armenta, Isidro [mailto:isidro.armenta@lausd.net] Sent: Wednesday, August 9, 2017 6:53 PM To: ckanagui@greatpublicschoolsnow.org Subject: follow up on townhall at Berendo Importance: High   Hi Cynthia,   Can we connect at the end of this week to go over the anticipated townhall at Berendo? With your response, would it be possible to receive a draft of the expected agenda for the day?   Separate but related- can you share sign in contact information for the last townhall?   Thank you in advance.   LAUSD 0034 PRA In appreciation of your service,   Isidro Armenta Director of Communications Office of Board Member Mónica García, District 2 Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education Office:   Fax: 213.241.8459 Thank you for being part of the movement towards 100% graduation. Kids First! Sign Up for Updates!  facebook.com/iamwithmonicagarcia  twitter.com/monica4LAUSD  garcia.laschoolboard.org   -Myrna Castrejon Executive Director Great Public Schools Now mcastrejon@greatpublicschoolsnow.org -Myrna Castrejon Executive Director Great Public Schools Now mcastrejon@greatpublicschoolsnow.org LAUSD 0035 PRA From: To: Subject: Date: monica.garcia@lausd.net Myrna Castrejon Re: fyi: follow up on townhall at Berendo plus media outreach Thursday, August 17, 2017 4:21:07 PM Happy First day of school!!   Yes.  Thanks for creative problem solving! Thank you for joining the movement towards 100% graduation! Kids First! On Aug 17, 2017, at 4:15 PM, Myrna Castrejon wrote: Hi Monica! Sorry for the delayed response... yesterday was school and I was mostly out.... first day of Cynthia let me know about the request for contact information and here's the real deal on why the hesitation... As you may know, Cynthia formed a parent team for the East and Pico Union Town Halls to canvass neighborhoods and sign folks up for Town Hall and communications/advocacy support from us. The team reported heavy resistance in the community, as people were incredibly fearful of giving their names and contact information because of immigration fears. We promised in writing and verbally to keep their information confidential and not share with third parties. I know that we are perfectly aligned in wanting the same good things for parents and that their info would be safe with them, but i am still uncomfortable breaking our word, especially under the circumstances it was given.... WHAT IF.... we sent an email/text to the families that signed up and informed them that as a follow up to the town hall, we want them to stay in active contact with advocates who can help, and we would like to share their information with trusted allies, and if they respond they object by a certain day (say five days hence) we will not share their individual contact? That way we make it an 'opt out' rather opt in, but I assuage my conscience that they will have given their implicit permission? If anyone objects, I'll remove them from the list and then pass it on? Does that work? in addition, we would specifically have folks disclose that we will share future info or 'opt in' at registration on Saturday? myrna On Tue, Aug 15, 2017 at 4:09 PM, Garcia, Monica (Board Member) wrote: Hello , Can you review & see if there is some level of sharing for email communication only!  MG  Thank you for joining the movement towards 100% graduation! Kids First! LAUSD 0036 PRA Begin forwarded message: From: "Armenta, Isidro" Date: August 15, 2017 at 10:47:54 AM PDT To: "Garcia, Monica (Board Member)" , "Patron, Lizette" Subject: fyi: follow up on townhall at Berendo plus media outreach would like assistance on communicating with Myrna on better ways to strengthen our collaborate approach. From: Cynthia Kanagui Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2017 10:42:56 AM To: Armenta, Isidro Subject: RE: follow up on townhall at Berendo plus media outreach   Hi Isidro,   The GPSN Video Stream is just a replay of some of the videos GPSN has produced in 2016-17. I can ask Jason to send you the list of videos we’d play, if you’re interested.   Also, I checked on the guest contact information request for East LA and we will not be able to hand over contact information for parents since we did not notify families that we would be sharing their information to additional parties. However, in preparation for our Pico-Union town hall, we can ensure that you have a channel for obtaining contact information. There are a few options to consider, one is to have someone from your team collect information at our registration table, another is to provide us with your sign-in sheets and we are more than happy to direct parents to them as they are signing in, and lastly, we can also embed a checkbox on our sign-in sheets that allows parents to opt into sharing their information with your team. Let me know how you’d like to proceed and we can make it happen.   Thank you for your time,   LAUSD 0037 PRA Cynthia   From: Armenta, Isidro [mailto:isidro.armenta@lausd.net] Sent: Monday, August 14, 2017 1:23 PM To: Cynthia Kanagui Subject: RE: follow up on townhall at Berendo plus media outreach   Cynthia,   Thank you for agenda – please remember to add accent marks on the board member’s name: Mónica García. Also, what is the GPSN Video Stream?   I want to close the loop on the Eastside townhall guest contact info from the sign in?   Additionally, just got a call from Univision – are you or Mr. Jason Song pitching this to local media outlets. I ask to understand whether the pitch is from your side or school site. If you did pitch, what is your angle?   Thanks in advance – appreciate the partnership. Also, tomorrow our school year begins and will be out in the field for most of the day with limited opportunity to respond. If anything urgent on this event comes up, please send me a text to my cell at     In appreciation of your service,   Isidro Armenta Director of Communications Office of Board Member Mónica García, District 2 LAUSD 0038 PRA Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education Office: 213.241.6180  Fax: 213.241.8459 Thank you for being part of the movement towards 100% graduation. Kids First! Sign Up for Updates!  facebook.com/iamwithmonicagarcia  twitter.com/monica4LAUSD  garcia.laschoolboard.org       From: Cynthia Kanagui [mailto:ckanagui@greatpublicschoolsnow.org] Sent: Monday, August 14, 2017 12:31 PM To: Armenta, Isidro Subject: RE: follow up on townhall at Berendo   Hi Isidro,   I hope that you had a restful weekend! I have attached a preliminary draft of the program for Saturday as well as some of the questions that our parent team has drafted. These documents have not been vetted by my ED and will be finalized as soon as she takes a look tomorrow. I wanted to make sure you had the drafts as soon as possible but will be sending you finalized documents as soon as they are reviewed.   Thank you,   Cynthia   From: Cynthia Kanagui [mailto:ckanagui@ greatpublicschoolsnow.org] Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2017 2:28 PM To: 'Armenta, Isidro' Subject: RE: follow up on townhall at Berendo LAUSD 0039 PRA   Hi Isidro,   Thank you for reaching out. Some of the details you requested are still in the works but I’ll try to send them to you as they become available. Also, most of my items usually go through Myrna and she is on PTO through Tuesday…just to give you some context for possible delays.   Thanks for your flexibility, I’ll try to get you information ASAP!   From: Armenta, Isidro [mailto:isidro.armenta@lausd.net] Sent: Wednesday, August 9, 2017 6:53 PM To: ckanagui@greatpublicschoolsnow.org Subject: follow up on townhall at Berendo Importance: High   Hi Cynthia,   Can we connect at the end of this week to go over the anticipated townhall at Berendo? With your response, would it be possible to receive a draft of the expected agenda for the day?   Separate but related- can you share sign in contact information for the last townhall?   Thank you in advance.   In appreciation of your service,   Isidro Armenta Director of Communications LAUSD 0040 PRA Office of Board Member Mónica García, District 2 Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education Office: 213.241.6180  Fax: 213.241.8459 Thank you for being part of the movement towards 100% graduation. Kids First! Sign Up for Updates!  facebook.com/iamwithmonicagarcia  twitter.com/monica4LAUSD  garcia.laschoolboard.org   -Myrna Castrejon Executive Director Great Public Schools Now mcastrejon@greatpublicschoolsnow.org LAUSD 0041 PRA From: To: Subject: Date: Myrna Castrejon Garcia, Monica (Board Member) Re: fyi: follow up on townhall at Berendo plus media outreach Thursday, August 17, 2017 4:15:27 PM Hi Monica! Sorry for the delayed response... yesterday was was mostly out.... first day of school and I Cynthia let me know about the request for contact information and here's the real deal on why the hesitation... As you may know, Cynthia formed a parent team for the East and Pico Union Town Halls to canvass neighborhoods and sign folks up for Town Hall and communications/advocacy support from us. The team reported heavy resistance in the community, as people were incredibly fearful of giving their names and contact information because of immigration fears. We promised in writing and verbally to keep their information confidential and not share with third parties. I know that we are perfectly aligned in wanting the same good things for parents and that their info would be safe with them, but i am still uncomfortable breaking our word, especially under the circumstances it was given.... WHAT IF.... we sent an email/text to the families that signed up and informed them that as a follow up to the town hall, we want them to stay in active contact with advocates who can help, and we would like to share their information with trusted allies, and if they respond they object by a certain day (say five days hence) we will not share their individual contact? That way we make it an 'opt out' rather opt in, but I assuage my conscience that they will have given their implicit permission? If anyone objects, I'll remove them from the list and then pass it on? Does that work? in addition, we would specifically have folks disclose that we will share future info or 'opt in' at registration on Saturday? myrna On Tue, Aug 15, 2017 at 4:09 PM, Garcia, Monica (Board Member) wrote: Hello , Can you review & see if there is some level of sharing for email communication only!  MG  Thank you for joining the movement towards 100% graduation! Kids First! Begin forwarded message: From: "Armenta, Isidro" Date: August 15, 2017 at 10:47:54 AM PDT To: "Garcia, Monica (Board Member)" , "Patron, Lizette" Subject: fyi: follow up on townhall at Berendo plus media outreach would like assistance on communicating with Myrna on better ways to strengthen our collaborate approach. LAUSD 0042 PRA From: Cynthia Kanagui Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2017 10:42:56 AM To: Armenta, Isidro Subject: RE: follow up on townhall at Berendo plus media outreach   Hi Isidro,   The GPSN Video Stream is just a replay of some of the videos GPSN has produced in 2016-17. I can ask Jason to send you the list of videos we’d play, if you’re interested.   Also, I checked on the guest contact information request for East LA and we will not be able to hand over contact information for parents since we did not notify families that we would be sharing their information to additional parties. However, in preparation for our Pico-Union town hall, we can ensure that you have a channel for obtaining contact information. There are a few options to consider, one is to have someone from your team collect information at our registration table, another is to provide us with your sign-in sheets and we are more than happy to direct parents to them as they are signing in, and lastly, we can also embed a checkbox on our sign-in sheets that allows parents to opt into sharing their information with your team. Let me know how you’d like to proceed and we can make it happen.   Thank you for your time,   Cynthia   From: Armenta, Isidro [mailto:isidro.armenta@lausd.net] Sent: Monday, August 14, 2017 1:23 PM To: Cynthia Kanagui Subject: RE: follow up on townhall at Berendo plus media outreach   Cynthia,   Thank you for agenda – please remember to add accent marks on the board LAUSD 0043 PRA member’s name: Mónica García. Also, what is the GPSN Video Stream?   I want to close the loop on the Eastside townhall guest contact info from the sign in?   Additionally, just got a call from Univision – are you or Mr. Jason Song pitching this to local media outlets. I ask to understand whether the pitch is from your side or school site. If you did pitch, what is your angle?   Thanks in advance – appreciate the partnership. Also, tomorrow our school year begins and will be out in the field for most of the day with limited opportunity to respond. If anything urgent on this event comes up, please send me a text to my cell at .     In appreciation of your service,   Isidro Armenta Director of Communications Office of Board Member Mónica García, District 2 Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education Office   Fax: Thank you for being part of the movement towards 100% graduation. Kids First! Sign Up for Updates!  facebook.com/iamwithmonicagarcia  twitter.com/monica4LAUSD  garcia.laschoolboard.org       From: Cynthia Kanagui [mailto:ckanagui@greatpublicschoolsnow.org] Sent: Monday, August 14, 2017 12:31 PM To: Armenta, Isidro Subject: RE: follow up on townhall at Berendo LAUSD 0044 PRA   Hi Isidro,   I hope that you had a restful weekend! I have attached a preliminary draft of the program for Saturday as well as some of the questions that our parent team has drafted. These documents have not been vetted by my ED and will be finalized as soon as she takes a look tomorrow. I wanted to make sure you had the drafts as soon as possible but will be sending you finalized documents as soon as they are reviewed.   Thank you,   Cynthia   From: Cynthia Kanagui [mailto:ckanagui@greatpublicschoolsnow.org] Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2017 2:28 PM To: 'Armenta, Isidro' Subject: RE: follow up on townhall at Berendo   Hi Isidro,   Thank you for reaching out. Some of the details you requested are still in the works but I’ll try to send them to you as they become available. Also, most of my items usually go through Myrna and she is on PTO through Tuesday…just to give you some context for possible delays.   Thanks for your flexibility, I’ll try to get you information ASAP!   From: Armenta, Isidro [mailto:isidro.armenta@lausd.net] Sent: Wednesday, August 9, 2017 6:53 PM To: ckanagui@greatpublicschoolsnow.org Subject: follow up on townhall at Berendo Importance: High LAUSD 0045 PRA   Hi Cynthia,   Can we connect at the end of this week to go over the anticipated townhall at Berendo? With your response, would it be possible to receive a draft of the expected agenda for the day?   Separate but related- can you share sign in contact information for the last townhall?   Thank you in advance.   In appreciation of your service,   Isidro Armenta Director of Communications Office of Board Member Mónica García, District 2 Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education Office:   Fax: Thank you for being part of the movement towards 100% graduation. Kids First! Sign Up for Updates!  facebook.com/iamwithmonicagarcia  twitter.com/monica4LAUSD  garcia.laschoolboard.org   -Myrna Castrejon Executive Director Great Public Schools Now mcastrejon@greatpublicschoolsnow.org LAUSD 0046 PRA From: To: Cc: Subject: Date: Garcia, Monica (Board Member) Myrna Castrejon Jason Song; Armenta, Isidro; Reza, Sonia; Patron, Lizette Re: for the monica ask re: Education Fair Wednesday, August 9, 2017 2:27:46 PM Hello, Yes if we can be flexible w schedule ... sonia can help explore - I think morning is best . Thank you for joining the movement towards 100% graduation! Kids First! On Aug 8, 2017, at 5:00 PM, Myrna Castrejon wrote: Dear Monica, GPSN will be hosting a booth and sponsoring the Univision Education Fair slated for September 23. As part of the sponsorship package, they allow each partner a workshop slot and space to address attendees - this is the biggest education fair in the area, focusing on Latino parents and with an attendance in the tens of thousands. We were batting around ideas for good exposure/education topics for families that are aligned with our overall focus on quality and options with equity mission. We were wondering if you might be interested in partnering up again with Yolie to talk about how the LAUSD can lead in Los Angeles for the future our kids deserve. The fair is from 10-3, and there is total flexibility on the timing of the workshop/talk to accommodate your schedule, if you are inclined to participate. Let me know if you're interested and we can work out more details and a topic focus/format you're most comfortable with.  Hope you managed a little bit of time off before school resumes! Warmly, Myrna Castrejon Executive Director Great Public Schools Now mcastrejon@greatpublicschoolsnow.org LAUSD 0047 PRA From: To: Cc: Subject: Date: monica.garcia@lausd.net Myrna Castrejon Jason Song; Armenta, Isidro; Reza, Sonia; Patron, Lizette Re: for the monica ask re: Education Fair Wednesday, August 9, 2017 2:27:44 PM Hello, Yes if we can be flexible w schedule ... sonia can help explore - I think morning is best . Thank you for joining the movement towards 100% graduation! Kids First! On Aug 8, 2017, at 5:00 PM, Myrna Castrejon wrote: Dear Monica, GPSN will be hosting a booth and sponsoring the Univision Education Fair slated for September 23. As part of the sponsorship package, they allow each partner a workshop slot and space to address attendees - this is the biggest education fair in the area, focusing on Latino parents and with an attendance in the tens of thousands. We were batting around ideas for good exposure/education topics for families that are aligned with our overall focus on quality and options with equity mission. We were wondering if you might be interested in partnering up again with Yolie to talk about how the LAUSD can lead in Los Angeles for the future our kids deserve. The fair is from 10-3, and there is total flexibility on the timing of the workshop/talk to accommodate your schedule, if you are inclined to participate. Let me know if you're interested and we can work out more details and a topic focus/format you're most comfortable with.  Hope you managed a little bit of time off before school resumes! Warmly, Myrna Castrejon Executive Director Great Public Schools Now mcastrejon@greatpublicschoolsnow.org LAUSD 0048 PRA From: To: Cc: Subject: Date: Myrna Castrejon Garcia, Monica (Board Member) Jason Song Fwd: for the monica ask re: Education Fair Tuesday, August 8, 2017 5:00:49 PM Dear Monica, GPSN will be hosting a booth and sponsoring the Univision Education Fair slated for September 23. As part of the sponsorship package, they allow each partner a workshop slot and space to address attendees - this is the biggest education fair in the area, focusing on Latino parents and with an attendance in the tens of thousands. We were batting around ideas for good exposure/education topics for families that are aligned with our overall focus on quality and options with equity mission. We were wondering if you might be interested in partnering up again with Yolie to talk about how the LAUSD can lead in Los Angeles for the future our kids deserve. The fair is from 10-3, and there is total flexibility on the timing of the workshop/talk to accommodate your schedule, if you are inclined to participate. Let me know if you're interested and we can work out more details and a topic focus/format you're most comfortable with.  Hope you managed a little bit of time off before school resumes! Warmly, Myrna Castrejon Executive Director Great Public Schools Now mcastrejon@greatpublicschoolsnow.org LAUSD 0049 PRA From: Garcia, Monica (Board Member) To: monica arci Bcc: lui mari g; Lester Garcia; Elmer Roldan' Amy Mr; Isidro Annenta' CamMl gar; alacios arissa' a on Ize e; Reza Sonia; Panduro Soltero Jessica' Gomez BIanca.E.' Veronica Melvin' Oscar E. Cru2' Nadia E. Diaz Funn' Alma Vivian Marguez; Henry Perez; Joan Sullivan' Rev. K. W. Tulloss; Maria CasillaS' Gag Borden; Ben Paul; Dixon Slimerland; Ama Nyamelge; Roberto MarUneZ' Ana F. Ponce' ramoncorti John E. Deagy; michellekin Ana Maria Garcia' arcia Dr. Corinne a ineZ' Margueece Harris?Dawson; a nez Subject: Happy New Year many thanks! Date: Wednesday, July 5, 2017 11:34:30 PM iliaes?te Lulu HernandeZ' re Hello precious people. Here we are once again celebrating our successful effort to retain our role as elected leaders of BD2. Tomorrow the Board will begin a new chapter of leading in LA. I want to share the deep gratitude I have for your strong support and continuous service over the years. We have made a difference together. We have challenged this district together. We have struggled led together. Our victories are many and the the progress we have seen in our schools communities is signi?cant. More relationship. more opportunities. more partners and yes. more graduation. We look forward with optimism because we know who we are and what we want. Our shared history is proof positive our conmmnities are better served when we are engaged and demanding on behalf of our youth families. Friends. I know you all have sacri?ced made contributions that go 1111- noticed. Please know I am ever grateful for your persistence. inspiration and partnership. I stand strong because I know you. I support you because you model courage lift the voices of those we serve. Our conmlunities have voice possibilities because we work together. I am super proud of the work we have done together. I am super honored to be in this ?ght with you. This is the fourth term for me our collective leadership. It is my proformd privilege to represent you your families on the Board of Education. I will continue to seek your guidance ask for your support along this path. We must accelerate the pace of progress enroll more people in the movement towards 100% graduation. We ask the luriverse and all that is good to walk this journey towards justice with us so that love light live in our schools communities. Mil gracias Adelante! Mc'mica Thank you for joining the movement towards 100% graduation! LAUSD 0050 PRA From: To: Subject: Date: Garcia, Monica (Board Member) Myrna Castrejon Re: Annual Meeting Order of Business Monday, July 3, 2017 11:43:04 AM 1) waiver of BR72 allows us to act same meeting instead of making it lay over 2) not sure it has happened- it has been discussed.  Thank you for joining the movement towards 100% graduation! On Jun 30, 2017, at 7:59 PM, Myrna Castrejon wrote: Love it!!!! Quick questions:  • what is Board rule 72 being waived?  • have the philanthropies related to teacher work been identified/approached? This is a great avenue for partnership(s) large and small - an opportunity for "glue" among many players. I may have some role there (beyond gpsn +)  • would love to strategize and what internal capacities are needed to execute on this Sent from my iPhone On Jun 30, 2017, at 6:51 PM, Garcia, Monica (Board Member) wrote: Thank you for joining the movement towards 100% graduation! Begin forwarded message: From: "Crain, Jefferson" Date: June 30, 2017 at 6:34:12 PM PDT To: "Crain, Jefferson" , Kelly Gonez < >, Nick Melvoin < >, District 1 , District 2 , District 3 , District 4 , District 5 , District 6 , District 7 Cc: Secretariat , "King, Michelle  Superintendent" , "Holmquist, David (OGC)" LAUSD 0051 PRA , "Elam, Nicole" , "Pena, Alma" Subject: Annual Meeting Order of Business Attached is the Annual Meeting Order of Business . Please note that Dr. Rodriguez sent me a resolution this afternoon to include for action with a waiver of Board Rule 72. Jeff <07-06-17AnnualBdOB.pdf> LAUSD 0052 PRA From: monica.garcia@lausd.net To: Myrna Castrep' Subject: Re: Annual Meeting Order of Business Date: Monday, July 3, 2017 11:43:03 AM 1) waiver of BR72 allows us to act same meeting instead of making it lay over 2) not sm?e it has happened- it has been discussed. Thank you for joining the movement towards 100% graduation! On Jun 30, 2017, at 7:59 PM, Myrna astrejon wrote: Love it! Quick questions: 0 what is Board rule 72 being waived? 0 have the philanthropies related to teacher work been identi?ed/approached? This is a great avenue for partnership(s) large and small - an oppommity for "glue" among many players. I may have some role there (beyond 0 would love to strategize and what internal capacities are needed to execute on this Sent from my iPhone On Jun 30, 2017, at 6:51 PM, Garcia, Monica (Board Member) wrote: Thank you for joining the movement towards 100% graduation! Begin forwarded message: From: "Crain, Jefferson" Date: J1me 30, 2017 at 6:34:12 PM PDT To: "Crain, Jefferson" <'efferson.crain lausd.net>, Nick Melvoin 1 aus .net>, 2 District 3 District 4 District 5 District 6 District 7 Cc: Secretariat "King, Michelle Superintendent" "Hohnquist, David LAUSD 0053 PRA , "Elam, Nicole" , "Pena, Alma" Subject: Annual Meeting Order of Business Attached is the Annual Meeting Order of Business . Please note that Dr. Rodriguez sent me a resolution this afternoon to include for action with a waiver of Board Rule 72. Jeff <07-06-17AnnualBdOB.pdf> LAUSD 0054 PRA From: To: Subject: Date: Myrna Castrejon Garcia, Monica (Board Member) Re: GPSN Releases New Poll Monday, July 3, 2017 11:36:35 AM WOW! What an honor!   m On Mon, Jul 3, 2017 at 11:35 AM, Garcia, Monica (Board Member) wrote: Wow- this is the first group email to new board.  A little piece in history.    Thx  Thank you for joining the movement towards 100% graduation! On Jul 3, 2017, at 11:22 AM, Myrna Castrejon wrote: Dear Los Angeles Unified Board Members and Superintendent King, Attached please find a news release and research memo from Great Public Schools Now, announcing the results of a recent poll of LA voters regarding Angelenos' sentiments on a wide range of issues impacting our public schools. The poll was conducted in the past ten days by Tulchin Research, a highly regarded research firm which conducted polling for U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders’ Presidential campaign, and reached 800 registered voters in the Los Angeles Unified School District, using live professional interviewers and calling both landlines and cell phones in English and Spanish. We have released results to the press, on embargo, until July 5.  Please contact me if you have questions or concerns.  Best regards, Myrna Castrejon Executive Director Great Public Schools Now mcastrejon@greatpublicschoolsnow.org LAUSD 0055 PRA <7.03.17 Poll Release-FINALv3.pdf> -Myrna Castrejon Executive Director Great Public Schools Now mcastrejon@greatpublicschoolsnow.org LAUSD 0056 PRA From: To: Subject: Date: Garcia, Monica (Board Member) Myrna Castrejon Re: GPSN Releases New Poll Monday, July 3, 2017 11:35:21 AM Wow- this is the first group email to new board.  A little piece in history.    Thx  Thank you for joining the movement towards 100% graduation! On Jul 3, 2017, at 11:22 AM, Myrna Castrejon wrote: Dear Los Angeles Unified Board Members and Superintendent King, Attached please find a news release and research memo from Great Public Schools Now, announcing the results of a recent poll of LA voters regarding Angelenos' sentiments on a wide range of issues impacting our public schools. The poll was conducted in the past ten days by Tulchin Research, a highly regarded research firm which conducted polling for U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders’ Presidential campaign, and reached 800 registered voters in the Los Angeles Unified School District, using live professional interviewers and calling both landlines and cell phones in English and Spanish. We have released results to the press, on embargo, until July 5.  Please contact me if you have questions or concerns.  Best regards, Myrna Castrejon Executive Director Great Public Schools Now mcastrejon@greatpublicschoolsnow.org <7.03.17 Poll Release-FINALv3.pdf> LAUSD 0057 PRA From: To: Subject: Date: monica.garcia@lausd.net Myrna Castrejon Re: GPSN Releases New Poll Monday, July 3, 2017 11:35:20 AM Wow- this is the first group email to new board.  A little piece in history.    Thx  Thank you for joining the movement towards 100% graduation! On Jul 3, 2017, at 11:22 AM, Myrna Castrejon wrote: Dear Los Angeles Unified Board Members and Superintendent King, Attached please find a news release and research memo from Great Public Schools Now, announcing the results of a recent poll of LA voters regarding Angelenos' sentiments on a wide range of issues impacting our public schools. The poll was conducted in the past ten days by Tulchin Research, a highly regarded research firm which conducted polling for U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders’ Presidential campaign, and reached 800 registered voters in the Los Angeles Unified School District, using live professional interviewers and calling both landlines and cell phones in English and Spanish. We have released results to the press, on embargo, until July 5.  Please contact me if you have questions or concerns.  Best regards, Myrna Castrejon Executive Director Great Public Schools Now mcastrejon@greatpublicschoolsnow.org <7.03.17 Poll Release-FINALv3.pdf> LAUSD 0058 PRA From: Myrna Castrep' To: Garcial Monica (Board Member) Subject: Re: Annual Meeting Order of Business Date: Friday, June 30, 2017 7:59:02 PM Love it! Quick questions: 0 what is Board rule 72 being waived? 0 have the philanthropies related to teacher work been identi?ed/approached? This is a great avenue for partnership(s) large and small - an oppommity for "glue" among many players. I may have some role there (beyond 0 would love to strategize and what internal capacities are needed to execute on this Sent from my iPhone On Jun 30, 2017, at 6:51 PM, Garcia, Monica (Board Member) wrote: Thank you for joining the movement towards 100% graduation! Begin forwarded message: From: "Crain, Jefferson" Date: J1me 30, 2017 at 6:34:12 PM PDT To: "Crain, Jefferson" <'efferson.crain lausd.net>, Kelly Gonez Nick Melvoin District 1 District aus .net>, District 3 District 4 District 5 District 6 District 7 Cc: Secretariat "King, Michelle Superintendent" "Hohnquist, David "Elam, Nicole" "Pena, Alma" Subject: Annual Meeting Order of Business Attached is the Annual Meeting Order of Business . Please note that Dr. Rodriguez sent me a resolution this afternoon to include for action with a waiver of Board Rule 72. Jeff <07-06-1 7AnnualeOB.pdf> LAUSD 0059 PRA From: To: Subject: Date: Garcia, Monica (Board Member) Myrna Castrejon Re: Stakeholder Letter of Support for T1 reso Monday, June 12, 2017 11:36:28 PM Super excited about the next part of the journey. Gracias a ti. Thank you for joining the movement towards 100% graduation! On Jun 12, 2017, at 11:30 PM, Myrna Castrejon wrote: Thanks for sending this; would have loved to sign on. Thanks for a great dinner! We need to continue to "conspire", in the original Latin sense of the word: to breathe together, for a better LA!  M Sent from my iPhone On Jun 12, 2017, at 11:12 PM, Garcia, Monica (Board Member) wrote: FYI  Thank you for joining the movement towards 100% graduation! Begin forwarded message: From: "Campos, Edgar" Date: June 12, 2017 at 5:13:26 PM PDT To: "Garcia, Monica (Board Member)" , District 1 , District 3 , District 4 , District 5 , District 6 , District 7 , "King, Michelle Superintendent" , District 2 Cc: "Elam, Nicole" , "Gipson, Frances" , "Norris, Kathy" , "Ryback, Karen" , "Pena, Alma" , "Crain, Jefferson" , "Newman, Robert" LAUSD 0060 PRA , "Martinez, Roberto A. (LD Supt)" , "Huerta, Jose" , "Holmquist, David (OGC)" , "Salcido, Pedro" , "Melendez, Thelma" , "Walsh, John" , "Simpson, Cheryl" , "Haber, Shannon" Subject: Stakeholder Letter of Support for T1 reso Hello Leaders,   Wanted to call your attention to the attached Version 2 letter we have received from 27 stakeholder partners representing students and families across LAUSD in support of the Title 1 resolution for action on June 13th.     --    Edgar Campos  Chief Strategy Officer  Office of Board Member Mónica García Board of Education, District 2 Los Angeles Unified School District  333 South Beaudry Avenue, 24th Floor, Los Angeles CA 90017 P:       LAUSD 0061 PRA From: To: Subject: Date: monica.garcia@lausd.net Myrna Castrejon Re: Stakeholder Letter of Support for T1 reso Monday, June 12, 2017 11:36:26 PM Super excited about the next part of the journey. Gracias a ti. Thank you for joining the movement towards 100% graduation! On Jun 12, 2017, at 11:30 PM, Myrna Castrejon wrote: Thanks for sending this; would have loved to sign on. Thanks for a great dinner! We need to continue to "conspire", in the original Latin sense of the word: to breathe together, for a better LA!  M Sent from my iPhone On Jun 12, 2017, at 11:12 PM, Garcia, Monica (Board Member) wrote: FYI  Thank you for joining the movement towards 100% graduation! Begin forwarded message: From: "Campos, Edgar" Date: June 12, 2017 at 5:13:26 PM PDT To: "Garcia, Monica (Board Member)" , District 1 , District 3 , District 4 , District 5 , District 6 , District 7 , "King, Michelle Superintendent" , District 2 Cc: "Elam, Nicole" , "Gipson, Frances" , "Norris, Kathy" , "Ryback, Karen" , "Pena, Alma" , "Crain, Jefferson" , "Newman, Robert" LAUSD 0062 PRA , "Martinez, Roberto A. (LD Supt)" , "Huerta, Jose" , "Holmquist, David (OGC)" , "Salcido, Pedro" , "Melendez, Thelma" , "Walsh, John" , "Simpson, Cheryl" , "Haber, Shannon" Subject: Stakeholder Letter of Support for T1 reso Hello Leaders,   Wanted to call your attention to the attached Version 2 letter we have received from 27 stakeholder partners representing students and families across LAUSD in support of the Title 1 resolution for action on June 13th.     --    Edgar Campos  Chief Strategy Officer  Office of Board Member Mónica García Board of Education, District 2 Los Angeles Unified School District  333 South Beaudry Avenue, 24th Floor, Los Angeles CA 90017 P:       LAUSD 0063 PRA From: To: Subject: Date: Myrna Castrejon Garcia, Monica (Board Member) Re: Stakeholder Letter of Support for T1 reso Monday, June 12, 2017 11:30:24 PM Thanks for sending this; would have loved to sign on. Thanks for a great dinner! We need to continue to "conspire", in the original Latin sense of the word: to breathe together, for a better LA!  M Sent from my iPhone On Jun 12, 2017, at 11:12 PM, Garcia, Monica (Board Member) wrote: FYI  Thank you for joining the movement towards 100% graduation! Begin forwarded message: From: "Campos, Edgar" Date: June 12, 2017 at 5:13:26 PM PDT To: "Garcia, Monica (Board Member)" , District 1 , District 3 , District 4 , District 5 , District 6 , District 7 , "King, Michelle Superintendent" , District 2 Cc: "Elam, Nicole" , "Gipson, Frances" , "Norris, Kathy" , "Ryback, Karen" , "Pena, Alma" , "Crain, Jefferson" , "Newman, Robert" , "Martinez, Roberto A. (LD Supt)" , "Huerta, Jose" , "Holmquist, David (OGC)" , "Salcido, Pedro" , "Melendez, Thelma" , "Walsh, John" , "Simpson, Cheryl" , "Haber, Shannon" Subject: Stakeholder Letter of Support for T1 reso LAUSD 0064 PRA Hello Leaders,   Wanted to call your attention to the attached Version 2 letter we have received from 27 stakeholder partners representing students and families across LAUSD in support of the Title 1 resolution for action on June 13th.     --    Edgar Campos  Chief Strategy Officer  Office of Board Member Mónica García Board of Education, District 2 Los Angeles Unified School District  333 South Beaudry Avenue, 24th Floor, Los Angeles CA 90017 P:       LAUSD 0065 PRA From: To: Subject: Date: Great Public Schools Now Garcia, Monica (Board Member) June 2017 Newsletter Monday, June 5, 2017 3:50:42 PM June 5, 2017 Dear parents and community members, Education is a team effort. And if Great Public Schools Now is going to reach our goal of making sure that every student in Los Angeles has a chance at a great education, we’ll need a lot of partners. That’s why we’ve worked with organizations across the educational landscape, from charters to teacher training programs, after-school organizations and parents. One of our key partners is L.A. Unified, the nation’s second-largest school district, which was why we were so excited to announce a $1.5-million grant to L.A. Unified’s Local District South earlier this spring. The money will go towards replicating education practices at two of the local district’s best-performing schools, Diego Rivera Learning Complex Public Service Community School and King/Drew Magnet High School of Medicine and Science. L.A. Unified administrators will spend the first year of the grant identifying the right replication sites and the best person to lead the team at the new campus. The campuses will open in the fall of 2018 and will add about 1,000 students over three years. We’ve been working on the school replication grants with L.A. Unified administrators for months and feel the  grants represent a great step forward in our relationship and for the future of Los Angeles. District officials will keep us informed about how the grants develop, and we look forward to finding new ways to work with them. This news release contains more information about the grant program.  ¡Escuelas Públicas de Calidad Ya! To reach our goals, GPSN also needs to reach as wide an audience as possible. So we’ve started a Spanish-language Facebook and Twitter pages that we believe will help us reach more people.  Give us a like or a follow and keep up with all GPSN news in real time and learn about the latest happenings in the world of education. Celebrating Our Work With Teach For America, Los Angeles The GPSN team attended the Teach For America, Los Angeles benefit dinner last month, where GPSN received the Regional Changemaker award. We’re honored by the recognition and inspired by the work TFA does. We gave them $2 million last spring, and they turned that into 130 new corps members by the fall who are working throughout the city to inspire students. Check out the videos we produced highlighting the work of two first-year teachers, Joshua Rushing at Manual Arts High School, and Jose Bahena at 42nd Street Elementary. Town Hall News LAUSD 0066 PRA Our East Los Angeles Town Hall earlier this month was our best yet, with nearly 300 people attending. There was a lively discussion led by our executive director, Myrna Castrejón, and attendees also were able to speak with L.A. Unified board member Mónica García to share their hopes and concerns about education in their neighborhood. We are proud to be working with the many community members who said that they need more great schools. For a quick summary of the event, check out this Univision news video.  As always, thanks for your support. Feedback is welcome at jsong@greatpublicschoolsnow.org or via our Facebook page.  www.greatpublicschoolsnow.org Great Public Schools Now · United States This email was sent to monica.garcia@lausd.net. To stop receiving emails, click here. You can also keep up with Great Public Schools Now on Twitter or Facebook. Created with NationBuilder, software for leaders. LAUSD 0067 PRA From: To: Cc: Subject: Date: Myrna Castrejon Garcia, Monica (Board Member) Cynthia Kanagui Invitation Friday, April 28, 2017 12:28:26 PM Hola Monica! I'm sure you're bracing for the end of year rush, so I hope I'm still on time to snag a little bit of your time.  As you know, Great Public Schools Now is cycling through the five zones of our impact geographies doing Town Halls, where we are listening to parents' concerns about the need for high quality schools in their communities, regardless of governance structure. It's an opportunity for us to explain the nature of our work and build a bridge across the divides of charter vs. traditional schools. Last weekend we had our most successful Town Hall of the three, where more than 200 families took leadership in shaping the agenda and engaging Ref Rodriguez in a candid and productive conversation about common areas of concern. This is exactly the kind of Town Hall we'd love to have in your district! We had paused plans during the election to ensure all attention was focused where it should, but would like to have a chance to revisit East Los Angeles, tentatively on June 3, from 9:30 - 11:30, potentially at ELACC.  Please let me know if that is an event you could support and be present for - we're eager to keep the conversation going for our 'third way', where both sectors can thrive and bring greater quality options to kids who most need them! Many thanks, and have a great weekend, comadre! myrna Myrna Castrejon Executive Director Great Public Schools Now mcastrejon@greatpublicschoolsnow.org LAUSD 0068 PRA From: To: Subject: Date: Great Public Schools Now Garcia, Monica (Board Member) March Newsletter Wednesday, March 1, 2017 1:29:49 PM GPSNgreenlogo.png March 1, 2017 Hello Board Member Garcia -Great teachers are at the heart of every outstanding public school. They use different methods and have different personalities, but they all know how to inspire their students to meet new challenges. When one great teacher leaves the classroom early because they didn’t get the proper support, it’s a tragedy for the school and the community. That’s why Great Public Schools Now awarded nearly $900,000 to six educational organizations and schools to fund programs that will provide their best teachers more training, improve work-life balance, and offer financial incentives for additional professional development. The grants should help about 150 amazing educators stay in their classrooms for as long as they want to. That means thousands of children will continue to get great educations and future generations of teachers will have mentors to help them become the best educators they can be. With the hope of replicating the best parts of each project throughout the city, the GPSN team will closely monitor the progress of each program because all students deserve a great teacher. Check out the news release and other information about the grants at our website.  New look! When you see the teacher retention news release, you’ll notice that we have refreshed the site. We think it’s more user-friendly and highlights the work we’ve done with partners across Los Angeles, especially since each project has its own space under the “Our Work” tab. We made sure to leave plenty of room for future work, and we think the website will grow along with GPSN. LAUSD 0069 PRA Next Town Hall! We’ll be holding out next Town Hall on April 22nd at the SteelWorkers OldTimers Foundation at 3355 E. Gage Ave. in Huntington Park. We’ll have more details soon and hope to see you there! www.greatpublicschoolsnow.org Great Public Schools Now · United States This email was sent to monica.garcia@lausd.net. To stop receiving emails, click here. You can also keep up with Great Public Schools Now on Twitter. Created with NationBuilder, software for leaders. LAUSD 0070 PRA From: To: Subject: Date: Great Public Schools Now Garcia, Monica (Board Member) November 2016 Newsletter Wednesday, November 30, 2016 2:57:03 PM GPSNgreenlogo.png Nov. 30, 2016 Hello Board Member Garcia -The main goal of Great Public Schools Now has always been to give the nearly 140,000 students enrolled in low-performing Los Angeles-area public schools a chance at a great education. To achieve this ambitious objective, GPSN has been developing partnerships across the educational landscape, including with L.A. Unified. We’re proud to say that our collaboration with the nation's second largest school district is producing results. After months of working with L.A. Unified officials, GPSN awarded a grant to plan replication of successful educational practices at a pair of South L.A. schools: Diego Rivera Learning Complex Public Service and King-Drew Senior High Medicine & Science Magnet. Diego Rivera and King-Drew are two of South L.A.’s best performing campuses, and we’re confident they will submit innovative grant proposals to continue their great work. The grants are part of GPSN’s commitment to spend up to $3.75 million to replicate highquality L.A. Unified schools and we hope that even more campuses will apply for the final grants later this year. Winners will be announced by April, so stay tuned for more news. South L.A. Town Hall! We’re holding our second town hall on December 10 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Watts Labor Community Action center. Our first, in the Northeast San Fernando Valley in October, attracted more than 130 people who gave us valuable feedback on what they want to see from their education system. In addition to roundtable discussions and a Q&A, we’re also holding a resource fair as well as providing complimentary day care and lunch. Help us spread the word by sharing the Facebook event page or signing up to attend here. LAUSD 0071 PRA And now we’re seven… Operations Manager Jardine Monteil has joined the GPSN team. Jardine has extensive experience working with nonprofit organizations and was most recently the controller for the Foothill Unity Center. With Jardine’s addition, Great Public Schools Now is fully staffed with seven employees, and we look forward to producing more great work in the coming year. Feedback is welcome at jsong@greatpublicschoolsnow.org or via our Facebook page.  www.greatpublicschoolsnow.org Great Public Schools Now · United States This email was sent to monica.garcia@lausd.net. To stop receiving emails, click here. Created with NationBuilder, software for leaders. LAUSD 0072 PRA From: To: Subject: Date: Myrna Castrejon Garcia, Monica (Board Member) Re: GPSN Response to UTLA"s Media Release Today Monday, November 7, 2016 4:13:13 PM Sounds good. It's Veterans' Day so I can sneak out and let the kid sleep in :) Where do you want to meet? m On Mon, Nov 7, 2016 at 4:05 PM, Garcia, Monica (Board Member) wrote: Friday breakfast? 8 am? Sent from my Verizon 4G LTE smartphone -------- Original message -------From: Myrna Castrejon Date: 11/7/16 3:32 PM (GMT-08:00) To: "Garcia, Monica (Board Member)" Subject: Re: GPSN Response to UTLA's Media Release Today thanks! anytime! You want to meet sometime this week? Myrna On Mon, Nov 7, 2016 at 2:46 PM, Garcia, Monica (Board Member) wrote: Well done.   We need to catch up soon.   Be well.   From: "mcastrejon@greatpublicschoolsnow.org" Date: Friday, November 4, 2016 at 2:22 PM To: MICHELLE KING , STEVEN ZIMMER , GEORGE MCKENNA , LAUSD user , RICHARD VLADOVIC , LAUSD 0073 PRA RODRIGUEZ REFUGIO , MONICA RATLIFF , SCOTT SCHMERELSON Cc: SHANNON HABER , Jason Song Subject: GPSN Response to UTLA's Media Release Today   Dear Superintendent King and Board of Education members:   Attached is Great Public Schools Now's response to the United Teachers Los Angeles press release stating some educators' opposition to our high-performing schools replication grant. As you know, GPSN and district educators worked together to design a grant program that will greatly benefit the city, and we are disappointed that adults are putting politics ahead of students' best interests.    We all know that education is vital but difficult work, and we at GPSN remain confident that these challenges can best be solved through open dialogue and collaboration. We look forward to working with L.A. Unified on the high-performing schools replication grant and other projects in the future.   My best regards,   Myrna Castrejon Executive Director Great Public Schools Now mcastrejon@greatpublicschoolsnow.org       LAUSD 0074 PRA From: To: Subject: Date: Myrna Castrejon Garcia, Monica (Board Member) Re: GPSN Response to UTLA"s Media Release Today Monday, November 7, 2016 3:32:48 PM thanks! anytime! You want to meet sometime this week? Myrna On Mon, Nov 7, 2016 at 2:46 PM, Garcia, Monica (Board Member) wrote: Well done.   We need to catch up soon.   Be well.   From: "mcastrejon@greatpublicschoolsnow.org" Date: Friday, November 4, 2016 at 2:22 PM To: MICHELLE KING , STEVEN ZIMMER , GEORGE MCKENNA , LAUSD user , RICHARD VLADOVIC , RODRIGUEZ REFUGIO , MONICA RATLIFF , SCOTT SCHMERELSON Cc: SHANNON HABER , Jason Song Subject: GPSN Response to UTLA's Media Release Today   Dear Superintendent King and Board of Education members:   Attached is Great Public Schools Now's response to the United Teachers Los Angeles press release stating some educators' opposition to our high-performing schools replication grant. As you know, GPSN and district educators worked together to design a grant program that will greatly benefit the city, and we are disappointed that adults are putting politics ahead of students' best interests.    LAUSD 0075 PRA We all know that education is vital but difficult work, and we at GPSN remain confident that these challenges can best be solved through open dialogue and collaboration. We look forward to working with L.A. Unified on the high-performing schools replication grant and other projects in the future.   My best regards,   Myrna Castrejon Executive Director Great Public Schools Now mcastrejon@greatpublicschoolsnow.org         -Myrna Castrejon Executive Director Great Public Schools Now mcastrejon@greatpublicschoolsnow.org LAUSD 0076 PRA From: To: Subject: Date: Garcia, Monica (Board Member) Myrna Castrejon Re: GPSN Response to UTLA"s Media Release Today Monday, November 7, 2016 2:46:58 PM Well done.   We need to catch up soon.   Be well.   From: "mcastrejon@greatpublicschoolsnow.org" Date: Friday, November 4, 2016 at 2:22 PM To: MICHELLE KING , STEVEN ZIMMER , GEORGE MCKENNA , LAUSD user , RICHARD VLADOVIC , RODRIGUEZ REFUGIO , MONICA RATLIFF , SCOTT SCHMERELSON Cc: SHANNON HABER , Jason Song Subject: GPSN Response to UTLA's Media Release Today Dear Superintendent King and Board of Education members: Attached is Great Public Schools Now's response to the United Teachers Los Angeles press release stating some educators' opposition to our high-performing schools replication grant. As you know, GPSN and district educators worked together to design a grant program that will greatly benefit the city, and we are disappointed that adults are putting politics ahead of students' best interests. We all know that education is vital but difficult work, and we at GPSN remain confident that these challenges can best be solved through open dialogue and collaboration. We look forward to working with L.A. Unified on the high-performing schools replication grant and other projects in the future. My best regards, Myrna Castrejon Executive Director Great Public Schools Now mcastrejon@greatpublicschoolsnow.org LAUSD 0077 PRA From: To: Cc: Myrna Castrejon King Michelle Superintendent Del Cueto, Linda; Downing, Christopher; Zimmer, Steven; Vladovic, Richard; Mckenna, George; Schmerelson, Scott M.; Rodriguez, Ref; Ratliff Monica; Garcia Monica (Board Member); Elam Nicole Re: GPSN Planning Grant Applications Monday, October 31, 2016 5:38:53 PM Subject: Date: Dear Superintendent King:  I am confirming receipt of the proposals and look forward to reviewing them. Further, we look forward to continuing our preparations for the full RFP and a successful funding cycle for 2017.  We thank you for your engagement in this effort.  Sincerely,  Myrna Castrejón Executive Director Great Public Schools Now Sent from my iPhone On Oct 31, 2016, at 4:31 PM, King, Michelle Superintendent wrote: Good Afternoon Ms. Castrejon, Please find attached 3 proposals for planning grant consideration with relevant resumes.  Each plan has the school name, primary contact information, GPSN Focus Region and current school address included.  Please connect with the appropriate Local District Superintendent for schools if further information is required.   Thank you,   Michelle King, Superintendent Office of the Superintendent   213-241-7000   213-241-8442   michelle.king@lausd.net   333 S. Beaudry Avenue, 24th Floor   www.lausd.net       IMPORTANT: The contents of this email and any attachments are confidential. They are intended for the named recipient(s) only. If you have received this email by mistake, please notify the sender immediately and do not disclose the contents to anyone or make copies thereof. Please consider your environmental responsibility. Before printing this e-mail message, ask yourself whether you really need a hard copy.     .pdf> .pdf> pdf> > LAUSD 0078 PRA From: To: Subject: Date: Great Public Schools Now Garcia, Monica (Board Member) October 2016 Newsletter Wednesday, October 19, 2016 5:08:24 PM GPSNgreenlogo.png Oct. 19, 2016 Hello Board Member Garcia -Since our launch in June 2016, Great Public Schools Now has been hard at work sharpening our strategic areas of focus supporting great schools and educational programs across Los Angeles. One of our key goals is to catalyze a conversation among Angelenos about how best to increase high quality options for all kids, particularly for children in the highest areas of need across our great city. We thank you for joining our outreach list and for your support of our mission and look forward to being in regular contact with you. We will be sending monthly updates in this community newsletter to stay connected with you about what we see as bright spots and challenges to improve education and how we continue to shape our work. Inaugural Collaboration with L.A. Unified After working with Los Angeles Unified School District officials for several months, we were thrilled to announce our agreement to fund up to $3.75 million to expand up to five high-performing schools. The campuses will be chosen by our board along with a panel of experts both inside and outside the district, and final winners will be announced around April next year. We think these grants can make a huge difference in the nation’s second biggest school district by providing more opportunities for students to go to high-performing schools. And we’re excited to be working with L.A. Unified for the first of what we believe will be many partnerships. For full grant details, check out the press release and Request for Proposal on our website. But here are some highlights: •High-need children: The schools will all come from areas where 80% of the students don’t meet grade level standards. And the campuses must be non-selective and enroll special education students and English language learners at rates similar to district averages. LAUSD 0079 PRA •Traditional schools: This round of grants is only for LA Unified campuses. GPSN will have separate processes and funding to support other educational efforts, including teacher training programs and charter organizations. Town Halls Coming! We hope to learn more about the city’s educational needs through the school expansion grants and how to improve our process, and anticipate doing even more to replicate great schools in the near future. It was gratifying to come to this agreement, but we’re still looking for new ideas about how to replicate successful schools and are holding two town halls soon. The first will be on Oct. 22nd, when we’re looking to hear from northeast San Fernando Valley residents on what their communities need from schools and what they want to see more of. There will also be complimentary day-care and lunch. Come check out the event! We’re following that meeting up with another one in South L.A. at Los Angeles Southwest College on Dec. 10. We’ll have more details on that event shortly. GPSN Founding Team News In other news, GPSN is now a team of six! Director of Communications Jason Song, Director of Talent Eric DeSobe, Director of School Growth Lauren Tate, Director of Operations Isabel Acosta, and Outreach Manager Cynthia Kanagui. Jason came from the Los Angeles Times, where he was a reporter for nine years, most of it covering education. Eric was most recently at KIPP LA Schools, where he was the associate director of recruitment. Lauren was most recently the chief of staff with the Achievement School District in Memphis, TN. Isabel, a native Angelena, comes to us from The Broad Foundation. And Cynthia was with IDEA Public Schools in South Texas. Now that our staffing is almost complete, we anticipate generating more good news to share and will be sending out a newsletter once a month. As always, feedback is welcome at jsong@greatpublicschoolsnow.org or at our Facebook page. See you at the town halls! www.greatpublicschoolsnow.org Great Public Schools Now · United States This email was sent to monica.garcia@lausd.net. To stop receiving emails, click here. Created with NationBuilder, software for leaders. LAUSD 0080 PRA From: To: Cc: Subject: Date: Attachments: Myrna Castrejon King, Michelle Superintendent; Garcia, Monica (Board Member); Zimmer, Steven; Rodriguez, Ref; Schmerelson, Scott M.; Vladovic, Richard; Ratliff, Monica; Mckenna, George Haber, Shannon; Jason Song; Cynthia Kanagui GPSN to Host Community Event This Month Wednesday, October 5, 2016 6:16:34 PM Pacoima Panorama Town Hall 2016 English Spanish.pdf Dear Superintendent King and Members of the Board of Education of the Los Angeles Unified School District,   Great Public Schools Now will be hosting our first outreach event of the year for parents and community members in the Pacoima and Panorama City area on Oct. 22 from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. We hope our Town Hall will bring together families to learn more about what they are looking for in high quality schools, and how we can improve access. We hope to host about 300 people and will have a Q&A session and a series of roundtable discussions. The feedback gleaned from this effort to continue to shape our community engagement strategy and funding priorities.     Our Community Outreach and Engagement Manager, Cynthia Kanagui, has been presenting to parents at various schools in the area and is looking forward to any opportunity to connect with Northeast leaders and parents.  We welcome your attendance or participation in this event, and please let us know if you have any questions about this event. We will be hosting similar events throughout the year in each of the areas where GPSN will focus its efforts. We very much look forward to gleaning perspective from Los Angeles families that will continue to help guide our mission.  We have attached a copy of the event flier for your convenience.   All the best, Myrna Castrejon Executive Director Great Public Schools Now mcastrejon@greatpublicschoolsnow.org LAUSD 0081 PRA From: To: Subject: Date: Myrna Castrejon Garcia, Monica (Board Member) Re: Clarification Note Friday, September 30, 2016 10:18:36 AM Thanks to you, specifically, for helping us get here!! Myrna On Fri, Sep 30, 2016 at 10:07 AM, Garcia, Monica (Board Member) wrote: Wow!  Awesome! Sent from my Verizon 4G LTE smartphone -------- Original message -------From: Myrna Castrejon Date: 9/30/16 8:51 AM (GMT-08:00) To: "Zimmer, Steven" , "Rodriguez, Ref" , "Ratliff, Monica" , "Garcia, Monica (Board Member)" , "Vladovic, Richard" , "Mckenna, George" , "Schmerelson, Scott M." Cc: "King, Michelle Superintendent" , "Haber, Shannon" , Glenn Gritzner , Jason Song Subject: Clarification Note Dear Members of the Board of Education of Los Angeles Unified School District, Yesterday, Great Public Schools Now was proud to announce something we had long planned, and that this Board played a key role in facilitating - up to $3.75 million in funds to expand or replicate high performing LAUSD schools. This is a part of our ongoing commitment to promoting quality education around Los Angeles, without getting bogged down in the politics around school governance. As our announcement made clear, and as Superintendent King may have told you, these funds are exclusively for LAUSDgoverned schools. There is no competition with charters for the same dollars. I was surprised to see a headline in the print edition of the Los Angeles Times this morning that seemed to indicate otherwise, and I wanted to email you to clear up any confusion. Once again, this money, up to $3.75 million, is only for the replication of LAUSD-governed schools. Please let me know if you have any questions, and thank you for your support and assistance. Best regards, Myrna Castrejon Executive Director Great Public Schools Now mcastrejon@greatpublicschoolsnow.org LAUSD 0082 PRA From: To: Subject: Date: Myrna Castrejon Garcia, Monica (Board Member) GPSN: Launch & Other News Thursday, July 28, 2016 3:12:38 PM Dear Board Member Garcia, It has been an exciting four months at Great Public Schools Now leading up to the successful launch of our initiative on June 16, 2016. We are energized and grateful for the positive response our efforts generated across the community, and how many of you across Los Angeles are ready to join us to make sure every child in LA has access to a high quality public school education! You affirmed our belief that parents, families, and community members believe like we do that every child in Los Angeles deserves that chance, because the future of our city depends on it. One of the key documents that resulted from the launch was a new plan outlining the core areas of our work: deep and authentic community engagement, strengthening teachers and leaders, providing support for adequate facilities, and most importantly, the replication of high quality public schools. We have prioritized 10 Los Angeles neighborhoods where we will begin investing our time, resources, and innovative thinking. Please follow this link for more information on these focal regions as well as our updated launch plan. Since the launch, we have focused on opening avenues of collaboration with the Los Angeles Unified School District and engaging in meaningful dialogue with Superintendent Michelle King. We are in the process of partnering with community groups and local funders to garner additional support for our effort. Lastly, we made a few key investments as demonstration grants that point the way to the kind of support we will provide, as many organizations across Los Angeles align with our vision and mission to build and replicate quality schools.  Thank you for your support of Great Public Schools Now! We need to hear directly from you how we can make a greater impact, and we plan to host two Town Halls this fall and three Town Halls in the spring of 2017. Your feedback, input, and attendance is extremely important to us and is absolutely critical in shaping the direction of our organization. Stay tuned for more details about the upcoming town halls via our website and through social media in the next few weeks. Please stay informed by visiting our main page at Greatpublicschoolsnow.org and our Facebook page @GreatPublicSchoolsNow! Adelante! Myrna Myrna Castrejon http://www.greatpublicschoolsnow.org/ -=-=Great Public Schools Now · United States This email was sent to monica.garcia@lausd.net. To stop receiving emails, click here. -=-=Created with NationBuilder, software for leaders. LAUSD 0083 PRA From: Subject: Date: Myrna Castrejon Great Public Schools Now Launch - Next Steps Friday, July 8, 2016 3:14:08 PM Honorable Members of the School Board of LAUSD,   I was proud to stand at HOLA recently and, with other educational advocates and activists, announce the official launch of Great Public Schools Now. As you may have heard, our first set of announced 'demonstration' grants will benefit students in district schools as well as those in charters in some of the region’s most struggling neighborhoods.   Now that we’ve launched, I'd love to come brief you on our thinking and hear your thoughts and priorities for where we go from here. The goal of Great Public Schools Now is to help as many students as possible – a goal I know we all share. I look forward to meeting with you soon, and to discussing this important work in the weeks and months ahead.   Sincerely, Myrna Castrejon Executive Director Great Public Schools Now mcastrejon@greatpublicschoolsnow.org LAUSD 0084 PRA From: To: Subject: Date: Myrna Castrejon Garcia, Monica (Board Member) Re: disregard request::::Great Public Schools Now Officially Launches Wednesday, June 15, 2016 2:43:22 PM sorry for delay; was in back to back press...let me know if you need anything else; your response was amazing! gracias!  Myrna Castrejón Executive Director Great Public Schools Now mcastrejon@greatpublicschoolsnow.org Sent from my iPhone On Jun 15, 2016, at 10:36 AM, Garcia, Monica (Board Member) wrote: I found Website Sent from my iPad On Jun 14, 2016, at 7:06 PM, Myrna Castrejon wrote: Dear Honorable Members of the LAUSD School Board: Over the last few months, we have met with over 50 leaders and community organizations to develop a plan to help improve outcomes for students in underserved neighborhoods across Los Angeles. I’m reaching out to you to let you know, before it becomes public, that this effort, Great Public Schools Now, will be officially launching this Thursday, with articles coming out Wednesday ahead of the official launch. We all share one goal - making sure that the children of LAUSD get the best education possible, and leave school ready to succeed in the world.  The idea behind GPSN is to work to improve facilities, give support to teachers, expand community engagement, and replicate effective schools whether charter, pilot, magnet, or traditional district school efforts. Once the launch takes place, the full plan will be available on our website. I am looking forward to continuing to work with you to make a difference for the children of Los Angeles - and beyond. Please feel free to reach out to me LAUSD 0085 PRA with any questions Best regards, Myrna Castrejon Executive Director Great Public Schools Now mcastrejon@greatpublicschoolsnow.org LAUSD 0086 PRA From: To: Subject: Date: Myrna Castrejon Garcia, Monica (Board Member) Re: GPSN Wednesday, June 15, 2016 2:04:23 PM beautiful! thank you!!  Myrna Castrejón Executive Director Great Public Schools Now mcastrejon@greatpublicschoolsnow.org Sent from my iPhone On Jun 15, 2016, at 11:05 AM, Garcia, Monica (Board Member) wrote: Inspiring opportunity to increase achievement, opportunity and learning for students and the adults who build support and services for them. Accelerating achievement is a goal very much aligned with LAUSD families & leadership. I very much appreciate GPSN leadership & experience in serving youth and transforming systems. GPSN is strengthened by champions for children and high commitment individuals who have been partners in the work of LA for several decades. Lastly, when talent, resources and urgency comes to assist LAUSD in addressing unmet need in extremely challenging environments, I am grateful that Superintendent King & so many leaders are embracing the opportunity to build the bridges towards success that lift our students out of poverty, marginalization and into their rightful place LAUSD 0087 PRA in creating solutions for our communities.  The quest for educational justice has been a challenge since Mendez vs Westminster in 1947.   We have much work to do. Sent from my iPad LAUSD 0088 PRA From: To: Subject: Date: Garcia, Monica (Board Member) mcastrejon@greatpublicschoolsnow.org; Maria Casillas Fwd: need reax/analysis to Great Public Schools Now plan Wednesday, June 15, 2016 11:07:58 AM FYI Sent from my iPad Begin forwarded message: From: "Blume, Howard" > Date: June 15, 2016 at 10:43:03 AM PDT To: "Blume, Howard" Subject: need reax/analysis to Great Public Schools Now plan I’m on an early deadline, so please try to get back to me before 12:30 pm. Written response is fine.   Some questions to ponder:   To what extent, is this good or bad for LA Unified? To what extent are you persuaded that charter schools are not the focus of this effort? What should be the response of Michelle King? How does this effort fit into the larger context of efforts to improve education in Los Angeles and beyond? Anything else?   --hb LAUSD 0089 PRA From: To: Cc: Bcc: Subject: Date: Garcia, Monica (Board Member) Howard Blume Armenta, Isidro; Patron, Lizette mcastrejon@greatpublicschoolsnow.org; Maria Casillas GPSN Wednesday, June 15, 2016 11:05:11 AM > > Inspiring opportunity to increase achievement, opportunity and learning for students and the adults who build support and services for them. > > Accelerating achievement is a goal very much aligned with LAUSD families & leadership. > > I very much appreciate GPSN leadership & experience in serving youth and transforming systems. GPSN is strengthened by champions for children and high commitment individuals who have been partners in the work of LA for several decades. > > Lastly, when talent, resources and urgency comes to assist LAUSD in addressing unmet need in extremely challenging environments, I am grateful that Superintendent King & so many leaders are embracing the opportunity to build the bridges towards success that lift our students out of poverty, marginalization and into their rightful place in creating solutions for our communities.  The quest for educational justice has been a challenge since Mendez vs Westminster in 1947.   We have much work to do. > > Sent from my iPad LAUSD 0090 PRA From: To: Cc: Bcc: Subject: Date: monica.garcia@lausd.net Howard Blume Armenta, Isidro; Patron, Lizette mcastrejon@greatpublicschoolsnow.org; Maria Casillas GPSN Wednesday, June 15, 2016 11:05:09 AM > > Inspiring opportunity to increase achievement, opportunity and learning for students and the adults who build support and services for them. > > Accelerating achievement is a goal very much aligned with LAUSD families & leadership. > > I very much appreciate GPSN leadership & experience in serving youth and transforming systems. GPSN is strengthened by champions for children and high commitment individuals who have been partners in the work of LA for several decades. > > Lastly, when talent, resources and urgency comes to assist LAUSD in addressing unmet need in extremely challenging environments, I am grateful that Superintendent King & so many leaders are embracing the opportunity to build the bridges towards success that lift our students out of poverty, marginalization and into their rightful place in creating solutions for our communities.  The quest for educational justice has been a challenge since Mendez vs Westminster in 1947.   We have much work to do. > > Sent from my iPad LAUSD 0091 PRA From: To: Subject: Date: Garcia, Monica (Board Member) Myrna Castrejon Re: disregard request::::Great Public Schools Now Officially Launches Wednesday, June 15, 2016 10:36:42 AM I found Website Sent from my iPad On Jun 14, 2016, at 7:06 PM, Myrna Castrejon wrote: Dear Honorable Members of the LAUSD School Board: Over the last few months, we have met with over 50 leaders and community organizations to develop a plan to help improve outcomes for students in underserved neighborhoods across Los Angeles. I’m reaching out to you to let you know, before it becomes public, that this effort, Great Public Schools Now, will be officially launching this Thursday, with articles coming out Wednesday ahead of the official launch. We all share one goal - making sure that the children of LAUSD get the best education possible, and leave school ready to succeed in the world.  The idea behind GPSN is to work to improve facilities, give support to teachers, expand community engagement, and replicate effective schools whether charter, pilot, magnet, or traditional district school efforts. Once the launch takes place, the full plan will be available on our website. I am looking forward to continuing to work with you to make a difference for the children of Los Angeles - and beyond. Please feel free to reach out to me with any questions Best regards, Myrna Castrejon Executive Director Great Public Schools Now mcastrejon@greatpublicschoolsnow.org LAUSD 0092 PRA From: To: Subject: Date: monica.garcia@lausd.net Myrna Castrejon Re: disregard request::::Great Public Schools Now Officially Launches Wednesday, June 15, 2016 10:36:41 AM I found Website Sent from my iPad On Jun 14, 2016, at 7:06 PM, Myrna Castrejon wrote: Dear Honorable Members of the LAUSD School Board: Over the last few months, we have met with over 50 leaders and community organizations to develop a plan to help improve outcomes for students in underserved neighborhoods across Los Angeles. I’m reaching out to you to let you know, before it becomes public, that this effort, Great Public Schools Now, will be officially launching this Thursday, with articles coming out Wednesday ahead of the official launch. We all share one goal - making sure that the children of LAUSD get the best education possible, and leave school ready to succeed in the world.  The idea behind GPSN is to work to improve facilities, give support to teachers, expand community engagement, and replicate effective schools whether charter, pilot, magnet, or traditional district school efforts. Once the launch takes place, the full plan will be available on our website. I am looking forward to continuing to work with you to make a difference for the children of Los Angeles - and beyond. Please feel free to reach out to me with any questions Best regards, Myrna Castrejon Executive Director Great Public Schools Now mcastrejon@greatpublicschoolsnow.org LAUSD 0093 PRA From: To: Subject: Date: Garcia, Monica (Board Member) mcastrejon@greatpublicschoolsnow.org Can you send me the plan? Wednesday, June 15, 2016 10:32:25 AM LASR wants a comment .  Thx Sent from my iPad LAUSD 0094 PRA From: To: Subject: Date: Myrna Castrejon Garcia, Monica (Board Member) Re: Great Public Schools Now Officially Launches Tuesday, June 14, 2016 7:19:40 PM Gracias!! On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 7:07 PM, Garcia, Monica (Board Member) wrote: Congratulations!! Sent from my Verizon 4G LTE smartphone -------- Original message -------From: Myrna Castrejon Date: 6/14/16 7:06 PM (GMT-08:00) To: "Mckenna, George" , "Robinson, Sharon V." , "Garcia, Monica (Board Member)" , "Aguas, Jenny" , "Schmerelson, Scott M." , "Irlando, Arlene" , "Ratliff, Monica" , Refugio.rodriguez@lausd.net, "Aman, Aixle" , "Vladovic, Richard" , "Torres, Chris" , "Zimmer, Steven" , "Vizcarra, Claudia" Subject: Great Public Schools Now Officially Launches Dear Honorable Members of the LAUSD School Board: Over the last few months, we have met with over 50 leaders and community organizations to develop a plan to help improve outcomes for students in underserved neighborhoods across Los Angeles. I’m reaching out to you to let you know, before it becomes public, that this effort, Great Public Schools Now, will be officially launching this Thursday, with articles coming out Wednesday ahead of the official launch. We all share one goal - making sure that the children of LAUSD get the best education possible, and leave school ready to succeed in the world.  The idea behind GPSN is to work to improve facilities, give support to teachers, expand community engagement, and replicate effective schools whether charter, pilot, magnet, or traditional district school efforts. Once the launch takes place, the full plan will be available on our website. I am looking forward to continuing to work with you to make a difference for the children of Los Angeles - and beyond. Please feel free to reach out to me with any questions Best regards, Myrna Castrejon Executive Director Great Public Schools Now mcastrejon@greatpublicschoolsnow.org LAUSD 0095 PRA From: To: Subject: Date: monica.garcia@lausd.net Myrna Castrejon RE: Great Public Schools Now Officially Launches Tuesday, June 14, 2016 7:07:49 PM Congratulations!! Sent from my Verizon 4G LTE smartphone -------- Original message -------From: Myrna Castrejon Date: 6/14/16 7:06 PM (GMT-08:00) To: "Mckenna, George" , "Robinson, Sharon V." , "Garcia, Monica (Board Member)" , "Aguas, Jenny" , "Schmerelson, Scott M." , "Irlando, Arlene" , "Ratliff, Monica" , Refugio.rodriguez@lausd.net, "Aman, Aixle" , "Vladovic, Richard" , "Torres, Chris" , "Zimmer, Steven" , "Vizcarra, Claudia" Subject: Great Public Schools Now Officially Launches LAUSD 0096 PRA From: To: Subject: Date: Myrna Castrejon Mckenna, George; Robinson, Sharon V.; Garcia, Monica (Board Member); Aguas, Jenny; Schmerelson, Scott M.; Irlando, Arlene; Ratliff, Monica; Refugio.rodriguez@lausd.net; Aman, Aixle; Vladovic, Richard; Torres, Chris; Zimmer, Steven; Vizcarra, Claudia Great Public Schools Now Officially Launches Tuesday, June 14, 2016 7:06:18 PM Dear Honorable Members of the LAUSD School Board: Over the last few months, we have met with over 50 leaders and community organizations to develop a plan to help improve outcomes for students in underserved neighborhoods across Los Angeles. I’m reaching out to you to let you know, before it becomes public, that this effort, Great Public Schools Now, will be officially launching this Thursday, with articles coming out Wednesday ahead of the official launch. We all share one goal - making sure that the children of LAUSD get the best education possible, and leave school ready to succeed in the world.  The idea behind GPSN is to work to improve facilities, give support to teachers, expand community engagement, and replicate effective schools whether charter, pilot, magnet, or traditional district school efforts. Once the launch takes place, the full plan will be available on our website. I am looking forward to continuing to work with you to make a difference for the children of Los Angeles and beyond. Please feel free to reach out to me with any questions Best regards, Myrna Castrejon Executive Director Great Public Schools Now mcastrejon@greatpublicschoolsnow.org LAUSD 0097 PRA From: To: Subject: Date: Myrna Castrejon Garcia, Monica (Board Member) Re: Gracias!!! Tuesday, May 10, 2016 9:44:31 PM yes! we already have a meeting scheduled for Monday. will follow up with Frances Gipson too!  de nuevo, mil gracias!  Myrna Castrejón Executive Director Great Public Schools Now mcastrejon@greatpublicschoolsnow.org Sent from my iPhone On May 10, 2016, at 9:09 PM, Garcia, Monica (Board Member) wrote: Call Michelle tomorrow - schedule mtg w,Frances Gipson asap  Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone -------- Original message -------From: Myrna Castrejon Date: 05/10/2016 8:49 PM (GMT-08:00) To: "Garcia, Monica (Board Member)" Subject: Gracias!!! Eager to chart a good course!  Myrna Castrejón Executive Director Great Public Schools Now mcastrejon@greatpublicschoolsnow.org LAUSD 0098 PRA From: To: Subject: Date: Garcia, Monica (Board Member) Myrna Castrejon RE: Gracias!!! Tuesday, May 10, 2016 9:09:02 PM Call Michelle tomorrow - schedule mtg w,Frances Gipson asap  Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone -------- Original message -------From: Myrna Castrejon Date: 05/10/2016 8:49 PM (GMT-08:00) To: "Garcia, Monica (Board Member)" Subject: Gracias!!! Eager to chart a good course!  Myrna Castrejón Executive Director Great Public Schools Now mcastrejon@greatpublicschoolsnow.org Sent from my iPhone LAUSD 0099 PRA From: To: Subject: Date: monica.garcia@lausd.net Myrna Castrejon RE: Gracias!!! Tuesday, May 10, 2016 9:09:01 PM Call Michelle tomorrow - schedule mtg w,Frances Gipson asap  Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone -------- Original message -------From: Myrna Castrejon Date: 05/10/2016 8:49 PM (GMT-08:00) To: "Garcia, Monica (Board Member)" Subject: Gracias!!! LAUSD 0100 PRA From: To: Subject: Date: Myrna Castrejon Garcia, Monica (Board Member) Gracias!!! Tuesday, May 10, 2016 8:49:00 PM Eager to chart a good course!  Myrna Castrejón Executive Director Great Public Schools Now mcastrejon@greatpublicschoolsnow.org Sent from my iPhone LAUSD 0101 PRA From: To: Subject: Date: Myrna Castrejon Garcia, Monica (Board Member); Rodriguez, Ref; Campos, Edgar May Resolution Wednesday, April 27, 2016 5:03:25 PM Good afternoon,  Just a quick note to connect on the Board resolution slated for a vote May 10, as we haven't connected since the April meeting. Would appreciate a quick update on where you think this is moving, and if there is anything we can do to help - including not helping.  Hope you are all well - it has certainly been a whirlwind the past few weeks!  Best,  Myrna Castrejón Executive Director Great Public Schools Now mcastrejon@greatpublicschoolsnow.org Sent from my iPhone LAUSD 0102 PRA From: To: Cc: Myrna Castrejon Anita Landecker Gonzalez, Erika; Liza Bercovici; Garcia, Monica (Board Member); Sarah Angel; Emilio Pack; Hrag Hamalian; emorris@endeavorcollegeprep.org; C De Jesus; Yvette King-Berg; John Sun; Mike Keeley; Louise Manuel; malbert@newlosangeles.org; Rodriguez, Ref; Aman, Aixle; Campos, Edgar Re: Meeting to explore Prop 39 Alternatives Monday, April 18, 2016 5:20:49 PM Subject: Date: May 17 works for me Sent from my iPhone On Apr 18, 2016, at 5:10 PM, Anita Landecker < > wrote: I will attend. On Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 1:57 PM, Gonzalez, Erika wrote: Good afternoon everyone,   I hope this email finds everyone well.   We’d like to go ahead and schedule to meet on Tuesday, May 3rd from 6-8 pm at Gabriella Charter School.  Please reply to this email confirming your attendance by this Friday, April 22nd for catering purposes.   Gabriella Charter School is located on the campus of Logan Street Elementary School at 1435 Logan Street, Los Angeles, CA 90026.  The parking lot for GCS staff and visitors is located at 1615 Montana between Logan Street and Echo Park Blvd (north side of street, look for the GCS sign).   From the parking lot, walk west on Montana and turn right onto Logan Street.  The GCS section of the campus is accessible through a gate on Logan Street.  Push the intercom button to request entry and proceed through the gate.  Follow the blue footsteps to the main office to check in.  Click here to see our location on Google Maps.   Please let me know if you have any questions or need further information.     LAUSD 0103 PRA Best,   Erika J. Gonzalez Director of Operations Office of Dr. Ref Rodriguez Board of Education, District 5 Los Angeles Unified School District Office:   From: Rodriguez, Ref Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2016 9:11 AM To: Matt Albert Cc: Liza Bercovici; Garcia, Monica (Board Member); Myrna Castrejon; Sarah Angel; Emilio Pack; Hrag Hamalian; emorris@endeavorcollegeprep.org; C De Jesus; Yvette King-Berg; John Sun; Mike Keeley; Louise Manuel; Anita Landecker; Aman, Aixle; Gonzalez, Erika Subject: Re: Requesting meeting to explore Prop 39 alternative with 'win-win' approach for all students   As a next step, I would love to have a face to face meeting with those of you who can attend to discuss potential collaborations and next steps. I can share at that time information regarding internal meetings I have had with President Zimmer and Jose Cole Gutierrez and Dr. Francis Gibson regarding a "win-win" approach.   Ref    ————————— Dr. Ref Rodriguez Member, Board of Education Los Angeles Unified School District ref.rodriguez@lausd.net LAUSD 0104 PRA From: To: Cc: Myrna Castrejon Rodriguez, Ref Matt Albert; Liza Bercovici; Garcia, Monica (Board Member); Sarah Angel; Emilio Pack; Hrag Hamalian; emorris@endeavorcollegeprep.org; C De Jesus; Yvette King-Berg; John Sun; Mike Keeley; Louise Manuel; Anita Landecker; Aman, Aixle; Gonzalez, Erika Re: Requesting meeting to explore Prop 39 alternative with "win-win" approach for all students Thursday, April 14, 2016 9:58:25 AM Subject: Date: Excellent! Sent from my iPhone On Apr 14, 2016, at 9:10 AM, Rodriguez, Ref wrote: As a next step, I would love to have a face to face meeting with those of you who can attend to discuss potential collaborations and next steps. I can share at that time information regarding internal meetings I have had with President Zimmer and Jose Cole Gutierrez and Dr. Francis Gibson regarding a "win-win" approach. Ref ————————— Dr. Ref Rodriguez Member, Board of Education Los Angeles Unified School District ref.rodriguez@lausd.net On Apr 7, 2016, at 12:39 PM, Matt Albert wrote: I'd chime in here to add that the District intentionally prevents any collaboration for new co-locations by prohibiting contact between the charter school and District school. I'd like to think that between February 1 - April 1, there's an opportunity to work with the principals to look for ways the co-location could benefit the District school. That way, the arrival of the charter school, while legally required, could at least have a chance of being met with benefits to the District school or SEIU. -___________________________ Matt Albert, Ed.D. Executive Director 1919 S. Burnside Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90016 T: F: 323.939.6411 www.newlosangeles.org LAUSD 0105 PRA On Apr 7, 2016, at 12:19 PM, Liza Bercovici? wrote: Monica, Thanks so much for responding. To answer both your emails: We have not connected yet with Legal, the Superintendent 01' CSD. We wanted to start ?rst by sharing with Ref and you our desire to work together on this to see if the idea had traction at a leadership level. The proposal as envisioned would apply to current co- locations or new opportunities. We have yet to identify particular sites or host schools who might be interested in the idea. We thought that District principals with potential co-location sites might feel more comfortable exploring our proposal were the meeting to be convened by Board Members. Any recommendation from you re next steps is very appreciated. All the best, Liza Liza Bercovici Executive Director Gabriella Charter Schools See GCS Students "At The Playground" - a 9 7 ?1 and these recital snippets: i 9 (4th grade tap) (7th grade boys) LAUSD 0106 PRA https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=Ri6WQV Y8RU  (3rd grade mimes) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGSohNFRQI  (5th grade Ringmasters) On Thu, Apr 7, 2016 at 10:24 AM, Garcia, Monica (Board Member) wrote: Thank you very much Liza and team for your thoughtful recommendation re Prop 39. Help me know if your intention is to explore the longer agreement with current co-locations principals or new opportunities.  I am curious about the thinking from our Supt., legal and cds leaders.  Have you shared this with any of them? From: Liza Bercovici Date: Thursday, April 7, 2016 at 8:47 AM To: LAUSD user , Ref Rodriguez Cc: Myrna Castrejon , Sarah Angel , Emilio Pack , "emorris " , Cristina De Jesus , Yvette King Berg , Mike Keeley , Louise Manuel , Anita Landecker Subject: Requesting meeting to explore Prop 39 alternative with 'win-win' approach for all students Monica, Ref  -- LAUSD 0107 PRA We would appreciate your reviewing the attached letter.  We believe our suggested approach could improve for all students the quality of District co-locations. Thank you both for all you do for children in Los Angeles. Liza -Liza Bercovici Executive Director Gabriella Charter Schools See GCS Students "At The Playground" - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Aktz-X7sENg and these recital snippets:  https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=P2oZuS7A0CY(4th grade tap) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3D-rQszFco  (7th grade boys) https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=Ri6WQV_Y8RU  (3rd grade mimes) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGSohNFRQI  (5th grade Ringmasters)   LAUSD 0108 PRA From: To: Cc: Subject: Date: Myrna Castrejon Campos, Edgar Garcia, Monica (Board Member) Re: FW : Writing about 2 resolutions involving magnet and best practices Monday, April 11, 2016 7:24:40 PM will do!  Sent from my iPhone On Apr 11, 2016, at 7:07 PM, Campos, Edgar wrote: Yes send me wording tomorrow we can add so I can share with Monica. I will also take a stab at the same.  Best, Edgar Campos  Chief Strategy Officer  Office of Board Member Mónica García Board of Education, District 2 Los Angeles Unified School District  333 South Beaudry Avenue, 24th Floor, Los Angeles CA 90017 P:     F: 213.241.8459 2,000 STUDENTS CAN QUALIFY FOR DIPLOMAS THEY NEVER GOT 2004 TO 2014 -  find out how @ http://achieve.lausd net/cahsee From: Myrna Castrejon Date: Monday, April 11, 2016 at 7:04 PM To: Edgar Campos Cc: "Garcia, Monica (Board Member)" Subject: Re: FW : Writing about 2 resolutions involving magnet and best practices Excellent; if there's anything we can do let me know - we obviously lose the on ramp of a month to work in more public support from other philanthropic partners, but i think, again, expediency may work to our advantage. Shall we take a pass at a merged document?  myrna On Mon, Apr 11, 2016 at 6:48 PM, Campos, Edgar wrote: I would agree. I’ve CC’d Monica so she sees your points as well.  Best, LAUSD 0109 PRA Edgar Campos  Chief Strategy Officer  Office of Board Member Mónica García Board of Education, District 2 Los Angeles Unified School District  333 South Beaudry Avenue, 24th Floor, Los Angeles CA 90017     F: 213.241.8459 P: 2,000 STUDENTS CAN QUALIFY FOR DIPLOMAS THEY NEVER GOT 2004 TO 2014 -  find out how @ http://achieve.lausd.net/cahsee From: Myrna Castrejon Date: Monday, April 11, 2016 at 6:37 PM To: Edgar Campos Subject: Re: FW : Writing about 2 resolutions involving magnet and best practices Edgar, I'm finally NOT driving and just saw this. We are open to merging both resolutions for fast action, provided it applies to all district models (pilot, partnership, magnet and 'vanilla' district schools), not just magnet; and that there be "outside support" encouraged. Now, I can see Mr Zimmer proposing an exclusion for GPSN, but i guess we cross that bridge when we get there. I think the positives of acting fast outweigh the risks of waiting for opposition to build, if we can get to 4 votes. Don't you think?  Call me or reach out if you have additional insight or questions!  Myrna Sent from my iPhone On Apr 11, 2016, at 4:20 PM, Campos, Edgar wrote: Wanted to make you aware of a couple of things: 1. Of this request below for a story.  2. An informative in which we ask for similar things to our reso from months back.  3. Point out "Supporting Quality Education Options… Reso"..aka Item 47 by Ratliff is up for action tomorrow. 4. Reiterated that our “Offering Families More … Reso” aka Item 49 by you and our office is for up initial announcement tomorrow and May LAUSD 0110 PRA for action. I attached the board agenda so you may see the similarity in the the objective of the two reso's. Do you have an opinion about keeping our own language and pursuing our own reso next month. Or, if Ms. Garcia can, mesh it into the one for action tomorrow?  Best, Edgar Campos  Chief Strategy Officer  Office of Board Member Mónica García Board of Education, District 2 Los Angeles Unified School District  333 South Beaudry Avenue, 24th Floor, Los Angeles CA 90017     F: 213.241.8459 P 2,000 STUDENTS CAN QUALIFY FOR DIPLOMAS THEY NEVER GOT 2004 TO 2014  find out how @ http://achieve.lausd.net/cahsee From: LAUSD user Date: Monday, April 11, 2016 at 2:53 PM To: "mikeszy " Cc: Edgar Campos , Isidro Armenta Subject: FW : Writing about 2 resolutions involving magnet and best practices Hi Mike, Interesting on these resos.   I am sharing with you a memo from last year where the theme emerges again.  There are probably other resos interested in the issue of creating more of what works and accelerating opportunity and achievement. I am excited that the Board is interested in being more intentional and strategic on resourcing and creating success.  I hope there is a Board majority that wants to be public about their support for a Supt. Plan of Action to increase achievement, creates excellence and supports equity and high quality schools in every community. LAUSD 0111 PRA Many of our schools are great learning spaces with proven records of success, others are emerging as growth is consistent & enrollment is growing, and still others are moving to re-organize, re-purpose and reenergize.  LAUSD has made improvements in multiple models : magnet, IB, pilot, small , link learning, small themed schools, dual language and community schools.  My resolution is about creating diverse options for families to choose the district, stay in the district and celebrate 100% graduation with this district. MG   From: Mike Szymanski LAUSD 0112 PRA From: To: Cc: Subject: Date: Myrna Castrejon Campos, Edgar Garcia, Monica (Board Member) Re: FW : Writing about 2 resolutions involving magnet and best practices Monday, April 11, 2016 7:04:41 PM Excellent; if there's anything we can do let me know - we obviously lose the on ramp of a month to work in more public support from other philanthropic partners, but i think, again, expediency may work to our advantage. Shall we take a pass at a merged document?  myrna On Mon, Apr 11, 2016 at 6:48 PM, Campos, Edgar wrote: I would agree. I’ve CC’d Monica so she sees your points as well.  Best, Edgar Campos  Chief Strategy Officer  Office of Board Member Mónica García Board of Education, District 2 Los Angeles Unified School District  333 South Beaudry Avenue, 24th Floor, Los Angeles CA 90017   F: P: 2,000 STUDENTS CAN QUALIFY FOR DIPLOMAS THEY NEVER GOT 2004 TO 2014 -  find out how @ http://achieve.lausd.net/cahsee From: Myrna Castrejon Date: Monday, April 11, 2016 at 6:37 PM To: Edgar Campos Subject: Re: FW : Writing about 2 resolutions involving magnet and best practices Edgar, I'm finally NOT driving and just saw this. We are open to merging both resolutions for fast action, provided it applies to all district models (pilot, partnership, magnet and 'vanilla' district schools), not just magnet; and that there be "outside support" encouraged. Now, I can see Mr Zimmer proposing an exclusion for GPSN, but i guess we cross that bridge when we get there. I think the positives of acting fast outweigh the risks of waiting for opposition to build, if we can get to 4 votes. Don't you think?  Call me or reach out if you have additional insight or questions!  Myrna LAUSD 0113 PRA Sent from my iPhone On Apr 11, 2016, at 4:20 PM, Campos, Edgar wrote: Wanted to make you aware of a couple of things: 1. Of this request below for a story.  2. An informative in which we ask for similar things to our reso from months back.  3. Point out "Supporting Quality Education Options… Reso"..aka Item 47 by Ratliff is up for action tomorrow. 4. Reiterated that our “Offering Families More … Reso” aka Item 49 by you and our office is for up initial announcement tomorrow and May for action. I attached the board agenda so you may see the similarity in the the objective of the two reso's. Do you have an opinion about keeping our own language and pursuing our own reso next month. Or, if Ms. Garcia can, mesh it into the one for action tomorrow?  Best, Edgar Campos  Chief Strategy Officer  Office of Board Member Mónica García Board of Education, District 2 Los Angeles Unified School District  333 South Beaudry Avenue, 24th Floor, Los Angeles CA 90017     F: 213.241.8459 P 2,000 STUDENTS CAN QUALIFY FOR DIPLOMAS THEY NEVER GOT 2004 TO 2014 -  find out how @ http://achieve.lausd.net/cahsee From: LAUSD user Date: Monday, April 11, 2016 at 2:53 PM To: "mikeszy " Cc: Edgar Campos , Isidro Armenta Subject: FW : Writing about 2 resolutions involving magnet and best practices Hi Mike, LAUSD 0114 PRA Interesting on these resos.   I am sharing with you a memo from last year where the theme emerges again.  There are probably other resos interested in the issue of creating more of what works and accelerating opportunity and achievement. I am excited that the Board is interested in being more intentional and strategic on resourcing and creating success.  I hope there is a Board majority that wants to be public about their support for a Supt. Plan of Action to increase achievement, creates excellence and supports equity and high quality schools in every community. Many of our schools are great learning spaces with proven records of success, others are emerging as growth is consistent & enrollment is growing, and still others are moving to reorganize, re-purpose and re-energize.  LAUSD has made improvements in multiple models : magnet, IB, pilot, small , link learning, small themed schools, dual language and community schools.  My resolution is about creating diverse options for families to choose the district, stay in the district and celebrate 100% graduation with this district. MG   From: Mike Szymanski < Date: Monday, April 11, 2016 at 2:09 PM Subject: Writing about 2 resolutions involving magnet and best practices   Hey, it’s Mike from LA SCHOOL REPORT.   I’m doing an advance story on the two very unique and similar resolutions Offering Families More – Promoting, Celebrating and Replicating Success Across LAUSD, and  Supporting Quality Educational Options for Students and Families and wondered if you would have any comment or input today for the story which I’m hoping to publish on the site by 5 p.m.   If so, please send along a statement by email or call me at Either way, I will see you tomorrow. cell, thanks!   -m LAUSD 0115 PRA From: To: Cc: Subject: Date: Myrna Castrejon Garcia, Monica (Board Member) Sarah Angel; Cassy Horton; Monica Garcia Re: Joe Lucente"s Presentation Friday, April 8, 2016 11:48:49 PM Brilliant! Papa Joe is such a gem for his community and the movement. Thanks for sharing! Myrna Sent from my iPhone On Apr 8, 2016, at 5:27 PM, Garcia, Monica (Board Member) wrote: From: LAUSD user Date: Tuesday, September 10, 2013 at 4:39 PM To: LAUSD user , Lizette Patron , "Aguas, Jenny" Subject: FW: Joe Lucente's Presentation For the file on charters   From: Irene Sumida [mailto:isumida@ Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2012 7:24 PM To: Garcia, Monica (Board Member); Martinez, Nury Cc: Joe Lucente Subject: Joe Lucente's Presentation Good evening Monica and Nury: I thought you might be interested in reading what Joe planned to share yesterday if there had been time, so I am attaching the full comments from yesterday's board meeting. Thank you so much for your votes, and I especially appreciate your comments, Nury, regarding following the law! Irene -- Irene Sumida, Executive Director Fenton Charter Public Schools 11828 Gain Street Lake View Terrace, CA  91342 LAUSD 0116 PRA From: To: Cc: Subject: Date: Myrna Castrejon Garcia, Monica (Board Member) Rodriguez, Ref; Glenn Gritzner Re: Replication/Partnership Resolution Thursday, March 31, 2016 4:58:32 PM Great, thank you! Myrna Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 31, 2016, at 4:20 PM, Garcia, Monica (Board Member) wrote: > > Absolutely - my staff person is Edgar Campos as a primary and Lizette > Patron as a secondary. > > On 3/31/16, 3:32 PM, "Myrna Castrejon" > wrote: > >> Monica and Ref, >> Thank you so much for such energizing conversation about the challenges >> ahead for Los Angeles and how we can work to leverage success for kids in >> partnership. I feel hopeful and re-committed to the task ahead. >> >> One quick follow up on the draft resolution; as you continue to work with >> your staff to integrate the language that will make it successful, we >> would appreciate the opportunity to offer feedback and stay in the loop >> on process. I've cc'd Glenn Gritzner here who can help connect with your >> staff, as you assign, and stay aligned. >> >> Very excited about the weeks ahead! >> >> My best, >> >> Myrna Castrejón >> Executive Director >> Great Public Schools Now >> >> Sent from my iPhone > LAUSD 0117 PRA From: To: Cc: Subject: Date: Myrna Castrejon Garcia, Monica (Board Member); Rodriguez, Ref Glenn Gritzner Replication/Partnership Resolution Thursday, March 31, 2016 3:32:15 PM Monica and Ref, Thank you so much for such energizing conversation about the challenges ahead for Los Angeles and how we can work to leverage success for kids in partnership. I feel hopeful and re-committed to the task ahead. One quick follow up on the draft resolution; as you continue to work with your staff to integrate the language that will make it successful, we would appreciate the opportunity to offer feedback and stay in the loop on process. I've cc'd Glenn Gritzner here who can help connect with your staff, as you assign, and stay aligned. Very excited about the weeks ahead! My best, Myrna Castrejón Executive Director Great Public Schools Now Sent from my iPhone LAUSD 0118 PRA From: To: Subject: Date: Myrna Castrejon Garcia, Monica (Board Member) Re: Saludos and follow up Tuesday, March 29, 2016 6:06:52 PM location? Sent from my iPhone On Mar 28, 2016, at 3:12 PM, Garcia, Monica (Board Member) wrote: Ref can join at 7 also... ok w you? Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone -------- Original message -------From: Myrna Castrejon Date: 03/28/2016 1:16 PM (GMT-08:00) To: "Garcia, Monica (Board Member)" Subject: Re: Saludos and follow up my last meeting ends at 4 on the westside. I'll come to you wherever you're headed. Sent from my iPhone On Mar 28, 2016, at 1:14 PM, Garcia, Monica (Board Member) wrote: Where are you at that time? I am in Downtown moVing towards,El Sereno Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone -------- Original message -------From: Myrna Castrejon Date: 03/28/2016 1:00 PM (GMT-08:00) To: "Garcia, Monica (Board Member)" Subject: Re: Saludos and follow up Definitely free! You're penciled in! where? LAUSD 0119 PRA myrna On Mon, Mar 28, 2016 at 12:58 PM, Garcia, Monica (Board Member) wrote: Hola, Yes ! Are you free for a call or coffee Tuesday 7pm? Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone -------- Original message -------From: Myrna Castrejon Date: 03/28/2016 12:53 PM (GMT-08:00) To: "Garcia, Monica (Board Member)" Subject: Saludos and follow up Hello Monica, Checking in to see if we can carve out a moment to follow up on GPSN's work and the draft resolution, by phone, if possible? I'm in LA today through Wednesday this week... Saludos, -Myrna Castrejon Executive Director Great Public Schools Now mcastrejon@greatpublicschoolsnow.org -- Myrna Castrejon Executive Director Great Public Schools Now LAUSD 0120 PRA From: To: Cc: Subject: Date: Myrna Castrejon Garcia, Monica (Board Member) Campos, Edgar; Reza, Sonia; Patron, Lizette; Gomez, Blanca.E. Re: The work ahead Friday, March 18, 2016 5:57:30 PM Great!! I have no objection to beginning the process, and would love to discuss strategy and timing. Would be delighted to join you on April 6. Safe travels, and enjoy your weekends, everyone!  Warm regards,  Myrna Castrejón Executive Director Great Public Schools Now Sent from my iPhone On Mar 18, 2016, at 5:08 PM, Garcia, Monica (Board Member) wrote: Love it! Shall we introduce it for April – Action in May?  I am back in LA 3/28.  Let me know if there are any objections to beginning the process. I am copying Edgar Campos – he can send it for introduction if we are ready? I am copying Sonia – to help us find a time to meet…. Can you join us on April 6 for changing conversations w Michelle King  (5-7) and we can get coffee/ dinner after? Copying Blanca and Lizette as fyi to them. Welcome!! From: Myrna Castrejon Date: Friday, March 11, 2016 at 4:57 PM To: LAUSD user Subject: The work ahead Good afternoon! The past two weeks ramping up with Great Public Schools Now have been a whirlwind of activity to get our new organization up and running. We recently received our 501c3 letter and are finalizing our founding Board of Directors to start the work in earnest. It is an exciting time, and I'm particularly enjoying the many conversations I'm having with leaders like you and throughout the community in Los Angeles about the many possibilities that exist for moving the LAUSD 0121 PRA agenda for kids forward. I hope I can catch up with you in person very soon! In the meantime, I wanted to follow up on a conversation Gregory McGinity broached with you a few weeks back, before I of?cially started, about the possibility of introducing a resolution that the opportunity for GPSN to support district-led projects. As you now, we are eager to highlight the bright spots where excellence within LAUSD can point the way for additional replication and support. We've taken the liberty of drafting up what such a resolution could look like, along with speci?c examples of district programs that deserve recognition and support. Let me know if this is an idea you think is timely and wise to pru'sue, and how we can work together to bring focus to what's working - regardless of governance structure, program or union af?liation. I hope to connect with you in person very soon. Let me know what works best for you. Warm regards, 1E1 Myrna Castrejon Executive Director Great Public Schools Now LAUSD 0122 PRA From: To: Subject: Date: Great Public Schools Now Gonez, Kelly Helping families simplify the charter application process Monday, October 8, 2018 4:49:22 PM Great Public Schools Now kelly -For years Los Angeles families have faced a very complicated and disconnected set of applications to find and enroll in great public schools. Each school can have its own requirements, platform, and deadlines, so filling out the paperwork and keeping track of it all can be confusing and even overwhelming for families. In fact, when GPSN held a series of public events last year to hear from parents about how public education can be improved, many attendees said the current enrollment process wasn’t working and that communities needed a more family friendly charter application process. That’s why GPSN launched a single, common-sense application system – ApplyLA – last week. With ApplyLA, families fill out one application and apply to as many schools as they want in as little as five minutes. The site is off to a great start, with more than 900 applications already received, and we anticipate that number will grow as more parents spread the word about the site. For a quick overview on how ApplyLA works, click the video below.  LAUSD 0123 PRA [a In addition to allowing families to apply to multiple schools with a single application, also: . Includes about 10% of charter schools. The site currently has 31 schools, and we expect that number to grow. . Is an especially important complement to LA. Unified's Uni?ed Enrollment system, which does not currently include independent charter schools. . Allows families to track their applications in English, Spanish and Korean on a mobile-friendly platform. Families can log on at any time to see the status of their applications, apply to more schools, and accept offers in a single system. GPSN spent the past year working with Parent Revolution and other partners to create and participating schools include Aspire Public Schools, Bright Star Schools, Camino Nuevo Charter Academy, CHIME, Citizens of the World, City Charter, Collegiate Charter High School, Ednovate Charter Schools, Equitas Academy Charter Schools, Green Dot Public Schools, KIPP LA Public Schools, and Para Los Ni?os. Great Public Schools Now LAUSD 0124 PRA Eli] This email was sent to kelly.gonez@lausd.net. To stop receiving emails, click here. Paid for by Great Public Schools Now LAUSD 0125 PRA From: To: Cc: Subject: Date: Myrna Castrejon Gonez, Kelly Lauren Tate; Josh Kinoshita Introduction Thursday, September 20, 2018 1:34:00 PM Hello, Kelly I hope you're well; I wanted to make a quick intro to two members of my team, Lauren Tate, our Senior Director for Strategy and Growth, and Josh Kinoshita, our manager of common enrollment. Lauren and Josh are about to launch ApplyLA, a platform to ease enrollment access for LA charter schools, and we thought perhaps you and your team would like a private demo. We have been working with the charter community and the CSD to ensure our new system's features are within the authorized parameters for schools' enrollment policies, but still significantly ease the burdens of access for the most disadvantaged families. Launching this fall is just a pilot phase, but we are very excited about the many lessons we will learn in the coming year about how to make school choices more equitable, transparent and accessible to families, and more strategic for our partners.  Eager to show you/talk more when convenient. Let me know if you want to set something up! Best, Myrna  Myrna Castrejon Executive Director Great Public Schools Now mcastrejon@greatpublicschoolsnow.org LAUSD 0126 PRA From: To: Subject: Date: Great Public Schools Now Gonez, Kelly [WARNING!!!!! SPAM OR PHISHING?]. Bringing More Great Schools to South LA Friday, August 3, 2018 10:48:55 AM Great Public Schools Now kelly -The first day of school is approaching, and we’re very excited to see students arriving at two new L.A. Unified schools: University Pathways Public Service Academy and University Pathways Medical Magnet Academy. The schools are the result of years of collaboration with L.A. Unified to find creative ways to replicate high-quality campuses. Using a $1.5 million GPSN grant, the campuses “recreate” two of South L.A.’s most popular and accomplished schools, Diego Rivera Learning Complex Public Service Community School and King/Drew Magnet High School of Medicine and Science. Both of those schools have long waiting lists and cannot accept every student who wants to attend. The new campuses should ensure that fewer families are disappointed. To learn more about our work and the students who will be attending the new campuses, check out this ABC 7 story. LAUSD 0127 PRA EH We're delighted that GPSN was able to work with LA. Uni?ed and believe these are the first of many collaborations to make sure that all students in our city get a great education. El'll Great Public Schools Now This email was sent to kelly.gonez@lausd.net. To stop receiving emails, chasm. Paid for by Great Public Schools Now LAUSD 0128 PRA From: To: Subject: Date: Great Public Schools Now Gonez, Kelly New Medical Magnet Opening in South L.A.! Monday, July 23, 2018 9:41:16 AM Great Public Schools Now kelly -Parents want their children to have every chance to be successful. That’s why the waiting list at King/Drew Magnet High School of Medicine and Science, the only L.A. Unified campus in South L.A. designed to help students become medical professionals, always has a long waiting list and why families are always disappointed when their children don’t get in. Through an innovative collaboration with L.A. Unified, Great Public Schools Now used $750,000 to “re-create” King/Drew at a nearby district campus that had empty space. The “re-created” school will open this fall and offer small classes with dynamic teachers, a full slate of extracurricular activities, and every student who graduates will also receive an associate’s degree. LAUSD 0129 PRA MedicalNewsLetterGraphic.png University Pathways Medical Magnet Academy will be led by Dorothy Cotton-Kindred, an LA. Unified administrator who grew up in South LA. and lives there because she believes that more South LA. students should be doctors, nurses, and other medical professionals. So do we. And we plan on continuing to collaborate with LA. Uni?ed to make sure that more students in South LA. and throughout the city have a chance at a brighter future. Great Public Schools Now l?l This email was sent to kelly.gonez@lausd.net. To stop receiving emails, 21m. Paid for by Great Public Schools Now LAUSD 0130 PRA From: To: Subject: Date: Great Public Schools Now Gonez, Kelly Recreating Diego Rivera Public Service This Fall! Friday, July 13, 2018 12:08:05 PM Great Public Schools Now kelly -Great Public Schools Now’s goal is educational equality for all children in our city. That means students in South L.A. should have the same chance at success as children in Westwood. For that to happen, South L.A. needs more great options like Diego Rivera Learning Complex Public Service Community School, an L.A. Unified high school where 98% of students graduate. Because of such success, families flock to apply to the school, and the waiting list is long every year, which means some families aren’t able to get in. Through an innovative collaboration with L.A. Unified, Great Public Schools Now used $750,000 to help “re-create” Diego Rivera at a nearby district campus that had empty space. The new school will open this fall and offer small classes with dynamic teachers, a full slate of extracurricular activities, and every student who graduates will also receive an associate’s degree. LAUSD 0131 PRA University Pathways Public Service Academy will be led by Amen Rahh, an LA. Unified administrator who grew up in South LA. and spent his whole educational career working there because he cares passionately about the area and making sure children have every opportunity to succeed. Making University Pathways Public Service Academy took almost two years of planning and collaboration, and now that the doors are about to open, we?re thankful we had such strong partners throughout. When we visited the campuses recently, we saw how excited the students were about their new school, which made all the planning and hard work worth it. We believe this will be the first of many collaborations between GPSN and LA. Unified and, more importantly, the start of a new school that will give generations of South LA. students a brighter future. Great Public Schools Now El l?l This email was sent to kelly.gonez@lausd.net. To stop receiving emails, W. Paid for by Great Public Schools Now LAUSD 0132 PRA From: To: Subject: Date: Great Public Schools Now Gonez, Kelly Building a "One City, All Kids" Coalition Monday, July 9, 2018 9:16:35 AM Great Public Schools Now kelly -Making sure that all students in Los Angeles have access to a highquality education will take a unified community of educators, parents, and leaders who recognize that kids must come first. That’s why GPSN was so excited to convene a historic meeting with new L.A. Unified Supt. Austin Beutner, school board members Monica Garcia and Nick Melvoin, and more than 250 parents from across the city late last month. Parents were able to tell the new superintendent their hopes for more great teachers, better facilities, and equitable funding. And Beutner, shown below with some parents and educators who attended the meeting, made it clear that he heard their concerns and that improving L.A. Unified will take strong and open dialogue.                 LAUSD 0133 PRA We know this is the beginning of a journey that will lead to a ?One City, All Kids? plan that ensures greater educational equity across Los Angeles. The meeting marked the first time that so many education advocacy groups, representing all types of public schools, including charters, magnets and traditional campuses, met with Beutner to advocate for their common interests. GPSN believes more collaborations like this will lead to great things for students and families. Thanks to groups including Parent Revolution, Speak UP, United Parents and Students, CCSA Families, Families in Schools, Alliance for a Better Community, lnnercity Struggle, and Promesa Boyle Heights for all their hard work in making the meeting possible. -- Great Public Schools Now Eli] Elli This email was sent to kelly.gonez@lausd.net. To stop receiving emails, click here. Paid for by Great Public Schools Now LAUSD 0134 PRA From: To: Subject: Date: Great Public Schools Now Mckenna, George Helping families simplify the charter application process Monday, October 8, 2018 4:49:03 PM Great Public Schools Now Board Member McKenna -For years Los Angeles families have faced a very complicated and disconnected set of applications to find and enroll in great public schools. Each school can have its own requirements, platform, and deadlines, so filling out the paperwork and keeping track of it all can be confusing and even overwhelming for families. In fact, when GPSN held a series of public events last year to hear from parents about how public education can be improved, many attendees said the current enrollment process wasn’t working and that communities needed a more family friendly charter application process. That’s why GPSN launched a single, common-sense application system – ApplyLA – last week. With ApplyLA, families fill out one application and apply to as many schools as they want in as little as five minutes. The site is off to a great start, with more than 900 applications already received, and we anticipate that number will grow as more parents spread the word about the site. For a quick overview on how ApplyLA works, click the video below.  LAUSD 0135 PRA [a In addition to allowing families to apply to multiple schools with a single application, also: . Includes about 10% of charter schools. The site currently has 31 schools, and we expect that number to grow. . Is an especially important complement to LA. Unified's Uni?ed Enrollment system, which does not currently include independent charter schools. . Allows families to track their applications in English, Spanish and Korean on a mobile-friendly platform. Families can log on at any time to see the status of their applications, apply to more schools, and accept offers in a single system. GPSN spent the past year working with Parent Revolution and other partners to create and participating schools include Aspire Public Schools, Bright Star Schools, Camino Nuevo Charter Academy, CHIME, Citizens of the World, City Charter, Collegiate Charter High School, Ednovate Charter Schools, Equitas Academy Charter Schools, Green Dot Public Schools, KIPP LA Public Schools, and Para Los Ni?os. Great Public Schools Now LAUSD 0136 PRA Eli] This email was sent to To stop receiving emails, click here. Paid for by Great Public Schools Now LAUSD 0137 PRA From: To: Subject: Date: Great Public Schools Now Mckenna, George Bringing More Great Schools to South LA Friday, August 3, 2018 10:48:37 AM Great Public Schools Now Board Member McKenna -The first day of school is approaching, and we’re very excited to see students arriving at two new L.A. Unified schools: University Pathways Public Service Academy and University Pathways Medical Magnet Academy. The schools are the result of years of collaboration with L.A. Unified to find creative ways to replicate high-quality campuses. Using a $1.5 million GPSN grant, the campuses “recreate” two of South L.A.’s most popular and accomplished schools, Diego Rivera Learning Complex Public Service Community School and King/Drew Magnet High School of Medicine and Science. Both of those schools have long waiting lists and cannot accept every student who wants to attend. The new campuses should ensure that fewer families are disappointed. To learn more about our work and the students who will be attending the new campuses, check out this ABC 7 story. LAUSD 0138 PRA EH We're delighted that GPSN was able to work with LA. Uni?ed and believe these are the first of many collaborations to make sure that all students in our city get a great education. El'll Great Public Schools Now This email was sent to george.mckenna@lausd.net. To stop receiving emails, 511213113232. Paid for by Great Public Schools Now LAUSD 0139 PRA From: To: Subject: Date: Great Public Schools Now Mckenna, George New Medical Magnet Opening in South L.A.! Monday, July 23, 2018 9:41:04 AM Great Public Schools Now Board Member McKenna -Parents want their children to have every chance to be successful. That’s why the waiting list at King/Drew Magnet High School of Medicine and Science, the only L.A. Unified campus in South L.A. designed to help students become medical professionals, always has a long waiting list and why families are always disappointed when their children don’t get in. Through an innovative collaboration with L.A. Unified, Great Public Schools Now used $750,000 to “re-create” King/Drew at a nearby district campus that had empty space. The “re-created” school will open this fall and offer small classes with dynamic teachers, a full slate of extracurricular activities, and every student who graduates will also receive an associate’s degree. LAUSD 0140 PRA MedicalNewsLetterGraphic.png University Pathways Medical Magnet Academy will be led by Dorothy Cotton-Kindred, an LA. Unified administrator who grew up in South LA. and lives there because she believes that more South LA. students should be doctors, nurses, and other medical professionals. So do we. And we plan on continuing to collaborate with LA. Uni?ed to make sure that more students in South LA. and throughout the city have a chance at a brighter future. Great Public Schools Now l?l This email was sent to To stop receiving emails, 9W. Paid for by Great Public Schools Now LAUSD 0141 PRA From: To: Subject: Date: Great Public Schools Now Mckenna, George Recreating Diego Rivera Public Service This Fall! Friday, July 13, 2018 12:07:45 PM Great Public Schools Now Board Member McKenna -Great Public Schools Now’s goal is educational equality for all children in our city. That means students in South L.A. should have the same chance at success as children in Westwood. For that to happen, South L.A. needs more great options like Diego Rivera Learning Complex Public Service Community School, an L.A. Unified high school where 98% of students graduate. Because of such success, families flock to apply to the school, and the waiting list is long every year, which means some families aren’t able to get in. Through an innovative collaboration with L.A. Unified, Great Public Schools Now used $750,000 to help “re-create” Diego Rivera at a nearby district campus that had empty space. The new school will open this fall and offer small classes with dynamic teachers, a full slate of extracurricular activities, and every student who graduates will also receive an associate’s degree. LAUSD 0142 PRA University Pathways Public Service Academy will be led by Amen Rahh, an LA. Unified administrator who grew up in South LA. and spent his whole educational career working there because he cares passionately about the area and making sure children have every opportunity to succeed. Making University Pathways Public Service Academy took almost two years of planning and collaboration, and now that the doors are about to open, we?re thankful we had such strong partners throughout. When we visited the campuses recently, we saw how excited the students were about their new school, which made all the planning and hard work worth it. We believe this will be the first of many collaborations between GPSN and LA. Unified and, more importantly, the start of a new school that will give generations of South LA. students a brighter future. Great Public Schools Now El l?l This email was sent to george.mckenna@lausd.net. To stop receiving emails, ?nishers. Paid for by Great Public Schools Now LAUSD 0143 PRA From: To: Subject: Date: Great Public Schools Now Mckenna, George Building a "One City, All Kids" Coalition Monday, July 9, 2018 9:16:18 AM Great Public Schools Now Board Member McKenna -Making sure that all students in Los Angeles have access to a highquality education will take a unified community of educators, parents, and leaders who recognize that kids must come first. That’s why GPSN was so excited to convene a historic meeting with new L.A. Unified Supt. Austin Beutner, school board members Monica Garcia and Nick Melvoin, and more than 250 parents from across the city late last month. Parents were able to tell the new superintendent their hopes for more great teachers, better facilities, and equitable funding. And Beutner, shown below with some parents and educators who attended the meeting, made it clear that he heard their concerns and that improving L.A. Unified will take strong and open dialogue.                 LAUSD 0144 PRA We know this is the beginning of a journey that will lead to a ?One City, All Kids? plan that ensures greater educational equity across Los Angeles. The meeting marked the first time that so many education advocacy groups, representing all types of public schools, including charters, magnets and traditional campuses, met with Beutner to advocate for their common interests. GPSN believes more collaborations like this will lead to great things for students and families. Thanks to groups including Parent Revolution, Speak UP, United Parents and Students, CCSA Families, Families in Schools, Alliance for a Better Community, lnnercity Struggle, and Promesa Boyle Heights for all their hard work in making the meeting possible. -- Great Public Schools Now Eli] Elli This email was sent to george.mckenna@lausd.net. To stop receiving emails, click here. Paid for by Great Public Schools Now LAUSD 0145 PRA From: To: Subject: Date: Great Public Schools Now Mckenna, George GPSN helping teachers make LA home Friday, June 29, 2018 12:21:02 PM Great Public Schools Now Board Member McKenna -So much of great education is making sure that teachers can do their best work in the classroom by giving them a fun but challenging work environment, freeing them from as much bureaucracy as possible, and sometimes even making sure they feel at home in a new city. To make help some new KIPP LA teachers adjust to life in L.A., GPSN funded a program that gave new hires access to an apartment rental search engine as well as relocation support that helped KIPP LA attract the best and brightest teachers. Click below to watch our video and learn more. LAUSD 0146 PRA EN The bonuses and apartment search helped bring Shahara Tiatia, a talented Latina math teacher who was living in Ireland, to her ?dream city? of LA. Shahara found an apartment within 30 minutes of work, a new favorite pupusa restaurant in her neighborhood, and a growing sense of becoming an Angeleno. We know L.A. can sometimes seem intimidating from the outside, so we?re delighted to see KIPP LA do everything it can to help their new hires. GPSN is also looking forward to seeing young educators like Shahara put down roots in LA. and grow as educators and leaders. .1 1 -. 1? working to bring more great teachers to LA, check out the video here. -- Great Public Schools Now LAUSD 0147 PRA From: To: Subject: Date: Great Public Schools Now Mckenna, George News from Great Public Schools Now Thursday, September 21, 2017 12:51:12 PM Great Public Schools Now Hello: We hope the start of your school year has gone great. Ours has been fantastic. Like all of you, we had a busy summer, and we’re excited about some of our big projects that are coming up this fall. Here’s what we’ve been up to: Last Town Hall of 2017 We held our fifth and final 2017 town hall in the Pico-Union neighborhood this August, which capped off nearly a year of GPSN events. We held town halls in the northeast San Fernando Valley, South L.A., East L.A., Southeast L.A. and Pico-Union, speaking with thousands of people about Great Public Schools Now’s work and mission. We believe that community members are an invaluable resource for educators. Families know what’s working for them and what their neighborhoods need from schools, and GPSN is excited to hold more public events in the near future. Stay tuned for more details. Poll To make sure that we are getting an accurate understanding of what students need, GPSN conducted a poll this summer with Tulchin Research to gauge public opinion on education. You can see read the press release here, but we found that the community supports doing more of what works. Voters, and parents in particular, want to see more high-quality public schools of all kinds, including charter and L.A. Unified schools. The public also overwhelmingly feels that educational politics have become too overheated, something GPSN also agrees with. It’s time to put students first and improve education across Los Angeles. Univision Fair Even though we don’t have any more town halls planned, GPSN will be doing at least one more public event: the Univision Education Fair on Sept. 23 at Cal State Northridge. We’ll LAUSD 0148 PRA have a booth and will be doing two presentations that day. One will be with Parent Revolution called “Education 101,” where we will explain educational options at both traditional district schools and charters. The other will feature members of Students For Education Reform, who will explain how to best choose a college, major and even career. We hope to see you there! Great Public Schools Now http://www.greatpublicschoolsnow.org/ Great Public Schools Now · United States This email was sent to george.mckenna@lausd.net. To stop receiving emails, click here. You can also keep up with Great Public Schools Now on Twitter or Facebook. Created with NationBuilder, software for leaders. LAUSD 0149 PRA From: To: Subject: Date: Great Public Schools Now Mckenna, George June 2017 Newsletter Monday, June 5, 2017 3:50:42 PM June 5, 2017 Dear parents and community members, Education is a team effort. And if Great Public Schools Now is going to reach our goal of making sure that every student in Los Angeles has a chance at a great education, we’ll need a lot of partners. That’s why we’ve worked with organizations across the educational landscape, from charters to teacher training programs, after-school organizations and parents. One of our key partners is L.A. Unified, the nation’s second-largest school district, which was why we were so excited to announce a $1.5-million grant to L.A. Unified’s Local District South earlier this spring. The money will go towards replicating education practices at two of the local district’s best-performing schools, Diego Rivera Learning Complex Public Service Community School and King/Drew Magnet High School of Medicine and Science. L.A. Unified administrators will spend the first year of the grant identifying the right replication sites and the best person to lead the team at the new campus. The campuses will open in the fall of 2018 and will add about 1,000 students over three years. We’ve been working on the school replication grants with L.A. Unified administrators for months and feel the  grants represent a great step forward in our relationship and for the future of Los Angeles. District officials will keep us informed about how the grants develop, and we look forward to finding new ways to work with them. This news release contains more information about the grant program.  ¡Escuelas Públicas de Calidad Ya! To reach our goals, GPSN also needs to reach as wide an audience as possible. So we’ve started a Spanish-language Facebook and Twitter pages that we believe will help us reach more people.  Give us a like or a follow and keep up with all GPSN news in real time and learn about the latest happenings in the world of education. Celebrating Our Work With Teach For America, Los Angeles The GPSN team attended the Teach For America, Los Angeles benefit dinner last month, where GPSN received the Regional Changemaker award. We’re honored by the recognition and inspired by the work TFA does. We gave them $2 million last spring, and they turned that into 130 new corps members by the fall who are working throughout the city to inspire students. Check out the videos we produced highlighting the work of two first-year teachers, Joshua Rushing at Manual Arts High School, and Jose Bahena at 42nd Street Elementary. Town Hall News LAUSD 0150 PRA Our East Los Angeles Town Hall earlier this month was our best yet, with nearly 300 people attending. There was a lively discussion led by our executive director, Myrna Castrejón, and attendees also were able to speak with L.A. Unified board member Mónica García to share their hopes and concerns about education in their neighborhood. We are proud to be working with the many community members who said that they need more great schools. For a quick summary of the event, check out this Univision news video.  As always, thanks for your support. Feedback is welcome at jsong@greatpublicschoolsnow.org or via our Facebook page.  www.greatpublicschoolsnow.org Great Public Schools Now · United States This email was sent to george.mckenna@lausd.net. To stop receiving emails, click here. You can also keep up with Great Public Schools Now on Twitter or Facebook. Created with NationBuilder, software for leaders. LAUSD 0151 PRA From: To: Subject: Date: Great Public Schools Now Mckenna, George March Newsletter Wednesday, March 1, 2017 1:29:48 PM GPSNgreenlogo.png March 1, 2017 Hello Board Member McKenna -Great teachers are at the heart of every outstanding public school. They use different methods and have different personalities, but they all know how to inspire their students to meet new challenges. When one great teacher leaves the classroom early because they didn’t get the proper support, it’s a tragedy for the school and the community. That’s why Great Public Schools Now awarded nearly $900,000 to six educational organizations and schools to fund programs that will provide their best teachers more training, improve work-life balance, and offer financial incentives for additional professional development. The grants should help about 150 amazing educators stay in their classrooms for as long as they want to. That means thousands of children will continue to get great educations and future generations of teachers will have mentors to help them become the best educators they can be. With the hope of replicating the best parts of each project throughout the city, the GPSN team will closely monitor the progress of each program because all students deserve a great teacher. Check out the news release and other information about the grants at our website.  New look! When you see the teacher retention news release, you’ll notice that we have refreshed the site. We think it’s more user-friendly and highlights the work we’ve done with partners across Los Angeles, especially since each project has its own space under the “Our Work” tab. We made sure to leave plenty of room for future work, and we think the website will grow along with GPSN. LAUSD 0152 PRA Next Town Hall! We’ll be holding out next Town Hall on April 22nd at the SteelWorkers OldTimers Foundation at 3355 E. Gage Ave. in Huntington Park. We’ll have more details soon and hope to see you there! www.greatpublicschoolsnow.org Great Public Schools Now · United States This email was sent to george.mckenna@lausd.net. To stop receiving emails, click here. You can also keep up with Great Public Schools Now on Twitter. Created with NationBuilder, software for leaders. LAUSD 0153 PRA From: To: Subject: Date: Great Public Schools Now Mckenna, George November 2016 Newsletter Wednesday, November 30, 2016 2:57:04 PM GPSNgreenlogo.png Nov. 30, 2016 Hello Board Member McKenna -The main goal of Great Public Schools Now has always been to give the nearly 140,000 students enrolled in low-performing Los Angeles-area public schools a chance at a great education. To achieve this ambitious objective, GPSN has been developing partnerships across the educational landscape, including with L.A. Unified. We’re proud to say that our collaboration with the nation's second largest school district is producing results. After months of working with L.A. Unified officials, GPSN awarded a grant to plan replication of successful educational practices at a pair of South L.A. schools: Diego Rivera Learning Complex Public Service and King-Drew Senior High Medicine & Science Magnet. Diego Rivera and King-Drew are two of South L.A.’s best performing campuses, and we’re confident they will submit innovative grant proposals to continue their great work. The grants are part of GPSN’s commitment to spend up to $3.75 million to replicate highquality L.A. Unified schools and we hope that even more campuses will apply for the final grants later this year. Winners will be announced by April, so stay tuned for more news. South L.A. Town Hall! We’re holding our second town hall on December 10 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Watts Labor Community Action center. Our first, in the Northeast San Fernando Valley in October, attracted more than 130 people who gave us valuable feedback on what they want to see from their education system. In addition to roundtable discussions and a Q&A, we’re also holding a resource fair as well as providing complimentary day care and lunch. Help us spread the word by sharing the Facebook event page or signing up to attend here. LAUSD 0154 PRA And now we’re seven… Operations Manager Jardine Monteil has joined the GPSN team. Jardine has extensive experience working with nonprofit organizations and was most recently the controller for the Foothill Unity Center. With Jardine’s addition, Great Public Schools Now is fully staffed with seven employees, and we look forward to producing more great work in the coming year. Feedback is welcome at jsong@greatpublicschoolsnow.org or via our Facebook page.  www.greatpublicschoolsnow.org Great Public Schools Now · United States This email was sent to george.mckenna@lausd.net. To stop receiving emails, click here. Created with NationBuilder, software for leaders. LAUSD 0155 PRA From: To: Cc: Myrna Castrejon King Michelle Superintendent Del Cueto, Linda; Downing, Christopher; Zimmer, Steven; Vladovic, Richard; Mckenna, George; Schmerelson, Scott M.; Rodriguez, Ref; Ratliff Monica; Garcia Monica (Board Member); Elam Nicole Re: GPSN Planning Grant Applications Monday, October 31, 2016 5:38:48 PM Subject: Date: Dear Superintendent King:  I am confirming receipt of the proposals and look forward to reviewing them. Further, we look forward to continuing our preparations for the full RFP and a successful funding cycle for 2017.  We thank you for your engagement in this effort.  Sincerely,  Myrna Castrejón Executive Director Great Public Schools Now Sent from my iPhone On Oct 31, 2016, at 4:31 PM, King, Michelle Superintendent wrote: Good Afternoon Ms. Castrejon, Please find attached 3 proposals for planning grant consideration with relevant resumes.  Each plan has the school name, primary contact information, GPSN Focus Region and current school address included.  Please connect with the appropriate Local District Superintendent for schools if further information is required.   Thank you,   Michelle King, Superintendent Office of the Superintendent   213-241-7000   213-241-8442   michelle.king@lausd.net   333 S. Beaudry Avenue, 24th Floor   www.lausd.net       IMPORTANT: The contents of this email and any attachments are confidential. They are intended for the named recipient(s) only. If you have received this email by mistake, please notify the sender immediately and do not disclose the contents to anyone or make copies thereof. Please consider your environmental responsibility. Before printing this e-mail message, ask yourself whether you really need a hard copy.     > > LAUSD 0156 PRA From: To: Subject: Date: Great Public Schools Now Mckenna, George October 2016 Newsletter Wednesday, October 19, 2016 5:08:22 PM GPSNgreenlogo.png Oct. 19, 2016 Hello Board Member McKenna -Since our launch in June 2016, Great Public Schools Now has been hard at work sharpening our strategic areas of focus supporting great schools and educational programs across Los Angeles. One of our key goals is to catalyze a conversation among Angelenos about how best to increase high quality options for all kids, particularly for children in the highest areas of need across our great city. We thank you for joining our outreach list and for your support of our mission and look forward to being in regular contact with you. We will be sending monthly updates in this community newsletter to stay connected with you about what we see as bright spots and challenges to improve education and how we continue to shape our work. Inaugural Collaboration with L.A. Unified After working with Los Angeles Unified School District officials for several months, we were thrilled to announce our agreement to fund up to $3.75 million to expand up to five high-performing schools. The campuses will be chosen by our board along with a panel of experts both inside and outside the district, and final winners will be announced around April next year. We think these grants can make a huge difference in the nation’s second biggest school district by providing more opportunities for students to go to high-performing schools. And we’re excited to be working with L.A. Unified for the first of what we believe will be many partnerships. For full grant details, check out the press release and Request for Proposal on our website. But here are some highlights: •High-need children: The schools will all come from areas where 80% of the students don’t meet grade level standards. And the campuses must be non-selective and enroll special education students and English language learners at rates similar to district averages. LAUSD 0157 PRA •Traditional schools: This round of grants is only for LA Unified campuses. GPSN will have separate processes and funding to support other educational efforts, including teacher training programs and charter organizations. Town Halls Coming! We hope to learn more about the city’s educational needs through the school expansion grants and how to improve our process, and anticipate doing even more to replicate great schools in the near future. It was gratifying to come to this agreement, but we’re still looking for new ideas about how to replicate successful schools and are holding two town halls soon. The first will be on Oct. 22nd, when we’re looking to hear from northeast San Fernando Valley residents on what their communities need from schools and what they want to see more of. There will also be complimentary day-care and lunch. Come check out the event! We’re following that meeting up with another one in South L.A. at Los Angeles Southwest College on Dec. 10. We’ll have more details on that event shortly. GPSN Founding Team News In other news, GPSN is now a team of six! Director of Communications Jason Song, Director of Talent Eric DeSobe, Director of School Growth Lauren Tate, Director of Operations Isabel Acosta, and Outreach Manager Cynthia Kanagui. Jason came from the Los Angeles Times, where he was a reporter for nine years, most of it covering education. Eric was most recently at KIPP LA Schools, where he was the associate director of recruitment. Lauren was most recently the chief of staff with the Achievement School District in Memphis, TN. Isabel, a native Angelena, comes to us from The Broad Foundation. And Cynthia was with IDEA Public Schools in South Texas. Now that our staffing is almost complete, we anticipate generating more good news to share and will be sending out a newsletter once a month. As always, feedback is welcome at jsong@greatpublicschoolsnow.org or at our Facebook page. See you at the town halls! www.greatpublicschoolsnow.org Great Public Schools Now · United States This email was sent to george.mckenna@lausd.net. To stop receiving emails, click here. Created with NationBuilder, software for leaders. LAUSD 0158 PRA From: To: Cc: Subject: Date: Attachments: Myrna Castrejon King, Michelle Superintendent; Garcia, Monica (Board Member); Zimmer, Steven; Rodriguez, Ref; Schmerelson, Scott M.; Vladovic, Richard; Ratliff, Monica; Mckenna, George Haber, Shannon; Jason Song; Cynthia Kanagui GPSN to Host Community Event This Month Wednesday, October 5, 2016 6:18:27 PM Pacoima Panorama Town Hall 2016 English Spanish.pdf Dear Superintendent King and Members of the Board of Education of the Los Angeles Unified School District,   Great Public Schools Now will be hosting our first outreach event of the year for parents and community members in the Pacoima and Panorama City area on Oct. 22 from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. We hope our Town Hall will bring together families to learn more about what they are looking for in high quality schools, and how we can improve access. We hope to host about 300 people and will have a Q&A session and a series of roundtable discussions. The feedback gleaned from this effort to continue to shape our community engagement strategy and funding priorities.     Our Community Outreach and Engagement Manager, Cynthia Kanagui, has been presenting to parents at various schools in the area and is looking forward to any opportunity to connect with Northeast leaders and parents.  We welcome your attendance or participation in this event, and please let us know if you have any questions about this event. We will be hosting similar events throughout the year in each of the areas where GPSN will focus its efforts. We very much look forward to gleaning perspective from Los Angeles families that will continue to help guide our mission.  We have attached a copy of the event flier for your convenience.   All the best, Myrna Castrejon Executive Director Great Public Schools Now mcastrejon@greatpublicschoolsnow.org LAUSD 0159 PRA From: To: Cc: Subject: Date: Garcia, Monica (Board Member) Myrna Castrejon; Zimmer, Steven; Rodriguez, Ref; Ratliff, Monica; Vladovic, Richard; Mckenna, George; Schmerelson, Scott M. King, Michelle Superintendent; Haber, Shannon; Glenn Gritzner; Jason Song RE: Clarification Note Friday, September 30, 2016 10:07:09 AM Wow!  Awesome! Sent from my Verizon 4G LTE smartphone -------- Original message -------From: Myrna Castrejon Date: 9/30/16 8:51 AM (GMT-08:00) To: "Zimmer, Steven" , "Rodriguez, Ref" , "Ratliff, Monica" , "Garcia, Monica (Board Member)" , "Vladovic, Richard" , "Mckenna, George" , "Schmerelson, Scott M." Cc: "King, Michelle Superintendent" , "Haber, Shannon" , Glenn Gritzner , Jason Song Subject: Clarification Note Dear Members of the Board of Education of Los Angeles Unified School District, Yesterday, Great Public Schools Now was proud to announce something we had long planned, and that this Board played a key role in facilitating - up to $3.75 million in funds to expand or replicate high performing LAUSD schools. This is a part of our ongoing commitment to promoting quality education around Los Angeles, without getting bogged down in the politics around school governance. As our announcement made clear, and as Superintendent King may have told you, these funds are exclusively for LAUSDgoverned schools. There is no competition with charters for the same dollars. I was surprised to see a headline in the print edition of the Los Angeles Times this morning that seemed to indicate otherwise, and I wanted to email you to clear up any confusion. Once again, this money, up to $3.75 million, is only for the replication of LAUSD-governed schools. Please let me know if you have any questions, and thank you for your support and assistance. Best regards, Myrna Castrejon Executive Director Great Public Schools Now mcastrejon@greatpublicschoolsnow.org LAUSD 0160 PRA From: To: Cc: Subject: Date: Myrna Castrejon Zimmer, Steven; Rodriguez, Ref; Ratliff, Monica; Garcia, Monica (Board Member); Vladovic, Richard; Mckenna, George; Schmerelson, Scott M. King, Michelle Superintendent; Haber, Shannon; Glenn Gritzner; Jason Song Clarification Note Friday, September 30, 2016 8:51:37 AM Dear Members of the Board of Education of Los Angeles Unified School District, Yesterday, Great Public Schools Now was proud to announce something we had long planned, and that this Board played a key role in facilitating - up to $3.75 million in funds to expand or replicate high performing LAUSD schools. This is a part of our ongoing commitment to promoting quality education around Los Angeles, without getting bogged down in the politics around school governance. As our announcement made clear, and as Superintendent King may have told you, these funds are exclusively for LAUSDgoverned schools. There is no competition with charters for the same dollars. I was surprised to see a headline in the print edition of the Los Angeles Times this morning that seemed to indicate otherwise, and I wanted to email you to clear up any confusion. Once again, this money, up to $3.75 million, is only for the replication of LAUSD-governed schools. Please let me know if you have any questions, and thank you for your support and assistance. Best regards, Myrna Castrejon Executive Director Great Public Schools Now mcastrejon@greatpublicschoolsnow.org LAUSD 0161 PRA From: To: Subject: Date: Myrna Castrejon Mckenna, George GPSN: Launch & Other News Thursday, July 28, 2016 3:12:40 PM Dear Board Member McKenna, It has been an exciting four months at Great Public Schools Now leading up to the successful launch of our initiative on June 16, 2016. We are energized and grateful for the positive response our efforts generated across the community, and how many of you across Los Angeles are ready to join us to make sure every child in LA has access to a high quality public school education! You affirmed our belief that parents, families, and community members believe like we do that every child in Los Angeles deserves that chance, because the future of our city depends on it. One of the key documents that resulted from the launch was a new plan outlining the core areas of our work: deep and authentic community engagement, strengthening teachers and leaders, providing support for adequate facilities, and most importantly, the replication of high quality public schools. We have prioritized 10 Los Angeles neighborhoods where we will begin investing our time, resources, and innovative thinking. Please follow this link for more information on these focal regions as well as our updated launch plan. Since the launch, we have focused on opening avenues of collaboration with the Los Angeles Unified School District and engaging in meaningful dialogue with Superintendent Michelle King. We are in the process of partnering with community groups and local funders to garner additional support for our effort. Lastly, we made a few key investments as demonstration grants that point the way to the kind of support we will provide, as many organizations across Los Angeles align with our vision and mission to build and replicate quality schools.  Thank you for your support of Great Public Schools Now! We need to hear directly from you how we can make a greater impact, and we plan to host two Town Halls this fall and three Town Halls in the spring of 2017. Your feedback, input, and attendance is extremely important to us and is absolutely critical in shaping the direction of our organization. Stay tuned for more details about the upcoming town halls via our website and through social media in the next few weeks. Please stay informed by visiting our main page at Greatpublicschoolsnow.org and our Facebook page @GreatPublicSchoolsNow! Adelante! Myrna Myrna Castrejon http://www.greatpublicschoolsnow.org/ -=-=Great Public Schools Now · United States This email was sent to george.mckenna@lausd.net. To stop receiving emails, click here. -=-=Created with NationBuilder, software for leaders. LAUSD 0162 PRA From: Subject: Date: Myrna Castrejon Great Public Schools Now Launch - Next Steps Friday, July 8, 2016 3:14:07 PM Honorable Members of the School Board of LAUSD,   I was proud to stand at HOLA recently and, with other educational advocates and activists, announce the official launch of Great Public Schools Now. As you may have heard, our first set of announced 'demonstration' grants will benefit students in district schools as well as those in charters in some of the region’s most struggling neighborhoods.   Now that we’ve launched, I'd love to come brief you on our thinking and hear your thoughts and priorities for where we go from here. The goal of Great Public Schools Now is to help as many students as possible – a goal I know we all share. I look forward to meeting with you soon, and to discussing this important work in the weeks and months ahead.   Sincerely, Myrna Castrejon Executive Director Great Public Schools Now mcastrejon@greatpublicschoolsnow.org LAUSD 0163 PRA From: To: Subject: Date: Myrna Castrejon Mckenna, George; Robinson, Sharon V.; Garcia, Monica (Board Member); Aguas, Jenny; Schmerelson, Scott M.; Irlando, Arlene; Ratliff, Monica; Refugio.rodriguez@lausd.net; Aman, Aixle; Vladovic, Richard; Torres, Chris; Zimmer, Steven; Vizcarra, Claudia Great Public Schools Now Officially Launches Tuesday, June 14, 2016 7:06:18 PM Dear Honorable Members of the LAUSD School Board: Over the last few months, we have met with over 50 leaders and community organizations to develop a plan to help improve outcomes for students in underserved neighborhoods across Los Angeles. I’m reaching out to you to let you know, before it becomes public, that this effort, Great Public Schools Now, will be officially launching this Thursday, with articles coming out Wednesday ahead of the official launch. We all share one goal - making sure that the children of LAUSD get the best education possible, and leave school ready to succeed in the world.  The idea behind GPSN is to work to improve facilities, give support to teachers, expand community engagement, and replicate effective schools whether charter, pilot, magnet, or traditional district school efforts. Once the launch takes place, the full plan will be available on our website. I am looking forward to continuing to work with you to make a difference for the children of Los Angeles and beyond. Please feel free to reach out to me with any questions Best regards, Myrna Castrejon Executive Director Great Public Schools Now mcastrejon@greatpublicschoolsnow.org LAUSD 0164 PRA From: To: Subject: Date: Great Public Schools Now Melvoin, Nick Helping families simplify the charter application process Monday, October 8, 2018 4:49:38 PM Great Public Schools Now nick -For years Los Angeles families have faced a very complicated and disconnected set of applications to find and enroll in great public schools. Each school can have its own requirements, platform, and deadlines, so filling out the paperwork and keeping track of it all can be confusing and even overwhelming for families. In fact, when GPSN held a series of public events last year to hear from parents about how public education can be improved, many attendees said the current enrollment process wasn’t working and that communities needed a more family friendly charter application process. That’s why GPSN launched a single, common-sense application system – ApplyLA – last week. With ApplyLA, families fill out one application and apply to as many schools as they want in as little as five minutes. The site is off to a great start, with more than 900 applications already received, and we anticipate that number will grow as more parents spread the word about the site. For a quick overview on how ApplyLA works, click the video below.  LAUSD 0165 PRA [a In addition to allowing families to apply to multiple schools with a single application, also: . Includes about 10% of charter schools. The site currently has 31 schools, and we expect that number to grow. . Is an especially important complement to LA. Unified's Uni?ed Enrollment system, which does not currently include independent charter schools. . Allows families to track their applications in English, Spanish and Korean on a mobile-friendly platform. Families can log on at any time to see the status of their applications, apply to more schools, and accept offers in a single system. GPSN spent the past year working with Parent Revolution and other partners to create and participating schools include Aspire Public Schools, Bright Star Schools, Camino Nuevo Charter Academy, CHIME, Citizens of the World, City Charter, Collegiate Charter High School, Ednovate Charter Schools, Equitas Academy Charter Schools, Green Dot Public Schools, KIPP LA Public Schools, and Para Los Ni?os. Great Public Schools Now LAUSD 0166 PRA From: To: Cc: Subject: Date: Melvoin, Nick García, Mónica (Board Member) Myrna Castrejon; carrie@schoolboardpartners.org; Reza, Sonia; Patron, Lizette; Angel, Sarah; Lombard, Adriana Re: Connection Thursday, August 30, 2018 10:47:20 AM Thanks, Myrna, for that kind introduction!  I’m also very interested, but likely committed on 10/1 and 10/2 with a looming strike and Board meetings.  But Monica and I can discuss next week.  Definitely interested in future opportunities if this first one doesn’t work.  Thank you all! N --Nick Melvoin –––––––––––––––––––– LA Unified Board of Education Vice President District 4  Check out our 2017-18 Year in Review! On Aug 30, 2018, at 6:27 PM, García, Mónica (Board Member) wrote: Thank you! Hello!  I am interested but am committed Oct 1 & 2. Please let me know of next opportunity. Monica Sent from my iPhone On Aug 30, 2018, at 10:15 AM, Myrna Castrejon wrote: Dear Carrie, Please meet LAUSD Board President Monica Garcia and VP Nick Melvoin! I forwarded your kind invitation for your initial cohort and they are both interested, yet incredibly pressured this fall as a potential teacher strike looms and the school year gets underway with a new Superintendent. They are both bold and courageous leaders leading our city to make the bold choices required to help our children reach their full potential. I leave you all to see if schedules allow for participation.  I am excited for your work ahead connecting leaders like Monica and Nick with other courageous leaders across the nation to find common ground, support and new ideas. All the best, Myrna Castrejón LAUSD 0167 PRA Executive Director Great Public Schools Now Sent from my iPhone LAUSD 0168 PRA From: To: Cc: Subject: Date: Melvoin, Nick García, Mónica (Board Member) Myrna Castrejon; carrie@schoolboardpartners.org; Reza, Sonia; Patron, Lizette; Angel, Sarah; Lombard, Adriana Re: Connection Thursday, August 30, 2018 10:44:59 AM Thanks, Myrna, for that kind introduction!  I’m also very interested, but likely committed on 10/1 and 10/2 with a looming strike and Board meetings.  But Monica and I can discuss next week.  Definitely interested in future opportunities if this first one doesn’t work.  Thank you all! N --Nick Melvoin –––––––––––––––––––– LA Unified Board of Education Vice President District 4  Check out our 2017-18 Year in Review! On Aug 30, 2018, at 6:27 PM, García, Mónica (Board Member) wrote: Thank you! Hello!  I am interested but am committed Oct 1 & 2. Please let me know of next opportunity. Monica Sent from my iPhone On Aug 30, 2018, at 10:15 AM, Myrna Castrejon wrote: Dear Carrie, Please meet LAUSD Board President Monica Garcia and VP Nick Melvoin! I forwarded your kind invitation for your initial cohort and they are both interested, yet incredibly pressured this fall as a potential teacher strike looms and the school year gets underway with a new Superintendent. They are both bold and courageous leaders leading our city to make the bold choices required to help our children reach their full potential. I leave you all to see if schedules allow for participation.  I am excited for your work ahead connecting leaders like Monica and Nick with other courageous leaders across the nation to find common ground, support and new ideas. All the best, Myrna Castrejón LAUSD 0169 PRA Executive Director Great Public Schools Now Sent from my iPhone LAUSD 0170 PRA From: To: Cc: Subject: Date: Melvoin, Nick García, Mónica (Board Member) Myrna Castrejon; carrie@schoolboardpartners.org; Reza, Sonia; Patron, Lizette; Angel, Sarah; Lombard, Adriana Re: Connection Thursday, August 30, 2018 10:44:29 AM Thanks, Myrna, for that kind introduction!  I’m also very interested, but likely committed on 10/1 and 10/2 with a looming strike and Board meetings.  But Monica and I can discuss next week.  Definitely interested in future  if this first one doesn’t work.  Thank you all! N --Nick Melvoin –––––––––––––––––––– LA Unified Board of Education Vice President District 4  Check out our 2017-18 Year in Review! On Aug 30, 2018, at 6:27 PM, García, Mónica (Board Member) wrote: Thank you! Hello!  I am interested but am committed Oct 1 & 2. Please let me know of next opportunity. Monica Sent from my iPhone On Aug 30, 2018, at 10:15 AM, Myrna Castrejon wrote: Dear Carrie, Please meet LAUSD Board President Monica Garcia and VP Nick Melvoin! I forwarded your kind invitation for your initial cohort and they are both interested, yet incredibly pressured this fall as a potential teacher strike looms and the school year gets underway with a new Superintendent. They are both bold and courageous leaders leading our city to make the bold choices required to help our children reach their full potential. I leave you all to see if schedules allow for participation.  I am excited for your work ahead connecting leaders like Monica and Nick with other courageous leaders across the nation to find common ground, support and new ideas. All the best, Myrna Castrejón Executive Director LAUSD 0171 PRA Great Public Schools Now Sent from my iPhone LAUSD 0172 PRA From: To: Cc: Subject: Date: Myrna Castrejon carrie@schoolboardpartners.org García, Mónica (Board Member); Melvoin, Nick Connection Thursday, August 30, 2018 10:15:14 AM Dear Carrie, Please meet LAUSD Board President Monica Garcia and VP Nick Melvoin! I forwarded your kind invitation for your initial cohort and they are both interested, yet incredibly pressured this fall as a potential teacher strike looms and the school year gets underway with a new Superintendent. They are both bold and courageous leaders leading our city to make the bold choices required to help our children reach their full potential. I leave you all to see if schedules allow for participation.  I am excited for your work ahead connecting leaders like Monica and Nick with other courageous leaders across the nation to find common ground, support and new ideas. All the best, Myrna Castrejón Executive Director Great Public Schools Now Sent from my iPhone LAUSD 0173 PRA From: To: Cc: Subject: Date: Myrna Castrejon García, Mónica (Board Member) Melvoin, Nick; Angel, Sarah; Isabel Acosta Re: School Board Partners is launching! Wednesday, August 29, 2018 12:00:48 AM I’ll connect you both to Carrie tomorrow directly!  M Sent from my iPhone On Aug 28, 2018, at 11:57 PM, García, Mónica (Board Member) wrote: I am interested as well.  I cannot make the first mtg as my Pahara group is meeting that week. Should we reach out to Carrie?  Thank you!  Thank you for supporting our movement towards 100% graduation. On Aug 28, 2018, at 11:24 PM, Melvoin, Nick wrote: Hi!  Thanks for this.  I’m definitely interested.  The timing may be tough with a strike and a Board step-back, but would love to learn more.  Appreciate a connection! N --Nick Melvoin –––––––––––––––––––– LAUSD Board of Education District 4   Website On Aug 23, 2018, at 2:10 PM, Myrna Castrejon wrote: Dear Friends, I am forwarding a networking and support opportunity that one of our partners is launching to advance the work of quality and equity in urban districts. School Board Partners is a new, spin off organization of the former Education Cities network, of which GPSN is a member. As you can LAUSD 0174 PRA see from Carrie's description, their aim is create a Boardlevel community of practice and make available resources and support for participating members on site and remote. This is at NO cost to participating Board members. If this is of interest to you, the initial cohort will launch October 1-3 in Denver. Let me know if I can connect you more directly. See the general description below, and the link to the live page that explains their work in more detail. I hope you find this helpful! Myrna ________________________________________________________________ I'm pleased to let you know that School Board Partners has secured our first large multi-year grant, allowing us to move forward with our plans to connect, inspire and support diverse school board members in selected cities across the country.  For year 1, our list of priority cities is: Atlanta, Baton Rouge, Denver, Detroit, Indianapolis, Los Angeles, Memphis, New Orleans, Oakland, San Antonio and Stockton. In each of these cities, we plan to support 1-3 school board members by providing these three sets of supports: 1. A national community of diverse school board members who are working to lead bold change in their respective communities. The network will meet annually in person and communicate virtually throughout the year as needed. Members of the network will learn together and support each other, as well as benefit from the support and resources of the team at School Board Partners. 2. A personal coach/mentor to support each individual school board member as they develop as an elected official and leader of change in your city. 3. Pro-bono consulting services to help school board members research, plan and execute thoughtful change initiatives specific to your board and city. Our first national convening of school board members will be held in Denver Oct 1st-3rd.  I'm writing today to see if you would like me to reach out to Los Angeles school board members directly, or if you would like to bring this opportunity to them from Great Public Schools Now. LAUSD 0175 PRA I believe we would be targeting Monica Garcia and Nick Melvoin for inclusion in the first cohort. Please let me know if you have any thoughts or questions before reaching out to them.  Thank you for your support of this important work! Carrie  LINK:   https://spark.adobe.com/page/r05wRprPcef99/ -- Carrie McPherson Douglass Founder and CEO School Board Partners Connecting, inspiring and supporting school board members to be  bold leaders for change in their community  Schedule a meeting with me here Connect with me on LinkedIn Myrna Castrejon Executive Director Great Public Schools Now mcastrejon@greatpublicschoolsnow.org LAUSD 0176 PRA From: To: Cc: Subject: Date: Melvoin, Nick Myrna Castrejon Angel, Sarah; García, Mónica (Board Member); Isabel Acosta Re: School Board Partners is launching! Tuesday, August 28, 2018 11:24:27 PM Hi!  Thanks for this.  I’m definitely interested.  The timing may be tough with a strike and a Board step-back, but would love to learn more.  Appreciate a connection! N --Nick Melvoin –––––––––––––––––––– LAUSD Board of Education District 4   Website On Aug 23, 2018, at 2:10 PM, Myrna Castrejon wrote: Dear Friends, I am forwarding a networking and support opportunity that one of our partners is launching to advance the work of quality and equity in urban districts. School Board Partners is a new, spin off organization of the former Education Cities network, of which GPSN is a member. As you can see from Carrie's description, their aim is create a Board-level community of practice and make available resources and support for participating members on site and remote. This is at NO cost to participating Board members. If this is of interest to you, the initial cohort will launch October 1-3 in Denver. Let me know if I can connect you more directly. See the general description below, and the link to the live page that explains their work in more detail. I hope you find this helpful! Myrna ________________________________________________________________ I'm pleased to let you know that School Board Partners has secured our first large multi-year grant, allowing us to move forward with our plans to connect, inspire and support diverse school board members in selected cities across the country.  For year 1, our list of priority cities is: Atlanta, Baton Rouge, Denver, Detroit, Indianapolis, Los Angeles, Memphis, New Orleans, Oakland, San Antonio and Stockton. In each of these cities, we plan to support 1-3 school board members by providing these three sets of supports: 1. A national community of diverse school board members who are working to lead bold change in their respective communities. The network will meet annually in person and communicate virtually throughout the year as LAUSD 0177 PRA needed. Members of the network will learn together and support each other, as well as benefit from the support and resources of the team at School Board Partners. 2. A personal coach/mentor to support each individual school board member as they develop as an elected official and leader of change in your city. 3. Pro-bono consulting services to help school board members research, plan and execute thoughtful change initiatives specific to your board and city. Our first national convening of school board members will be held in Denver Oct 1st-3rd.  I'm writing today to see if you would like me to reach out to Los Angeles school board members directly, or if you would like to bring this opportunity to them from Great Public Schools Now. I believe we would be targeting Monica Garcia and Nick Melvoin for inclusion in the first cohort. Please let me know if you have any thoughts or questions before reaching out to them.  Thank you for your support of this important work! Carrie  LINK:   https://spark.adobe.com/page/r05wRprPcef99/ -- Carrie McPherson Douglass Founder and CEO School Board Partners Connecting, inspiring and supporting school board members to be  bold leaders for change in their community  Schedule a meeting with me here Connect with me on LinkedIn Myrna Castrejon Executive Director Great Public Schools Now mcastrejon@greatpublicschoolsnow.org LAUSD 0178 PRA From: To: Cc: Subject: Date: Melvoin, Nick Myrna Castrejon Angel, Sarah; García, Mónica (Board Member); Isabel Acosta Re: School Board Partners is launching! Tuesday, August 28, 2018 11:06:11 PM Hi!  Thanks for this.  I’m definitely interested.  The timing may be tough with a strike and a Board step-back, but would love to learn more.  Appreciate a connection! N --Nick Melvoin –––––––––––––––––––– LAUSD Board of Education District 4   Website On Aug 23, 2018, at 2:10 PM, Myrna Castrejon wrote: Dear Friends, I am forwarding a networking and support opportunity that one of our partners is launching to advance the work of quality and equity in urban districts. School Board Partners is a new, spin off organization of the former Education Cities network, of which GPSN is a member. As you can see from Carrie's description, their aim is create a Board-level community of practice and make available resources and support for participating members on site and remote. This is at NO cost to participating Board members. If this is of interest to you, the initial cohort will launch October 1-3 in Denver. Let me know if I can connect you more directly. See the general description below, and the link to the live page that explains their work in more detail. I hope you find this helpful! Myrna ________________________________________________________________ I'm pleased to let you know that School Board Partners has secured our first large multi-year grant, allowing us to move forward with our plans to connect, inspire and support diverse school board members in selected cities across the country.  For year 1, our list of priority cities is: Atlanta, Baton Rouge, Denver, Detroit, Indianapolis, Los Angeles, Memphis, New Orleans, Oakland, San Antonio and Stockton. In each of these cities, we plan to support 1-3 school board members by providing these three sets of supports: 1. A national community of diverse school board members who are working to lead bold change in their respective communities. The network will meet annually in person and communicate virtually throughout the year as LAUSD 0179 PRA needed. Members of the network will learn together and support each other, as well as benefit from the support and resources of the team at School Board Partners. 2. A personal coach/mentor to support each individual school board member as they develop as an elected official and leader of change in your city. 3. Pro-bono consulting services to help school board members research, plan and execute thoughtful change initiatives specific to your board and city. Our first national convening of school board members will be held in Denver Oct 1st-3rd.  I'm writing today to see if you would like me to reach out to Los Angeles school board members directly, or if you would like to bring this opportunity to them from Great Public Schools Now. I believe we would be targeting Monica Garcia and Nick Melvoin for inclusion in the first cohort. Please let me know if you have any thoughts or questions before reaching out to them.  Thank you for your support of this important work! Carrie  LINK:   https://spark.adobe.com/page/r05wRprPcef99/ -- Carrie McPherson Douglass Founder and CEO School Board Partners Connecting, inspiring and supporting school board members to be  bold leaders for change in their community  Schedule a meeting with me here Connect with me on LinkedIn Myrna Castrejon Executive Director Great Public Schools Now mcastrejon@greatpublicschoolsnow.org LAUSD 0180 PRA From: To: Subject: Date: Angel, Sarah Eric DeSobe Re: FYI ... almost there Tuesday, August 14, 2018 2:46:48 PM Great. Thank you so much for the update and all of your work to make this happen. I know it hasn’t been easy.    Sarah B. Angel Chief of Staff Office of LAUSD Board Member Nick Melvoin w. 213.241.6387  Email   Website   On Aug 14, 2018, at 2:30 PM, Eric DeSobe wrote: Hey, happy first day of school. Quick update ... we're now finalizing award letters and grant terms and hope to send those via mail and DocuSign programs to sites (and LDW) soon. Thank you for your patience. We can't wait to see all projects come together. I am out of the country from 8/15-8/25 so please contact our Director of Operations Isabel Acosta if any questions arise (I'll also being peeking at email so feel free to email me if anything bananas happens). She can be reached at: iacosta@greatpublicschoolsnow.org Thank you again! -Eric -Eric DeSobe Director of Talent Great Public Schools Now office: @GreatSchoolsLA Like us on Facebook:  https://www facebook.com/GreatPublicSchoolsNow/ LAUSD 0181 PRA From: To: Cc: Subject: Date: Angel, Sarah Dobson, Brenda Eric DeSobe RE: LD West Co-Location Summit Grant Funds Tuesday, August 7, 2018 11:25:28 AM Hi Brenda,   I am back from my family vacation and wanted to thank you for your help on this. We are excited for our schools to be able to benefit from these grants.   Do you know when you are supposed to hear back from Budget? And, who are you working with in that department?   We want to ensure this happens as expeditiously as possible to start the year off right.   Thanks, Sarah   Sarah B. Angel Chief of Staff Office of LAUSD Board Member Nick Melvoin 213-241-6387  sarah.angel@lausd.net   From: Dobson, Brenda Sent: Thursday, August 2, 2018 11:00 PM To: Eric DeSobe Cc: Angel, Sarah Subject: Re: LD West Co-Location Summit Grant Funds You’re welcome. Unfortunately, I cannot speak for Budget. However, I will update you with any information I’m authorized to share next week. Sincerely, Brenda Dobson Fiscal Services Manager Local District West Sent from my iPhone On Aug 2, 2018, at 3:41 PM, Eric DeSobe wrote: Thank you. LAUSD 0182 PRA Do you anticipate that update being the green light to move forward or that there will be next steps following that? Sent from my iPhone On Aug 2, 2018, at 2:47 PM, Dobson, Brenda wrote: Hi Eric:   I’m in the process of reviewing and summarizing the data. Thereafter, I will confer with Budget.   May I provide you with a status update next week?     Brenda Dobson Fiscal Services Manager Local District West   School Fiscal Services is dedicated to providing excellent customer service.  Let us know about your experience by clicking on the link below and completing our Customer Service Survey.   To learn more about the District’s budget situation, please visit http://achieve.lausd.net/budget   From: Eric DeSobe [mailto:edesobe@greatpublicschoolsnow.org] Sent: Thursday, August 2, 2018 2:16 PM To: Dobson, Brenda Subject: Re: LD West Co-Location Summit Grant Funds Afternoon Brenda, hope all is well. Were these documents what you needed to keep us moving forward? After conferring with our team we'd be agreeable to cutting checks directly to LAUSD host school in these co-locating situations. Would that be the easiest path for us to pursue? Thanks so much for help on this. Can't wait to help these sites implement their important proposals. -Eric On Wed, Aug 1, 2018 at 9:31 AM, Eric DeSobe wrote: Thanks Brenda. Attached are our draft grant terms for the four colocating sites we approved for funding. Our main question is how LAUSD 0183 PRA checks should be cut to the sites since there are multiple schools involved. I've also included the original proposals submitted by the sites too. On Wed, Aug 1, 2018 at 9:15 AM, Dobson, Brenda wrote: Good morning Eric:   Could you please forward details about the grant so that these can be reviewed? Specifically, a grant proposal which identifies the amount, schools involved, language and/or conditions and term(s) will be helpful.   Thereafter, I can confer with Budget Services regarding acceptance.   Thank you,   Brenda Dobson Fiscal Services Manager Local District West   School Fiscal Services is dedicated to providing excellent customer service.  Let us know about your experience by clicking on the link below and completing our Customer Service Survey.   To learn more about the District’s budget situation, please visit http://achieve.lausd.net/budget   From: Eric DeSobe [mailto:edesobe@greatpublicschoolsnow.org] Sent: Wednesday, August 1, 2018 9:11 AM To: McCoy, RaDaniel Cc: Angel, Sarah ; Dobson, Brenda Subject: Re: LD West Co-Location Summit Grant Funds Morning everyone. Circling back on message below as we need details on most efficient and effective way to disburse our grant funds to the participating co-locating school sites. This a timely matter as several proposals involve beginning of year activities. Please let me know the best way to to create our grant terms and award letters as soon as possible. Thank you. -Eric LAUSD 0184 PRA On Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 7:31 AM, Eric DeSobe wrote: Thanks so much. Looking forward to hearing the best way to proceed. Sent from my iPhone On Jul 27, 2018, at 10:19 PM, McCoy, RaDaniel wrote: Hello Ms. Dobson, I am emailing to virtually introduce you to Sarah Angel, Board District 4 Chief of Staff and Eric DeSobe from Great Public Schools Now. As previously mentioned, there are Co-Location Summit Grant Funds that need to be distributed to some schools in Local District West and there are several parameters and intricacies that need to be considered. This connection is essential because Ms. Dobson has the expertise and resources to ensure that the grant funds are allocated and distributed properly according to district policy. That being said, Brenda please virtually meet Eric and Sarah. Sarah and Eric, please virtually meet Brenda Dobson, Local District West Fiscal Manager. Thanks in advance for your collaboration and the work being done for the students and families in Local District West and LAUSD as a whole. Kind Regards, Ra'Daniel McCoy Administrator of Operations Local District West 11380 W. Graham Place Los Angeles, California 90064 P F 310.479.7269 Local District West - We work with school communities to: Build Capacity, Cultivate School Cultures, and Eliminate Inequities LAUSD 0185 PRA -Eric DeSobe Director of Talent Great Public Schools Now office: @GreatSchoolsLA Like us on Facebook: https://www facebook.com/GreatPublicSchoolsNow/ -Eric DeSobe Director of Talent Great Public Schools Now office @GreatSchoolsLA Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GreatPublicSchoolsNow/ -Eric DeSobe Director of Talent Great Public Schools Now office @GreatSchoolsLA Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GreatPublicSchoolsNow/ LAUSD 0186 PRA From: To: Subject: Date: Great Public Schools Now Melvoin, Nick Bringing More Great Schools to South LA Friday, August 3, 2018 10:48:57 AM Great Public Schools Now nick -The first day of school is approaching, and we’re very excited to see students arriving at two new L.A. Unified schools: University Pathways Public Service Academy and University Pathways Medical Magnet Academy. The schools are the result of years of collaboration with L.A. Unified to find creative ways to replicate high-quality campuses. Using a $1.5 million GPSN grant, the campuses “recreate” two of South L.A.’s most popular and accomplished schools, Diego Rivera Learning Complex Public Service Community School and King/Drew Magnet High School of Medicine and Science. Both of those schools have long waiting lists and cannot accept every student who wants to attend. The new campuses should ensure that fewer families are disappointed. To learn more about our work and the students who will be attending the new campuses, check out this ABC 7 story. LAUSD 0187 PRA EH We're delighted that GPSN was able to work with LA. Uni?ed and believe these are the first of many collaborations to make sure that all students in our city get a great education. El'll Great Public Schools Now This email was sent to nick.melvoin@lausd.net. To stop receiving emails, 91W. Paid for by Great Public Schools Now LAUSD 0188 PRA From: To: Cc: Subject: Date: Eric DeSobe Angel, Sarah Melvoin, Nick Re: Checking in on co-location grants: action requested Wednesday, July 25, 2018 1:46:49 PM Great. Once we have that info from Hildreth we can begin drafting award letters and grant terms.  Thanks again team. Excited to see these projects come together. On Wed, Jul 25, 2018 at 4:35 PM, Angel, Sarah wrote: Yes. Totally fine with us.   I will reach out to Hildreth today to see about how we can arrange the actual funding.   Thanks so much!   Sarah B. Angel Chief of Staff Office of LAUSD Board Member Nick Melvoin 213-241-6387  sarah.angel@lausd.net   From: Eric DeSobe [mailto:edesobe@greatpublicschoolsnow.org] Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2018 11:04 AM To: Angel, Sarah Subject: Re: Checking in on co-location grants: action requested   Morning, we are prepared today to send email to four sites with approved proposals letting them know that we will fund their request. Just wanted to double check you're cool for us to start that process while we finalize the award letter/grant term sign logistics. Let me know!   -Eric   LAUSD 0189 PRA On Tue, Jul 24, 2018 at 11:21 AM, Eric DeSobe wrote: Great. I'll send that email to the Webster/Magnolia/CWC team this morning. If you can ping Dr. Hildreth with funds question (our preference is always awarding funds to schools directly) that would be awesome.   Thanks as always. I know this week will be hectic (aren't they are) with the Ref news. Appreciate you!   -Eric   On Mon, Jul 23, 2018 at 9:10 PM, Angel, Sarah wrote: Great to have you respond to them in email with me copied. But, happy to defer to you on process.   On delivery of funds: I’d connect with the charters and LDW (Hildreth, Cheryl cheryl.hildreth@lausd.net) to figure that out. Or my office can do that, if helpful. I think writing award letters concurrently would be nice too, so that they know that it will be coming and something to celebrate with staff at the start of the year.   Thank you so much; we are so thrilled about this!   Sarah B. Angel Chief of Staff Office of LAUSD Board Member Nick Melvoin 213-241-6387  sarah.angel@lausd.net   From: Eric DeSobe [mailto:edesobe@greatpublicschoolsnow.org] Sent: Monday, July 23, 2018 6:03 PM To: Angel, Sarah Subject: Re: Checking in on co-location grants: action requested LAUSD 0190 PRA   Sounds good. Do you want me to go back to them in email with you copied? Or keep you posted about what comes of our conversation about alternatives and when they resubmit (if they do at all) let you know?   Any best guess on ease of delivering funds to 4 winning proposals? Write award letters to each principal? Ask them for who or what entity should receive it? What do you think?   Thanks as always. Excited to see this go forward.   On Mon, Jul 23, 2018 at 8:59 PM, Angel, Sarah wrote: Hey there,   Thanks for sending.   Nick is supportive of the four that you mentioned. On the 5th security system, I think our concern is around whether that co-location is going to even last this year; Magnolia has said that they may be moving off of the campus mid-year.   We also will need Allison to look into whether we have any potential matching funds; it’s unclear to us how else they will find funds.   We could also potentially go back to them to see if they have any other instructional or collaborative ideas to get the staffs working together. It seems more inspiring than a buzzer system. . .   How does that sound?   Sarah B. Angel LAUSD 0191 PRA Chief of Staff Office of LAUSD Board Member Nick Melvoin 213-241-6387  sarah.angel@lausd.net   From: Eric DeSobe [mailto:edesobe@greatpublicschoolsnow.org] Sent: Monday, July 23, 2018 1:58 PM To: Angel, Sarah Subject: Checking in on co-location grants: action requested   Hey, happy Monday. Quick update on co-location grants and next steps for us: Five submissions. See attached for details. See any issues with for your team or complicating external factors? GPSN is prepared to fund 4 out of the 5 right now We have questions on the 5th (Webster/Magnolia/CWC) because their proposal is for an item (security buzzer/camera) that is $40K (so our money would be first in and used to secure other funding). What's your take on their ability to secure additional funding needed? If you think it's doable before Oct. 1 we'd considering proceeding. What is most straightforward way to create GPSN award letters so that school sites receive money and can easily use in a transparent and effective way? Once we have that info we can begin drafting those for winning proposals. Thanks!   -Eric DeSobe Director of Talent Great Public Schools Now office @GreatSchoolsLA   Like us on Facebook:  https://www facebook.com/GreatPublicSchoolsNow/ LAUSD 0192 PRA   -Eric DeSobe Director of Talent Great Public Schools Now office @GreatSchoolsLA   Like us on Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/GreatPublicSchoolsNow/   -Eric DeSobe Director of Talent Great Public Schools Now office @GreatSchoolsLA   Like us on Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/GreatPublicSchoolsNow/   -Eric DeSobe Director of Talent Great Public Schools Now LAUSD 0193 PRA office: @GreatSchoolsLA   Like us on Facebook:  https://www facebook.com/GreatPublicSchoolsNow/ -Eric DeSobe Director of Talent Great Public Schools Now office: @GreatSchoolsLA Like us on Facebook:  https://www facebook.com/GreatPublicSchoolsNow/ LAUSD 0194 PRA From: To: Cc: Subject: Date: Angel, Sarah Eric DeSobe Melvoin, Nick RE: Checking in on co-location grants: action requested Wednesday, July 25, 2018 1:35:02 PM Yes. Totally fine with us.   I will reach out to Hildreth today to see about how we can arrange the actual funding.   Thanks so much!   Sarah B. Angel Chief of Staff Office of LAUSD Board Member Nick Melvoin 213-241-6387  sarah.angel@lausd.net   From: Eric DeSobe [mailto:edesobe@greatpublicschoolsnow.org] Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2018 11:04 AM To: Angel, Sarah Subject: Re: Checking in on co-location grants: action requested Morning, we are prepared today to send email to four sites with approved proposals letting them know that we will fund their request. Just wanted to double check you're cool for us to start that process while we finalize the award letter/grant term sign logistics. Let me know! -Eric On Tue, Jul 24, 2018 at 11:21 AM, Eric DeSobe wrote: Great. I'll send that email to the Webster/Magnolia/CWC team this morning. If you can ping Dr. Hildreth with funds question (our preference is always awarding funds to schools directly) that would be awesome. Thanks as always. I know this week will be hectic (aren't they are) with the Ref news. Appreciate you! -Eric On Mon, Jul 23, 2018 at 9:10 PM, Angel, Sarah wrote: Great to have you respond to them in email with me copied. But, happy to defer to you on process.   On delivery of funds: I’d connect with the charters and LDW (Hildreth, Cheryl cheryl.hildreth@lausd.net) to figure that out. Or my office can do that, if helpful. I think writing award letters concurrently would be nice too, so that they know that it LAUSD 0195 PRA will be coming and something to celebrate with staff at the start of the year.   Thank you so much; we are so thrilled about this!   Sarah B. Angel Chief of Staff Office of LAUSD Board Member Nick Melvoin 213-241-6387  sarah.angel@lausd.net   From: Eric DeSobe [mailto:edesobe@greatpublicschoolsnow.org] Sent: Monday, July 23, 2018 6:03 PM To: Angel, Sarah Subject: Re: Checking in on co-location grants: action requested Sounds good. Do you want me to go back to them in email with you copied? Or keep you posted about what comes of our conversation about alternatives and when they re-submit (if they do at all) let you know? Any best guess on ease of delivering funds to 4 winning proposals? Write award letters to each principal? Ask them for who or what entity should receive it? What do you think? Thanks as always. Excited to see this go forward. On Mon, Jul 23, 2018 at 8:59 PM, Angel, Sarah wrote: Hey there,   Thanks for sending.   Nick is supportive of the four that you mentioned. On the 5th security system, I think our concern is around whether that co-location is going to even last this year; Magnolia has said that they may be moving off of the campus mid-year.   We also will need Allison to look into whether we have any potential matching funds; it’s unclear to us how else they will find funds.   We could also potentially go back to them to see if they have any other instructional or collaborative ideas to get the staffs working together. It seems more inspiring than a buzzer system. . .   How does that sound?   Sarah B. Angel Chief of Staff Office of LAUSD Board Member Nick Melvoin 213-241-6387  sarah.angel@lausd.net LAUSD 0196 PRA   From: Eric DeSobe [mailto:edesobe@greatpublicschoolsnow.org] Sent: Monday, July 23, 2018 1:58 PM To: Angel, Sarah Subject: Checking in on co-location grants: action requested Hey, happy Monday. Quick update on co-location grants and next steps for us: Five submissions. See attached for details. See any issues with for your team or complicating external factors? GPSN is prepared to fund 4 out of the 5 right now We have questions on the 5th (Webster/Magnolia/CWC) because their proposal is for an item (security buzzer/camera) that is $40K (so our money would be first in and used to secure other funding). What's your take on their ability to secure additional funding needed? If you think it's doable before Oct. 1 we'd considering proceeding. What is most straightforward way to create GPSN award letters so that school sites receive money and can easily use in a transparent and effective way? Once we have that info we can begin drafting those for winning proposals. Thanks! -Eric DeSobe Director of Talent Great Public Schools Now office: @GreatSchoolsLA Like us on Facebook: https://www facebook.com/GreatPublicSchoolsNow/ -Eric DeSobe Director of Talent Great Public Schools Now office: @GreatSchoolsLA Like us on Facebook: https://www facebook.com/GreatPublicSchoolsNow/ -Eric DeSobe Director of Talent Great Public Schools Now office: @GreatSchoolsLA LAUSD 0197 PRA Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GreatPublicSchoolsNow/ -Eric DeSobe Director of Talent Great Public Schools Now office: @GreatSchoolsLA Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GreatPublicSchoolsNow/ LAUSD 0198 PRA From: To: Subject: Date: Angel, Sarah Eric DeSobe RE: Checking in on co-location grants: action requested Monday, July 23, 2018 6:11:01 PM Great to have you respond to them in email with me copied. But, happy to defer to you on process.   On delivery of funds: I’d connect with the charters and LDW (Hildreth, Cheryl cheryl.hildreth@lausd.net) to figure that out. Or my office can do that, if helpful. I think writing award letters concurrently would be nice too, so that they know that it will be coming and something to celebrate with staff at the start of the year.   Thank you so much; we are so thrilled about this!   Sarah B. Angel Chief of Staff Office of LAUSD Board Member Nick Melvoin 213-241-6387  sarah.angel@lausd.net   From: Eric DeSobe [mailto:edesobe@greatpublicschoolsnow.org] Sent: Monday, July 23, 2018 6:03 PM To: Angel, Sarah Subject: Re: Checking in on co-location grants: action requested Sounds good. Do you want me to go back to them in email with you copied? Or keep you posted about what comes of our conversation about alternatives and when they re-submit (if they do at all) let you know? Any best guess on ease of delivering funds to 4 winning proposals? Write award letters to each principal? Ask them for who or what entity should receive it? What do you think? Thanks as always. Excited to see this go forward. On Mon, Jul 23, 2018 at 8:59 PM, Angel, Sarah wrote: Hey there,   Thanks for sending.   Nick is supportive of the four that you mentioned. On the 5th security system, I think our concern is around whether that co-location is going to even last this year; Magnolia has said that they may be moving off of the campus mid-year.   We also will need Allison to look into whether we have any potential matching funds; it’s unclear to us how else they will find funds. LAUSD 0199 PRA   We could also potentially go back to them to see if they have any other instructional or collaborative ideas to get the staffs working together. It seems more inspiring than a buzzer system. . .   How does that sound?   Sarah B. Angel Chief of Staff Office of LAUSD Board Member Nick Melvoin 213-241-6387  sarah.angel@lausd.net   From: Eric DeSobe [mailto:edesobe@greatpublicschoolsnow.org] Sent: Monday, July 23, 2018 1:58 PM To: Angel, Sarah Subject: Checking in on co-location grants: action requested Hey, happy Monday. Quick update on co-location grants and next steps for us: Five submissions. See attached for details. See any issues with for your team or complicating external factors? GPSN is prepared to fund 4 out of the 5 right now We have questions on the 5th (Webster/Magnolia/CWC) because their proposal is for an item (security buzzer/camera) that is $40K (so our money would be first in and used to secure other funding). What's your take on their ability to secure additional funding needed? If you think it's doable before Oct. 1 we'd considering proceeding. What is most straightforward way to create GPSN award letters so that school sites receive money and can easily use in a transparent and effective way? Once we have that info we can begin drafting those for winning proposals. Thanks! -Eric DeSobe Director of Talent Great Public Schools Now office: @GreatSchoolsLA Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GreatPublicSchoolsNow/ -Eric DeSobe Director of Talent Great Public Schools Now office @GreatSchoolsLA LAUSD 0200 PRA Like us on Facebook: LAUSD 0201 PRA From: To: Subject: Date: Angel, Sarah Eric DeSobe RE: Checking in on co-location grants: action requested Monday, July 23, 2018 5:59:33 PM Hey there,   Thanks for sending.   Nick is supportive of the four that you mentioned. On the 5th security system, I think our concern is around whether that co-location is going to even last this year; Magnolia has said that they may be moving off of the campus mid-year.   We also will need Allison to look into whether we have any potential matching funds; it’s unclear to us how else they will find funds.   We could also potentially go back to them to see if they have any other instructional or collaborative ideas to get the staffs working together. It seems more inspiring than a buzzer system. . .   How does that sound?   Sarah B. Angel Chief of Staff Office of LAUSD Board Member Nick Melvoin 213-241-6387  sarah.angel@lausd.net   From: Eric DeSobe [mailto:edesobe@greatpublicschoolsnow.org] Sent: Monday, July 23, 2018 1:58 PM To: Angel, Sarah Subject: Checking in on co-location grants: action requested Hey, happy Monday. Quick update on co-location grants and next steps for us: Five submissions. See attached for details. See any issues with for your team or complicating external factors? GPSN is prepared to fund 4 out of the 5 right now We have questions on the 5th (Webster/Magnolia/CWC) because their proposal is for an item (security buzzer/camera) that is $40K (so our money would be first in and used to secure other funding). What's your take on their ability to secure additional funding needed? If you think it's doable before Oct. 1 we'd considering proceeding. What is most straightforward way to create GPSN award letters so that school sites receive money and can easily use in a transparent and effective way? Once we have that info we can begin drafting those for winning proposals. Thanks! LAUSD 0202 PRA -Eric DeSobe Director of Talent Great Public Schools Now office: @GreatSchoolsLA Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GreatPublicSchoolsNow/ LAUSD 0203 PRA From: To: Subject: Date: Great Public Schools Now Melvoin, Nick New Medical Magnet Opening in South L.A.! Monday, July 23, 2018 9:41:18 AM Great Public Schools Now nick -Parents want their children to have every chance to be successful. That’s why the waiting list at King/Drew Magnet High School of Medicine and Science, the only L.A. Unified campus in South L.A. designed to help students become medical professionals, always has a long waiting list and why families are always disappointed when their children don’t get in. Through an innovative collaboration with L.A. Unified, Great Public Schools Now used $750,000 to “re-create” King/Drew at a nearby district campus that had empty space. The “re-created” school will open this fall and offer small classes with dynamic teachers, a full slate of extracurricular activities, and every student who graduates will also receive an associate’s degree. LAUSD 0204 PRA MedicalNewsLetterGraphic.png University Pathways Medical Magnet Academy will be led by Dorothy Cotton-Kindred, an LA. Unified administrator who grew up in South LA. and lives there because she believes that more South LA. students should be doctors, nurses, and other medical professionals. So do we. And we plan on continuing to collaborate with LA. Uni?ed to make sure that more students in South LA. and throughout the city have a chance at a brighter future. Great Public Schools Now l?l This email was sent to nick.melvoin@lausd.net. To stop receiving emails, 91191311331. Paid for by Great Public Schools Now LAUSD 0205 PRA From: To: Subject: Date: Great Public Schools Now Melvoin, Nick Recreating Diego Rivera Public Service This Fall! Friday, July 13, 2018 12:08:02 PM Great Public Schools Now nick -Great Public Schools Now’s goal is educational equality for all children in our city. That means students in South L.A. should have the same chance at success as children in Westwood. For that to happen, South L.A. needs more great options like Diego Rivera Learning Complex Public Service Community School, an L.A. Unified high school where 98% of students graduate. Because of such success, families flock to apply to the school, and the waiting list is long every year, which means some families aren’t able to get in. Through an innovative collaboration with L.A. Unified, Great Public Schools Now used $750,000 to help “re-create” Diego Rivera at a nearby district campus that had empty space. The new school will open this fall and offer small classes with dynamic teachers, a full slate of extracurricular activities, and every student who graduates will also receive an associate’s degree. LAUSD 0206 PRA University Pathways Public Service Academy will be led by Amen Rahh, an LA. Unified administrator who grew up in South LA. and spent his whole educational career working there because he cares passionately about the area and making sure children have every opportunity to succeed. Making University Pathways Public Service Academy took almost two years of planning and collaboration, and now that the doors are about to open, we?re thankful we had such strong partners throughout. When we visited the campuses recently, we saw how excited the students were about their new school, which made all the planning and hard work worth it. We believe this will be the first of many collaborations between GPSN and LA. Unified and, more importantly, the start of a new school that will give generations of South LA. students a brighter future. Great Public Schools Now El l?l This email was sent to nick.melvoin@lausd.net. To stop receiving emails, W. Paid for by Great Public Schools Now LAUSD 0207 PRA From: To: Subject: Date: Great Public Schools Now Melvoin, Nick Building a "One City, All Kids" Coalition Monday, July 9, 2018 9:16:34 AM Great Public Schools Now nick -Making sure that all students in Los Angeles have access to a highquality education will take a unified community of educators, parents, and leaders who recognize that kids must come first. That’s why GPSN was so excited to convene a historic meeting with new L.A. Unified Supt. Austin Beutner, school board members Monica Garcia and Nick Melvoin, and more than 250 parents from across the city late last month. Parents were able to tell the new superintendent their hopes for more great teachers, better facilities, and equitable funding. And Beutner, shown below with some parents and educators who attended the meeting, made it clear that he heard their concerns and that improving L.A. Unified will take strong and open dialogue.                 LAUSD 0208 PRA We know this is the beginning of a journey that will lead to a ?One City, All Kids? plan that ensures greater educational equity across Los Angeles. The meeting marked the first time that so many education advocacy groups, representing all types of public schools, including charters, magnets and traditional campuses, met with Beutner to advocate for their common interests. GPSN believes more collaborations like this will lead to great things for students and families. Thanks to groups including Parent Revolution, Speak UP, United Parents and Students, CCSA Families, Families in Schools, Alliance for a Better Community, lnnercity Struggle, and Promesa Boyle Heights for all their hard work in making the meeting possible. -- Great Public Schools Now Eli] Elli This email was sent to nick.melvoin@lausd.net. To stop receiving emails, click here. Paid for by Great Public Schools Now LAUSD 0209 PRA From: To: Subject: Date: Myrna Castrejon Beutner, Austin; García, Mónica (Board Member); Melvoin, Nick Thank you, and Photos Friday, June 29, 2018 11:24:04 AM Superintendent, Board Members Garcia and Melvoin: Thank you again for engaging our allied organizations on Wednesday - our parents left the session hopeful, energized and eager to do their part to ensure our LAUnified movies forward toward a vision of #onecityallkids under your leadership. I hope you found the morning inspiring as much as I did, and I know that together, we will accomplish great things for children. Here's a dropbox containing photos from the event.   Have a wonderful weekend!  Adelante! Myrna Castrejon Executive Director Great Public Schools Now Sent from my iPhone LAUSD 0210 PRA From: To: Cc: Subject: Date: Myrna Castrejon Melvoin, Nick Angel, Sarah; Rosa, Clayton Re: Final Agenda for tomorrow Tuesday, June 26, 2018 4:22:19 PM Perfect!! You don't need to key in to get to the 30th floor, provided you use the right elevator bank. myrna Myrna Castrejon Executive Director Great Public Schools Now mcastrejon@greatpublicschoolsnow.org On Tue, Jun 26, 2018 at 4:19 PM, Melvoin, Nick wrote: Can’t wait!  I’ll be meeting with students in the Green Dot office before, so will just come up from there (so don’t look for me at valet) :) See you tomorrow! N --Nick Melvoin –––––––––––––––––––– LAUSD Board of Education District 4   Website On Jun 26, 2018, at 4:07 PM, Myrna Castrejon wrote: Dear Superintendent Beutner, Board Members Monica Garcia and Nick Melvoin, We are looking forward to hosting tomorrow's event with 250 parents from our advocacy coalition, representing organizations active in traditional, magnet, pilot and independent charter schools across the city. As you can see from the attached agenda, there is a lot of substance to cover, and more than 15 parent speakers, so we will move quickly through an agenda highlighting the experiences of parents and students across challenging policy landscapes. We LAUSD 0211 PRA know you will be impressed with their leadership, their will to partner with you to help LAUSD meet its promises and challenges to help all students achieve at high levels, and the work they have endeavored to realize, together. We will welcome and introduce you at the top of the meeting, then parents will present the five policy areas of their work, and then we will invite you to offer reactions/comments to the families. Superintendent, we have allocated 10 minutes for your remarks, as families are eager to hear your thoughts on the issues they present, but most importantly, want to express their willingness to partner with you moving forward; Monica & Nick, families want to recognize your Board leadership in working to increase equity, transparency and access for students and would welcome brief remarks from you as well.  The event begins at 11 sharp, on the 30th floor penthouse space of 1150 S. Olive Avenue. Please pull up to valet and we will greet you at the security desk in front and direct you to the express elevators.  We look forward to an energetic and impactful meeting tomorrow! Myrna Castrejon Executive Director Great Public Schools Now mcastrejon@greatpublicschoolsnow.org LAUSD 0212 PRA From: To: Cc: Subject: Date: Melvoin, Nick Myrna Castrejon Angel, Sarah; Rosa, Clayton Re: Final Agenda for tomorrow Tuesday, June 26, 2018 4:19:32 PM Can’t wait!  I’ll be meeting with students in the Green Dot office before, so will just come up from there (so don’t look for me at valet) :) See you tomorrow! N --Nick Melvoin –––––––––––––––––––– LAUSD Board of Education District 4   Website On Jun 26, 2018, at 4:07 PM, Myrna Castrejon wrote: Dear Superintendent Beutner, Board Members Monica Garcia and Nick Melvoin, We are looking forward to hosting tomorrow's event with 250 parents from our advocacy coalition, representing organizations active in traditional, magnet, pilot and independent charter schools across the city. As you can see from the attached agenda, there is a lot of substance to cover, and more than 15 parent speakers, so we will move quickly through an agenda highlighting the experiences of parents and students across challenging policy landscapes. We know you will be impressed with their leadership, their will to partner with you to help LAUSD meet its promises and challenges to help all students achieve at high levels, and the work they have endeavored to realize, together. We will welcome and introduce you at the top of the meeting, then parents will present the five policy areas of their work, and then we will invite you to offer reactions/comments to the families. Superintendent, we have allocated 10 minutes for your remarks, as families are eager to hear your thoughts on the issues they present, but most importantly, want to express their willingness to partner with you moving forward; Monica & Nick, families want to recognize your Board leadership in working to increase equity, transparency and access for students and would welcome brief remarks from you as well.  The event begins at 11 sharp, on the 30th floor penthouse space of 1150 S. Olive Avenue. Please pull up to valet and we will greet you at the security desk in front and direct you to the express elevators.  We look forward to an energetic and impactful meeting tomorrow! Myrna Castrejon Executive Director Great Public Schools Now LAUSD 0213 PRA mcastrejon@greatpublicschoolsnow.org LAUSD 0214 PRA From: To: Cc: Subject: Date: Myrna Castrejon Angel, Sarah Holdorff, Allison; Melvoin, Nick; edesobe@greatpublicschoolsnow.org Re: Budget - Co-location Summit 180510.xlsx Tuesday, May 15, 2018 8:11:49 PM Thanks for prepping this; Eric will be point for you on our end. The budget looks reasonably formed with the right buckets!  Myrna  Sent from my iPhone On May 10, 2018, at 5:35 PM, Angel, Sarah wrote: Hi Myrna,   Attached please find the proposed budget for the co-location summit.   The proposed dates are Thursday, June 21 – Friday, June 22.   Allison’s looked at several different hotel options as well, and we think that the estimate will cover options from Laguna to Newport Beach.   We’ve done some additional research on potential speakers as well, and can share that out later.   Can you let us know whether this works for you?   Once we determine the budget, and solidify the date, we will send out a save the date to ask for RSVPs and hire a consultant to develop the programming, logistics, and execution.   Thank you so much. This is going to be great!   Best, Sarah LAUSD 0215 PRA From: To: Cc: Subject: Date: Angel, Sarah Gardner, Kyle; Lauren Tate Perigo, Mike; Lombard, Adriana RE: Introduction Wednesday, April 25, 2018 2:58:53 PM Lauren, thanks for reaching out and making the connection! (For some reason, your email ended up in my junk folder, so apologies for the delay.) Nick and I are appreciative of the leadership that you and GPSN have shown in this important area.   Kyle, thanks for your work on the study. I’m very interested to learn more related to your findings.   I’m also connecting you with Adriana Lombard, who can help find us some time. I think that May 4 may be our best bet, or going into the following week. Apologies for the delay; the superintendent search has been taking up a lot of the oxygen around here for a while.   Best, Sarah   Sarah B. Angel Chief of Staff Office of LAUSD Board Member Nick Melvoin 213-241-6387  sarah.angel@lausd.net   From: Gardner, Kyle [mailto:Kyle.Gardner@bridgespan.org] Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2018 10:31 AM To: Lauren Tate ; Angel, Sarah Cc: Perigo, Mike Subject: RE: Introduction Lauren, thank you for the introduction.   Sarah,   It would be wonderful to get your perspective on the feasibility study highlights and opportunities for common enrollment in LA. As starting options to coordinate our calendars, Mike and I have some good pockets of availability this Friday (4/27), 5/1, and 5/4. Does 45 minutes any of those days work well for you (and you too, Lauren)?   Thank you very much.   Best, Kyle   LAUSD 0216 PRA   ______________________________ Kyle Gardner Manager The Bridgespan Group 88 Kearny Street, Suite 200 San Francisco, CA 94108 Phone: 203.954.7151 Kyle.Gardner@bridgespan.org www.bridgespan.org Subscribe to our newsletters and learn how to increase your organization’s impact, develop effective leadership, and more. P Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail       From: Lauren Tate [mailto:ltate@greatpublicschoolsnow.org] Sent: Monday, April 23, 2018 2:15 PM To: sarah.angel@lausd.net Cc: Perigo, Mike ; Gardner, Kyle Subject: Introduction Hi Sarah, As you know, over the last few months we've been facilitating a charter common enrollment "feasibility study" to understand how to make enrollment more equitable for families in Los Angeles. In light of the commendable efforts of LAUSD to simplify enrollment processes for its directly-operated schools, we launched a process to engage with charter operators to see if there was a parallel path to more simplified and equitable enrollment. Bridgespan has been leading the work, and we'd love to find time to connect with you to provide an update on the study and to more broadly get your perspective on common enrollment in LA. I've cc'd Mike Perigo and Kyle Gardner of the Bridgespan team. Hopefully we can find a common window to hop on the phone! Best, Lauren -Lauren Tate Sr. Director of Strategy & School Growth Cell: LAUSD 0217 PRA Share this: pe.org Live Webinar Making School Choice Work: High Quality Schools Campaign Tuesday, April 3, 2018 12 pm. PT (3 pm. ET) Register Now Presenters 0 Ashley Jochim, Senior Research Analyst, Center on Reinventing Public Education . Natasha Ettienne, Parent Advocate, . David Pickens, Executive Director, What does it take for school choice to ?work?? How do existing tools fall short? What can be done to ensure that all families have access to quality school options? These and other questions will be answered in this webinar, cohosted by the Center on Reinventing Public Education and DC School Reform Now a District of Columbia-based nonpro?t focused on helping underserved families navigate one of the nation?s most expansive public school choice systems. Like many cities, Washington, DC, has looked to school choice as one way to improve educational outcomes for disadvantaged students. School choice attempts to ?level the playing ?eld? between students of different backgrounds by making it possible for all families to have access to a city?s high-quality public schools?whether students live near these schools or not. But school choice requires families to make substantial investments of time and resources into the school choosing process, which can pose barriers to ensuring all families can access quality schooling options. launched the High Quality Schools Campaign (HQSC) in an effort to address the challenges families confront in the process of choosing a school. This highly targeted and high-touch initiative connects parents in the city?s most underserved regions to ?parent LAUSD 0218 PRA advocates? who take parents through the entire enrollment process?from learning about schools (with an emphasis on schools receiving high performance ratings) to completing the application to enrolling their child in school for the fall. The goal of the campaign is to dramatically increase the number of underserved families who actively take advantage of school choice and enroll in the city?s top-rated schools. Participants will have a chance to learn about the HQSC, including the work of parent advocates, experiences of families, and results to date. Questions for the presenters? Please send them to Ashley Jochim, at aew9@uw.edu, and we'll answer them during the webinar. Register Now Center on Reinventing Public Education Improving education through transformative, evidence?based ideas ABOUT PUBLICATIONS BLOG RESEARCH EXPERTS 4 i 4 This email was sent to aew9@uw.edu. To ensure that you continue receiving our emails, please add us to your address book or safe list. mg your preferences using TrueRemove?. Got this as a forward? Sign up to receive our future emails. Ashley Jochim, Research Analyst Center on Reinventing Public Education 425 Pontius Ave Ste 410, Seattle, WA 98109 253.226.7534, aew9@uw.edu LAUSD 0219 PRA From: To: Cc: Subject: Date: Angel, Sarah Myrna Castrejon Lombard, Adriana RE: Co-location Pilot? Friday, March 16, 2018 2:17:39 PM Thanks, Myrna.   I’m looping in Adriana and moving Nick to BCC so we can figure out the exact date/time.   Thanks   Sarah B. Angel Chief of Staff Office of LAUSD Board Member Nick Melvoin 213-241-6387  sarah.angel@lausd.net   From: Myrna Castrejon [mailto:mcastrejon@greatpublicschoolsnow.org] Sent: Friday, March 16, 2018 2:06 PM To: Angel, Sarah Cc: Melvoin, Nick Subject: Re: Co-location Pilot? Agree. April 17 works, as does the time, but I do have a hard stop at 4, especially depending on where we meet. I have a 4:15 here that I can't move. Does that work? myrna Myrna Castrejon Executive Director Great Public Schools Now mcastrejon@greatpublicschoolsnow.org On Fri, Mar 16, 2018 at 1:53 PM, Angel, Sarah wrote: Great.   Maybe the first step would be for us to have a meeting to flesh it out a bit, and then we’d want to get the date schedule (if we’re moving forward) so the school-based folks can reserve it on their calendars. LAUSD 0220 PRA   Does the morning of April 17 or April 18 at 2:45 work for you? Nick’s calendar is packed due to the superintendent search . . .   Thanks, Sarah   Sarah B. Angel Chief of Staff Office of LAUSD Board Member Nick Melvoin 213-241-6387  sarah.angel@lausd.net   From: Myrna Castrejon [mailto:mcastrejon@greatpublicschoolsnow.org] Sent: Friday, March 16, 2018 12:41 PM To: Angel, Sarah Cc: Melvoin, Nick Subject: Re: Co-location Pilot? Absolutely!! Let's do it! Sorry for delayed response - yesterday was one of those marathon days... Let me know how you want to proceed... myrna Myrna Castrejon Executive Director Great Public Schools Now mcastrejon@greatpublicschoolsnow.org On Wed, Mar 14, 2018 at 2:59 PM, Angel, Sarah wrote: Hi Myrna,   Hope you’re doing well!   Nick was thinking that it could be an interesting idea to convene a pilot of colocated school leaders in BD4 for a retreat on how to improve those working LAUSD 0221 PRA relationships and outcomes for students, teachers, and administrators. We have some that have made progress (but still have kinks to work out) like Bernstein and then those that are more acrimonious. Nick was hoping we could do something this summer.   Do you have any interest in discussing an idea like this?   Thanks so much for considering, Sarah   Sarah B. Angel Chief of Staff Office of LAUSD Board Member Nick Melvoin w. 213.241.6387  Email   Website LAUSD 0222 PRA From: To: Cc: Subject: Date: Myrna Castrejon Angel, Sarah Melvoin, Nick Re: Co-location Pilot? Friday, March 16, 2018 2:06:24 PM Agree. April 17 works, as does the time, but I do have a hard stop at 4, especially depending on where we meet. I have a 4:15 here that I can't move. Does that work? myrna Myrna Castrejon Executive Director Great Public Schools Now mcastrejon@greatpublicschoolsnow.org On Fri, Mar 16, 2018 at 1:53 PM, Angel, Sarah wrote: Great.   Maybe the first step would be for us to have a meeting to flesh it out a bit, and then we’d want to get the date schedule (if we’re moving forward) so the school-based folks can reserve it on their calendars.   Does the morning of April 17 or April 18 at 2:45 work for you? Nick’s calendar is packed due to the superintendent search . . .   Thanks, Sarah   Sarah B. Angel Chief of Staff Office of LAUSD Board Member Nick Melvoin LAUSD 0223 PRA 213-241-6387  sarah.angel@lausd.net   From: Myrna Castrejon [mailto:mcastrejon@greatpublicschoolsnow.org] Sent: Friday, March 16, 2018 12:41 PM To: Angel, Sarah Cc: Melvoin, Nick Subject: Re: Co-location Pilot?   Absolutely!!  Let's do it! Sorry for delayed response - yesterday was one of those marathon days...   Let me know how you want to proceed...   myrna   Myrna Castrejon Executive Director Great Public Schools Now mcastrejon@greatpublicschoolsnow.org         On Wed, Mar 14, 2018 at 2:59 PM, Angel, Sarah wrote: LAUSD 0224 PRA Hi Myrna,   Hope you’re doing well!   Nick was thinking that it could be an interesting idea to convene a pilot of colocated school leaders in BD4 for a retreat on how to improve those working relationships and outcomes for students, teachers, and administrators. We have some that have made progress (but still have kinks to work out) like Bernstein and then those that are more acrimonious. Nick was hoping we could do something this summer.   Do you have any interest in discussing an idea like this?   Thanks so much for considering, Sarah     Sarah B. Angel Chief of Staff Office of LAUSD Board Member Nick Melvoin w. 213.241.6387  Email   Website       LAUSD 0225 PRA From: To: Subject: Date: Great Public Schools Now Rodriguez, Ref Helping families simplify the charter application process Monday, October 8, 2018 4:49:04 PM Great Public Schools Now Board Member Rodriguez -For years Los Angeles families have faced a very complicated and disconnected set of applications to find and enroll in great public schools. Each school can have its own requirements, platform, and deadlines, so filling out the paperwork and keeping track of it all can be confusing and even overwhelming for families. In fact, when GPSN held a series of public events last year to hear from parents about how public education can be improved, many attendees said the current enrollment process wasn’t working and that communities needed a more family friendly charter application process. That’s why GPSN launched a single, common-sense application system – ApplyLA – last week. With ApplyLA, families fill out one application and apply to as many schools as they want in as little as five minutes. The site is off to a great start, with more than 900 applications already received, and we anticipate that number will grow as more parents spread the word about the site. For a quick overview on how ApplyLA works, click the video below.  LAUSD 0226 PRA [a In addition to allowing families to apply to multiple schools with a single application, also: . Includes about 10% of charter schools. The site currently has 31 schools, and we expect that number to grow. . Is an especially important complement to LA. Unified's Uni?ed Enrollment system, which does not currently include independent charter schools. . Allows families to track their applications in English, Spanish and Korean on a mobile-friendly platform. Families can log on at any time to see the status of their applications, apply to more schools, and accept offers in a single system. GPSN spent the past year working with Parent Revolution and other partners to create and participating schools include Aspire Public Schools, Bright Star Schools, Camino Nuevo Charter Academy, CHIME, Citizens of the World, City Charter, Collegiate Charter High School, Ednovate Charter Schools, Equitas Academy Charter Schools, Green Dot Public Schools, KIPP LA Public Schools, and Para Los Ni?os. Great Public Schools Now LAUSD 0227 PRA From: To: Subject: Date: Great Public Schools Now Rodriguez, Ref [WARNING!!!!! SPAM OR PHISHING?]. Bringing More Great Schools to South LA Friday, August 3, 2018 10:48:42 AM Great Public Schools Now Board Member Rodriguez -The first day of school is approaching, and we’re very excited to see students arriving at two new L.A. Unified schools: University Pathways Public Service Academy and University Pathways Medical Magnet Academy. The schools are the result of years of collaboration with L.A. Unified to find creative ways to replicate high-quality campuses. Using a $1.5 million GPSN grant, the campuses “recreate” two of South L.A.’s most popular and accomplished schools, Diego Rivera Learning Complex Public Service Community School and King/Drew Magnet High School of Medicine and Science. Both of those schools have long waiting lists and cannot accept every student who wants to attend. The new campuses should ensure that fewer families are disappointed. To learn more about our work and the students who will be attending the new campuses, check out this ABC 7 story. LAUSD 0228 PRA EH We're delighted that GPSN was able to work with LA. Uni?ed and believe these are the first of many collaborations to make sure that all students in our city get a great education. El'll Great Public Schools Now This email was sent to To stop receiving emails, W. Paid for by Great Public Schools Now LAUSD 0229 PRA From: To: Subject: Date: Great Public Schools Now Rodriguez, Ref New Medical Magnet Opening in South L.A.! Monday, July 23, 2018 9:41:05 AM Great Public Schools Now Board Member Rodriguez -Parents want their children to have every chance to be successful. That’s why the waiting list at King/Drew Magnet High School of Medicine and Science, the only L.A. Unified campus in South L.A. designed to help students become medical professionals, always has a long waiting list and why families are always disappointed when their children don’t get in. Through an innovative collaboration with L.A. Unified, Great Public Schools Now used $750,000 to “re-create” King/Drew at a nearby district campus that had empty space. The “re-created” school will open this fall and offer small classes with dynamic teachers, a full slate of extracurricular activities, and every student who graduates will also receive an associate’s degree. LAUSD 0230 PRA MedicalNewsLetterGraphic.png University Pathways Medical Magnet Academy will be led by Dorothy Cotton-Kindred, an LA. Unified administrator who grew up in South LA. and lives there because she believes that more South LA. students should be doctors, nurses, and other medical professionals. So do we. And we plan on continuing to collaborate with LA. Uni?ed to make sure that more students in South LA. and throughout the city have a chance at a brighter future. Great Public Schools Now l?l This email was sent to To stop receiving emails, gm. Paid for by Great Public Schools Now LAUSD 0231 PRA From: To: Subject: Date: Great Public Schools Now Rodriguez, Ref Recreating Diego Rivera Public Service This Fall! Friday, July 13, 2018 12:07:50 PM Great Public Schools Now Board Member Rodriguez -Great Public Schools Now’s goal is educational equality for all children in our city. That means students in South L.A. should have the same chance at success as children in Westwood. For that to happen, South L.A. needs more great options like Diego Rivera Learning Complex Public Service Community School, an L.A. Unified high school where 98% of students graduate. Because of such success, families flock to apply to the school, and the waiting list is long every year, which means some families aren’t able to get in. Through an innovative collaboration with L.A. Unified, Great Public Schools Now used $750,000 to help “re-create” Diego Rivera at a nearby district campus that had empty space. The new school will open this fall and offer small classes with dynamic teachers, a full slate of extracurricular activities, and every student who graduates will also receive an associate’s degree. LAUSD 0232 PRA University Pathways Public Service Academy will be led by Amen Rahh, an LA. Unified administrator who grew up in South LA. and spent his whole educational career working there because he cares passionately about the area and making sure children have every opportunity to succeed. Making University Pathways Public Service Academy took almost two years of planning and collaboration, and now that the doors are about to open, we?re thankful we had such strong partners throughout. When we visited the campuses recently, we saw how excited the students were about their new school, which made all the planning and hard work worth it. We believe this will be the first of many collaborations between GPSN and LA. Unified and, more importantly, the start of a new school that will give generations of South LA. students a brighter future. Great Public Schools Now El l?l This email was sent to ref.rodriguez@lausd.net. To stop receiving emails, mm. Paid for by Great Public Schools Now LAUSD 0233 PRA From: To: Subject: Date: Great Public Schools Now Rodriguez, Ref Building a "One City, All Kids" Coalition Monday, July 9, 2018 9:16:20 AM Great Public Schools Now Board Member Rodriguez -Making sure that all students in Los Angeles have access to a highquality education will take a unified community of educators, parents, and leaders who recognize that kids must come first. That’s why GPSN was so excited to convene a historic meeting with new L.A. Unified Supt. Austin Beutner, school board members Monica Garcia and Nick Melvoin, and more than 250 parents from across the city late last month. Parents were able to tell the new superintendent their hopes for more great teachers, better facilities, and equitable funding. And Beutner, shown below with some parents and educators who attended the meeting, made it clear that he heard their concerns and that improving L.A. Unified will take strong and open dialogue.                 LAUSD 0234 PRA We know this is the beginning of a journey that will lead to a ?One City, All Kids? plan that ensures greater educational equity across Los Angeles. The meeting marked the first time that so many education advocacy groups, representing all types of public schools, including charters, magnets and traditional campuses, met with Beutner to advocate for their common interests. GPSN believes more collaborations like this will lead to great things for students and families. Thanks to groups including Parent Revolution, Speak UP, United Parents and Students, CCSA Families, Families in Schools, Alliance for a Better Community, lnnercity Struggle, and Promesa Boyle Heights for all their hard work in making the meeting possible. -- Great Public Schools Now Eli] Elli This email was sent to ref.rodriguez@lausd.net. To stop receiving emails, click here. Paid for by Great Public Schools Now LAUSD 0235 PRA From: To: Subject: Date: Great Public Schools Now Rodriguez, Ref GPSN helping teachers make LA home Friday, June 29, 2018 12:20:54 PM Great Public Schools Now Board Member Rodriguez -So much of great education is making sure that teachers can do their best work in the classroom by giving them a fun but challenging work environment, freeing them from as much bureaucracy as possible, and sometimes even making sure they feel at home in a new city. To make help some new KIPP LA teachers adjust to life in L.A., GPSN funded a program that gave new hires access to an apartment rental search engine as well as relocation support that helped KIPP LA attract the best and brightest teachers. Click below to watch our video and learn more. LAUSD 0236 PRA EN The bonuses and apartment search helped bring Shahara Tiatia, a talented Latina math teacher who was living in Ireland, to her ?dream city? of LA. Shahara found an apartment within 30 minutes of work, a new favorite pupusa restaurant in her neighborhood, and a growing sense of becoming an Angeleno. We know L.A. can sometimes seem intimidating from the outside, so we?re delighted to see KIPP LA do everything it can to help their new hires. GPSN is also looking forward to seeing young educators like Shahara put down roots in LA. and grow as educators and leaders. .1 1 -. 1? working to bring more great teachers to LA, check out the video here. -- Great Public Schools Now LAUSD 0237 PRA From: To: Cc: Subject: Date: Cynthia Kanagui Rodriguez, Ref; Isabel Acosta Aman, Aixle RE: Thank You Thursday, June 28, 2018 5:39:19 PM Good evening Board Member Rodriguez,   I appreciate your message and thank you for the opportunity to see Board District 5 parents in action. Their presentations were outstanding! We look forward to continued collaboration as well.   Best,   Cynthia Kanagui Outreach Manager Great Public Schools Now 1150 South Olive Street Suite 1325, Los Angeles, CA 90015 (213) 452-2802 (O)       From: Rodriguez, Ref [mailto:ref.rodriguez@lausd.net] Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2018 7:33 PM To: Isabel Acosta ; Cynthia Kanagui Cc: Aman, Aixle Subject: Thank You   Ms. Acosta and Ms. Kanagui,  I would like to personally thank you for your support with our Board District 5 parent Problem Solving Group culmination last Thursday. We were so proud to see our parents present their action plans to District leadership with such confidence and grace.  We are happy that Ms. Kanagui was able to join us.  This event could not have been possible without the support from the GPSN team. My office told me how easy you all made it to support us with child care. We are truly grateful for the time and energy it took on your part to make the space accessible to us and for supporting our team on the day of the event. We are happy it all worked out and appreciate your flexibility and understanding.    LAUSD 0238 PRA Below is a link to some of the photos captured from the culmination event: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/? set=a.1885645958160566.1073741849.808951839163322&type=1&l=eac5b38cff     We will be updating the album above with more photos, and we will also post the videos on our PSG website: https://achieve.lausd.net/site/Default.aspx? PageID=14807    I hope you both are able to get some rest this summer. My team and I look forward to continue working with you to realize our Board District 5 mission that we will advance policies and practices that help ensure that our schools thrive as centers of opportunity for our communities.     Sincerely, Ref       Dr. Ref Rodriguez Board Member, District 5 Los Angeles Unified School District    Subscribe to the Board District 5 newsletter for updates from our office   Board District 5 collaborates with constituents to advance practices and policies that help ensure their schools thrive as centers of opportunity.          Dr. Ref Rodriguez Board Member, District 5 Los Angeles Unified School District    Subscribe to the Board District 5 newsletter for updates from our office   Board District 5 collaborates with constituents to advance practices and policies that help ensure their schools thrive as centers of opportunity.    LAUSD 0239 PRA From: To: Subject: Date: Isabel Acosta Rodriguez, Ref Re: Thank You Thursday, June 28, 2018 6:26:11 AM Anything for my BD5 Board Members, Ref. I hope you are well and im sorry i wasn't able to give you a hug.  Sending love. Isabel On Wed, Jun 27, 2018, 7:48 PM Rodriguez, Ref wrote: Ms. Acosta and Ms. Kanagui,  I would like to personally thank you for your support with our Board District 5 parent Problem Solving Group culmination last Thursday. We were so proud to see our parents present their action plans to District leadership with such confidence and grace.  We are happy that Ms. Kanagui was able to join us.  This event could not have been possible without the support from the GPSN team. My office told me how easy you all made it to support us with child care. We are truly grateful for the time and energy it took on your part to make the space accessible to us and for supporting our team on the day of the event. We are happy it all worked out and appreciate your flexibility and understanding.  Below is a link to some of the photos captured from the culmination event: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/? set=a.1885645958160566.1073741849.808951839163322&type=1&l=eac5b38cff     We will be updating the album above with more photos, and we will also post the videos on our PSG website: https://achieve.lausd.net/site/Default.aspx? PageID=14807    I hope you both are able to get some rest this summer. My team and I look forward to continue working with you to realize our Board District 5 mission that we will advance policies and practices that help ensure that our schools thrive as centers of opportunity for our communities. LAUSD 0240 PRA   Sincerely, Ref   Dr. Ref Rodriguez Board Member, District 5 Los Angeles Unified School District  Subscribe to the Board District 5 newsletter for updates from our office Board District 5 collaborates with constituents to advance practices and policies that help ensure their schools thrive as centers of opportunity.  Dr. Ref Rodriguez Board Member, District 5 Los Angeles Unified School District  Subscribe to the Board District 5 newsletter for updates from our office Board District 5 collaborates with constituents to advance practices and policies that help ensure their schools thrive as centers of opportunity.  LAUSD 0241 PRA From: To: Cc: Subject: Date: Rodriguez, Ref Isabel Acosta; Cynthia Kanagui Aman, Aixle Thank You Wednesday, June 27, 2018 7:32:47 PM Ms. Acosta and Ms. Kanagui,  I would like to personally thank you for your support with our Board District 5 parent Problem Solving Group culmination last Thursday. We were so proud to see our parents present their action plans to District leadership with such confidence and grace.  We are happy that Ms. Kanagui was able to join us.  This event could not have been possible without the support from the GPSN team. My office told me how easy you all made it to support us with child care. We are truly grateful for the time and energy it took on your part to make the space accessible to us and for supporting our team on the day of the event. We are happy it all worked out and appreciate your flexibility and understanding.  Below is a link to some of the photos captured from the culmination event: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/? set=a.1885645958160566.1073741849.808951839163322&type=1&l=eac5b38cff     We will be updating the album above with more photos, and we will also post the videos on our PSG website: https://achieve.lausd.net/site/Default.aspx? PageID=14807    I hope you both are able to get some rest this summer. My team and I look forward to continue working with you to realize our Board District 5 mission that we will advance policies and practices that help ensure that our schools thrive as centers of opportunity for our communities.   Sincerely, Ref   Dr. Ref Rodriguez Board Member, District 5 Los Angeles Unified School District  Subscribe to the Board District 5 newsletter for updates from our office Board District 5 collaborates with constituents to advance practices and policies that help ensure their schools thrive as centers of opportunity.  LAUSD 0242 PRA Dr. Ref Rodriguez Board Member, District 5 Los Angeles Unified School District  Subscribe to the Board District 5 newsletter for updates from our office Board District 5 collaborates with constituents to advance practices and policies that help ensure their schools thrive as centers of opportunity.  LAUSD 0243 PRA From: To: Subject: Date: Great Public Schools Now Rodriguez, Ref News from Great Public Schools Now Thursday, September 21, 2017 12:51:12 PM Great Public Schools Now Hello: We hope the start of your school year has gone great. Ours has been fantastic. Like all of you, we had a busy summer, and we’re excited about some of our big projects that are coming up this fall. Here’s what we’ve been up to: Last Town Hall of 2017 We held our fifth and final 2017 town hall in the Pico-Union neighborhood this August, which capped off nearly a year of GPSN events. We held town halls in the northeast San Fernando Valley, South L.A., East L.A., Southeast L.A. and Pico-Union, speaking with thousands of people about Great Public Schools Now’s work and mission. We believe that community members are an invaluable resource for educators. Families know what’s working for them and what their neighborhoods need from schools, and GPSN is excited to hold more public events in the near future. Stay tuned for more details. Poll To make sure that we are getting an accurate understanding of what students need, GPSN conducted a poll this summer with Tulchin Research to gauge public opinion on education. You can see read the press release here, but we found that the community supports doing more of what works. Voters, and parents in particular, want to see more high-quality public schools of all kinds, including charter and L.A. Unified schools. The public also overwhelmingly feels that educational politics have become too overheated, something GPSN also agrees with. It’s time to put students first and improve education across Los Angeles. Univision Fair Even though we don’t have any more town halls planned, GPSN will be doing at least one more public event: the Univision Education Fair on Sept. 23 at Cal State Northridge. We’ll LAUSD 0244 PRA have a booth and will be doing two presentations that day. One will be with Parent Revolution called “Education 101,” where we will explain educational options at both traditional district schools and charters. The other will feature members of Students For Education Reform, who will explain how to best choose a college, major and even career. We hope to see you there! Great Public Schools Now http://www.greatpublicschoolsnow.org/ Great Public Schools Now · United States This email was sent to ref.rodriguez@lausd.net. To stop receiving emails, click here. You can also keep up with Great Public Schools Now on Twitter or Facebook. Created with NationBuilder, software for leaders. LAUSD 0245 PRA From: To: Subject: Date: Great Public Schools Now Rodriguez, Ref June 2017 Newsletter Monday, June 5, 2017 3:50:43 PM June 5, 2017 Dear parents and community members, Education is a team effort. And if Great Public Schools Now is going to reach our goal of making sure that every student in Los Angeles has a chance at a great education, we’ll need a lot of partners. That’s why we’ve worked with organizations across the educational landscape, from charters to teacher training programs, after-school organizations and parents. One of our key partners is L.A. Unified, the nation’s second-largest school district, which was why we were so excited to announce a $1.5-million grant to L.A. Unified’s Local District South earlier this spring. The money will go towards replicating education practices at two of the local district’s best-performing schools, Diego Rivera Learning Complex Public Service Community School and King/Drew Magnet High School of Medicine and Science. L.A. Unified administrators will spend the first year of the grant identifying the right replication sites and the best person to lead the team at the new campus. The campuses will open in the fall of 2018 and will add about 1,000 students over three years. We’ve been working on the school replication grants with L.A. Unified administrators for months and feel the  grants represent a great step forward in our relationship and for the future of Los Angeles. District officials will keep us informed about how the grants develop, and we look forward to finding new ways to work with them. This news release contains more information about the grant program.  ¡Escuelas Públicas de Calidad Ya! To reach our goals, GPSN also needs to reach as wide an audience as possible. So we’ve started a Spanish-language Facebook and Twitter pages that we believe will help us reach more people.  Give us a like or a follow and keep up with all GPSN news in real time and learn about the latest happenings in the world of education. Celebrating Our Work With Teach For America, Los Angeles The GPSN team attended the Teach For America, Los Angeles benefit dinner last month, where GPSN received the Regional Changemaker award. We’re honored by the recognition and inspired by the work TFA does. We gave them $2 million last spring, and they turned that into 130 new corps members by the fall who are working throughout the city to inspire students. Check out the videos we produced highlighting the work of two first-year teachers, Joshua Rushing at Manual Arts High School, and Jose Bahena at 42nd Street Elementary. Town Hall News LAUSD 0246 PRA Our East Los Angeles Town Hall earlier this month was our best yet, with nearly 300 people attending. There was a lively discussion led by our executive director, Myrna Castrejón, and attendees also were able to speak with L.A. Unified board member Mónica García to share their hopes and concerns about education in their neighborhood. We are proud to be working with the many community members who said that they need more great schools. For a quick summary of the event, check out this Univision news video.  As always, thanks for your support. Feedback is welcome at jsong@greatpublicschoolsnow.org or via our Facebook page.  www.greatpublicschoolsnow.org Great Public Schools Now · United States This email was sent to ref.rodriguez@lausd.net. To stop receiving emails, click here. You can also keep up with Great Public Schools Now on Twitter or Facebook. Created with NationBuilder, software for leaders. LAUSD 0247 PRA From: To: Subject: Date: Myrna Castrejon Rodriguez, Ref Re: What"s next? Wednesday, May 24, 2017 12:19:21 PM Perfect!!! Me too!!!! Sent you an invite! Sent from my iPhone > On May 24, 2017, at 10:59 AM, Rodriguez, Ref wrote: > > Meant Monday June 5. Looking forward to it. > > Ref LAUSD 0248 PRA From: To: Subject: Date: Rodriguez, Ref Myrna Castrejon Re: What"s next? Wednesday, May 24, 2017 10:59:47 AM Meant Monday June 5. Looking forward to it. Ref LAUSD 0249 PRA From: To: Subject: Date: Rodriguez, Ref Myrna Castrejon Re: What"s next? Wednesday, May 24, 2017 10:57:02 AM June 4 works best for me if that is ok. Ref  Sent from my iPhone On May 22, 2017, at 12:31 PM, Myrna Castrejon wrote: How's next Monday/Memorial Day for dinner? Or the following Monday, 6/4? It'd just be you, me and my Lauren Tate. myrna On Mon, May 22, 2017 at 7:18 AM, Rodriguez, Ref wrote: Yxta is great.  Sent from my iPhone On May 10, 2017, at 2:28 PM, Myrna Castrejon wrote: great! I'll get to work on aligning calendars -- Yxta is always fun.... We'll go wherever you pick though! ;)  m On Wed, May 10, 2017 at 1:03 PM, Rodriguez, Ref wrote: Dinner is great. Let's do it!  Sent from my iPhone On May 8, 2017, at 4:16 PM, Myrna Castrejon wrote: Dear Ref, Hope you had a great weekend and are surviving the year end crush of graduations and appearances - as LAUSD 0250 PRA well as the election heat..... I was just following up in a general way about the issues surrounding co-location and Prop 39; where is your taskforce work leading? Are there opportunities for us to be helpful in carving a better policy path? What next steps should we conspire about to help the current situation? Would love to meet and talk more about this - maybe with Lauren/and or Anita. Dinner maybe? happy to host! myrna -Myrna Castrejon Executive Director Great Public Schools Now mcastrejon@greatpublicschoolsnow.org -Myrna Castrejon Executive Director Great Public Schools Now mcastrejon@greatpublicschoolsnow.org LAUSD 0251 PRA From: To: Subject: Date: Myrna Castrejon Rodriguez, Ref Re: What"s next? Monday, May 22, 2017 12:31:37 PM How's next Monday/Memorial Day for dinner? Or the following Monday, 6/4? It'd just be you, me and my Lauren Tate. myrna On Mon, May 22, 2017 at 7:18 AM, Rodriguez, Ref wrote: Yxta is great.  Sent from my iPhone On May 10, 2017, at 2:28 PM, Myrna Castrejon wrote: great! I'll get to work on aligning calendars -- Yxta is always fun.... We'll go wherever you pick though! ;)  m On Wed, May 10, 2017 at 1:03 PM, Rodriguez, Ref wrote: Dinner is great. Let's do it!  Sent from my iPhone On May 8, 2017, at 4:16 PM, Myrna Castrejon wrote: Dear Ref, Hope you had a great weekend and are surviving the year end crush of graduations and appearances - as well as the election heat..... I was just following up in a general way about the issues surrounding co-location and Prop 39; where is your taskforce work leading? Are there opportunities for us to be helpful in carving a better policy path? What next steps should we conspire about to help the current situation? Would love to meet and talk more about this - maybe with Lauren/and or Anita. Dinner maybe? happy to host! LAUSD 0252 PRA myrna -Myrna Castrejon Executive Director Great Public Schools Now mcastrejon@greatpublicschoolsnow.org -Myrna Castrejon Executive Director Great Public Schools Now mcastrejon@greatpublicschoolsnow.org -Myrna Castrejon Executive Director Great Public Schools Now mcastrejon@greatpublicschoolsnow.org LAUSD 0253 PRA From: To: Subject: Date: Rodriguez, Ref Myrna Castrejon Re: What"s next? Monday, May 22, 2017 7:18:31 AM Yxta is great.  Sent from my iPhone On May 10, 2017, at 2:28 PM, Myrna Castrejon wrote: great! I'll get to work on aligning calendars -- Yxta is always fun.... We'll go wherever you pick though! ;)  m On Wed, May 10, 2017 at 1:03 PM, Rodriguez, Ref wrote: Dinner is great. Let's do it!  Sent from my iPhone On May 8, 2017, at 4:16 PM, Myrna Castrejon wrote: Dear Ref, Hope you had a great weekend and are surviving the year end crush of graduations and appearances - as well as the election heat..... I was just following up in a general way about the issues surrounding co-location and Prop 39; where is your taskforce work leading? Are there opportunities for us to be helpful in carving a better policy path? What next steps should we conspire about to help the current situation? Would love to meet and talk more about this - maybe with Lauren/and or Anita. Dinner maybe? happy to host! myrna -Myrna Castrejon Executive Director Great Public Schools Now LAUSD 0254 PRA From: To: Cc: Subject: Date: Myrna Castrejon Rodriguez, Ref Aman, Aixle; Cynthia Kanagui Re: Updated Town Hall Agenda Monday, April 17, 2017 11:49:53 AM Hello, Ref and Aixle - just checking in on this Saturday's Town Hall. Are we confirmed? Aixle, I just left a vm on your line... thanks! Myrna On Tue, Apr 11, 2017 at 10:54 AM, Myrna Castrejon wrote: Dear Ref, Great connecting with you last week and thank you for agreeing to join us for the SELA Town Hall GPSN is organizing for April 22. We have been making some tweaks to the draft agenda; as I shared with you, we are aiming to do a targeted conversation with you and electeds in HP to discuss issues of access to high quality education, programmatic emphasis like middle school performance, and access and choice. We are aiming to have structured questions from parent leaders in the area, discussing their experiences in SELA and asking for responses from the panel. Something like a 'soft accountability' session - no hard pins, but organized engagement in a way that helps us manage potential off-topic interactions like the ones that surfaced in South LA. Our GPSN parent canvasser team has engaged nearly 900 SELA residents who have agreed to support an agenda of quality for SELA, and we hope to welcome at least 300-400 of them that morning. The event also includes a resource fair, where about 15 organizations will table at the event. Additionally, we will reserve some time for an immigration rights organization to offer resources and support for families worried about the current state of events. The attached draft agenda outlines what the program flow looks like. Two last items - we had requested support from the LAUSD translations unit to support the event (which, by the way, will be all in Spanish), and pay for the service, but they ask that the request come from your office, if that works for you. Lastly, may we take you up on the offer to help encourage electeds to participate? We issued an invitation to the Mayor, signed by me and a few parent leaders working with us, and apparently her office has initially declined.    Let me know if all of this makes sense and how we can work together to make this a substantive and productive morning for all concerned! Bottom line, we want to encourage parents across the charter and district divide to focus on the need for high quality options for children! Hasta pronto! LAUSD 0255 PRA Myrna Castrejon Executive Director Great Public Schools Now mcastrejon@greatpublicschoolsnow.org -Myrna Castrejon Executive Director Great Public Schools Now mcastrejon@greatpublicschoolsnow.org LAUSD 0256 PRA From: To: Cc: Subject: Date: Lauren Tate Duran, Gabriel Rodriguez, Ref; Huerta, Jose; Cerda, German; Myrna Castrejon Re: Checking in Monday, March 13, 2017 4:47:24 PM We're sorry to hear that you aren't able to apply for the full implementation grant, but understand the importance of having broad input and staffing in place before doing so. If you have a few minutes, there is another funding opportunity that you might be eligible for. I'd love to discuss it - call me when you have a moment. My number is On Mon, Mar 13, 2017 at 3:02 PM, Duran, Gabriel wrote: Ms. Tate,  Thank you for your extensions and support for SRHS 8 Center for Enriched Studies. I will not be able to submit the  GPSN Replication & Expansion Grant.  Having a vision for a new school and attempting to write a replication grant without all of the data would have resulted in the submittal of a grant without parental, student, and teacher stakeholder input. Not having achievement data for my incoming students and not having a staff to collaborate with on the writing of the grant and specifically the target outcomes would have resulted in the submittal of a replication grant that would have been incomplete.  Again, Thank you for your time and I look forward to future opportunities that may be granted in applying for future grants.  Gabriel Durán, Principal New SRHS #8     Grades 6-12 Center for Enriched Studies Magnet School                                                               5800 King Avenue   Maywood, CA 90270 Phone Email: gduran@lausd.net From: Lauren Tate Date: Monday, March 13, 2017 at 10:21 AM To: LAUSD user Subject: Checking in Morning Gabriel, Just checking in to see if things are on track for a submission today? Let me know if you have any questions. Lauren LAUSD 0257 PRA From: To: Subject: Date: Great Public Schools Now Rodriguez, Ref March Newsletter Wednesday, March 1, 2017 1:29:49 PM GPSNgreenlogo.png March 1, 2017 Hello Board Member Rodriguez -Great teachers are at the heart of every outstanding public school. They use different methods and have different personalities, but they all know how to inspire their students to meet new challenges. When one great teacher leaves the classroom early because they didn’t get the proper support, it’s a tragedy for the school and the community. That’s why Great Public Schools Now awarded nearly $900,000 to six educational organizations and schools to fund programs that will provide their best teachers more training, improve work-life balance, and offer financial incentives for additional professional development. The grants should help about 150 amazing educators stay in their classrooms for as long as they want to. That means thousands of children will continue to get great educations and future generations of teachers will have mentors to help them become the best educators they can be. With the hope of replicating the best parts of each project throughout the city, the GPSN team will closely monitor the progress of each program because all students deserve a great teacher. Check out the news release and other information about the grants at our website.  New look! When you see the teacher retention news release, you’ll notice that we have refreshed the site. We think it’s more user-friendly and highlights the work we’ve done with partners across Los Angeles, especially since each project has its own space under the “Our Work” tab. We made sure to leave plenty of room for future work, and we think the website will grow along with GPSN. LAUSD 0258 PRA Next Town Hall! We’ll be holding out next Town Hall on April 22nd at the SteelWorkers OldTimers Foundation at 3355 E. Gage Ave. in Huntington Park. We’ll have more details soon and hope to see you there! www.greatpublicschoolsnow.org Great Public Schools Now · United States This email was sent to ref.rodriguez@lausd.net. To stop receiving emails, click here. You can also keep up with Great Public Schools Now on Twitter. Created with NationBuilder, software for leaders. LAUSD 0259 PRA From: To: Subject: Date: Great Public Schools Now Rodriguez, Ref November 2016 Newsletter Wednesday, November 30, 2016 2:57:03 PM GPSNgreenlogo.png Nov. 30, 2016 Hello Board Member Rodriguez -The main goal of Great Public Schools Now has always been to give the nearly 140,000 students enrolled in low-performing Los Angeles-area public schools a chance at a great education. To achieve this ambitious objective, GPSN has been developing partnerships across the educational landscape, including with L.A. Unified. We’re proud to say that our collaboration with the nation's second largest school district is producing results. After months of working with L.A. Unified officials, GPSN awarded a grant to plan replication of successful educational practices at a pair of South L.A. schools: Diego Rivera Learning Complex Public Service and King-Drew Senior High Medicine & Science Magnet. Diego Rivera and King-Drew are two of South L.A.’s best performing campuses, and we’re confident they will submit innovative grant proposals to continue their great work. The grants are part of GPSN’s commitment to spend up to $3.75 million to replicate highquality L.A. Unified schools and we hope that even more campuses will apply for the final grants later this year. Winners will be announced by April, so stay tuned for more news. South L.A. Town Hall! We’re holding our second town hall on December 10 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Watts Labor Community Action center. Our first, in the Northeast San Fernando Valley in October, attracted more than 130 people who gave us valuable feedback on what they want to see from their education system. In addition to roundtable discussions and a Q&A, we’re also holding a resource fair as well as providing complimentary day care and lunch. Help us spread the word by sharing the Facebook event page or signing up to attend here. LAUSD 0260 PRA And now we’re seven… Operations Manager Jardine Monteil has joined the GPSN team. Jardine has extensive experience working with nonprofit organizations and was most recently the controller for the Foothill Unity Center. With Jardine’s addition, Great Public Schools Now is fully staffed with seven employees, and we look forward to producing more great work in the coming year. Feedback is welcome at jsong@greatpublicschoolsnow.org or via our Facebook page.  www.greatpublicschoolsnow.org Great Public Schools Now · United States This email was sent to ref.rodriguez@lausd.net. To stop receiving emails, click here. Created with NationBuilder, software for leaders. LAUSD 0261 PRA From: To: Cc: Subject: Date: Attachments: Myrna Castrejon King, Michelle Superintendent; Zimmer, Steven; Mckenna, George; Garcia, Monica (Board Member); Vladovic, Richard; Rodriguez, Ref; Ratliff, Monica; Schmerelson, Scott M. Haber, Shannon; Jason Song GPSN Response to UTLA"s Media Release Today Friday, November 4, 2016 2:26:53 PM 11.4.16 UTLA Reponse Release.pdf Dear Superintendent King and Board of Education members: Attached is Great Public Schools Now's response to the United Teachers Los Angeles press release stating some educators' opposition to our high-performing schools replication grant. As you know, GPSN and district educators worked together to design a grant program that will greatly benefit the city, and we are disappointed that adults are putting politics ahead of students' best interests.  We all know that education is vital but difficult work, and we at GPSN remain confident that these challenges can best be solved through open dialogue and collaboration. We look forward to working with L.A. Unified on the high-performing schools replication grant and other projects in the future. My best regards, Myrna Castrejon Executive Director Great Public Schools Now mcastrejon@greatpublicschoolsnow.org LAUSD 0262 PRA From: To: Subject: Date: Great Public Schools Now Rodriguez, Ref October 2016 Newsletter Wednesday, October 19, 2016 5:08:21 PM GPSNgreenlogo.png Oct. 19, 2016 Hello Board Member Rodriguez -Since our launch in June 2016, Great Public Schools Now has been hard at work sharpening our strategic areas of focus supporting great schools and educational programs across Los Angeles. One of our key goals is to catalyze a conversation among Angelenos about how best to increase high quality options for all kids, particularly for children in the highest areas of need across our great city. We thank you for joining our outreach list and for your support of our mission and look forward to being in regular contact with you. We will be sending monthly updates in this community newsletter to stay connected with you about what we see as bright spots and challenges to improve education and how we continue to shape our work. Inaugural Collaboration with L.A. Unified After working with Los Angeles Unified School District officials for several months, we were thrilled to announce our agreement to fund up to $3.75 million to expand up to five high-performing schools. The campuses will be chosen by our board along with a panel of experts both inside and outside the district, and final winners will be announced around April next year. We think these grants can make a huge difference in the nation’s second biggest school district by providing more opportunities for students to go to high-performing schools. And we’re excited to be working with L.A. Unified for the first of what we believe will be many partnerships. For full grant details, check out the press release and Request for Proposal on our website. But here are some highlights: •High-need children: The schools will all come from areas where 80% of the students don’t meet grade level standards. And the campuses must be non-selective and enroll special education students and English language learners at rates similar to district averages. LAUSD 0263 PRA •Traditional schools: This round of grants is only for LA Unified campuses. GPSN will have separate processes and funding to support other educational efforts, including teacher training programs and charter organizations. Town Halls Coming! We hope to learn more about the city’s educational needs through the school expansion grants and how to improve our process, and anticipate doing even more to replicate great schools in the near future. It was gratifying to come to this agreement, but we’re still looking for new ideas about how to replicate successful schools and are holding two town halls soon. The first will be on Oct. 22nd, when we’re looking to hear from northeast San Fernando Valley residents on what their communities need from schools and what they want to see more of. There will also be complimentary day-care and lunch. Come check out the event! We’re following that meeting up with another one in South L.A. at Los Angeles Southwest College on Dec. 10. We’ll have more details on that event shortly. GPSN Founding Team News In other news, GPSN is now a team of six! Director of Communications Jason Song, Director of Talent Eric DeSobe, Director of School Growth Lauren Tate, Director of Operations Isabel Acosta, and Outreach Manager Cynthia Kanagui. Jason came from the Los Angeles Times, where he was a reporter for nine years, most of it covering education. Eric was most recently at KIPP LA Schools, where he was the associate director of recruitment. Lauren was most recently the chief of staff with the Achievement School District in Memphis, TN. Isabel, a native Angelena, comes to us from The Broad Foundation. And Cynthia was with IDEA Public Schools in South Texas. Now that our staffing is almost complete, we anticipate generating more good news to share and will be sending out a newsletter once a month. As always, feedback is welcome at jsong@greatpublicschoolsnow.org or at our Facebook page. See you at the town halls! www.greatpublicschoolsnow.org Great Public Schools Now · United States This email was sent to ref.rodriguez@lausd.net. To stop receiving emails, click here. Created with NationBuilder, software for leaders. LAUSD 0264 PRA From: To: Cc: Subject: Date: Attachments: Myrna Castrejon King, Michelle Superintendent; Garcia, Monica (Board Member); Zimmer, Steven; Rodriguez, Ref; Schmerelson, Scott M.; Vladovic, Richard; Ratliff, Monica; Mckenna, George Haber, Shannon; Jason Song; Cynthia Kanagui GPSN to Host Community Event This Month Wednesday, October 5, 2016 6:16:34 PM Pacoima Panorama Town Hall 2016 English Spanish.pdf Dear Superintendent King and Members of the Board of Education of the Los Angeles Unified School District,   Great Public Schools Now will be hosting our first outreach event of the year for parents and community members in the Pacoima and Panorama City area on Oct. 22 from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. We hope our Town Hall will bring together families to learn more about what they are looking for in high quality schools, and how we can improve access. We hope to host about 300 people and will have a Q&A session and a series of roundtable discussions. The feedback gleaned from this effort to continue to shape our community engagement strategy and funding priorities.     Our Community Outreach and Engagement Manager, Cynthia Kanagui, has been presenting to parents at various schools in the area and is looking forward to any opportunity to connect with Northeast leaders and parents.  We welcome your attendance or participation in this event, and please let us know if you have any questions about this event. We will be hosting similar events throughout the year in each of the areas where GPSN will focus its efforts. We very much look forward to gleaning perspective from Los Angeles families that will continue to help guide our mission.  We have attached a copy of the event flier for your convenience.   All the best, Myrna Castrejon Executive Director Great Public Schools Now mcastrejon@greatpublicschoolsnow.org LAUSD 0265 PRA From: To: Cc: Subject: Date: Myrna Castrejon Zimmer, Steven; Rodriguez, Ref; Ratliff, Monica; Garcia, Monica (Board Member); Vladovic, Richard; Mckenna, George; Schmerelson, Scott M. King, Michelle Superintendent; Haber, Shannon; Glenn Gritzner; Jason Song Clarification Note Friday, September 30, 2016 8:51:38 AM Dear Members of the Board of Education of Los Angeles Unified School District, Yesterday, Great Public Schools Now was proud to announce something we had long planned, and that this Board played a key role in facilitating - up to $3.75 million in funds to expand or replicate high performing LAUSD schools. This is a part of our ongoing commitment to promoting quality education around Los Angeles, without getting bogged down in the politics around school governance. As our announcement made clear, and as Superintendent King may have told you, these funds are exclusively for LAUSDgoverned schools. There is no competition with charters for the same dollars. I was surprised to see a headline in the print edition of the Los Angeles Times this morning that seemed to indicate otherwise, and I wanted to email you to clear up any confusion. Once again, this money, up to $3.75 million, is only for the replication of LAUSD-governed schools. Please let me know if you have any questions, and thank you for your support and assistance. Best regards, Myrna Castrejon Executive Director Great Public Schools Now mcastrejon@greatpublicschoolsnow.org LAUSD 0266 PRA From: To: Subject: Date: Myrna Castrejon Rodriguez, Ref GPSN: Launch & Other News Thursday, July 28, 2016 3:13:02 PM Dear Board Member Rodriguez, It has been an exciting four months at Great Public Schools Now leading up to the successful launch of our initiative on June 16, 2016. We are energized and grateful for the positive response our efforts generated across the community, and how many of you across Los Angeles are ready to join us to make sure every child in LA has access to a high quality public school education! You affirmed our belief that parents, families, and community members believe like we do that every child in Los Angeles deserves that chance, because the future of our city depends on it. One of the key documents that resulted from the launch was a new plan outlining the core areas of our work: deep and authentic community engagement, strengthening teachers and leaders, providing support for adequate facilities, and most importantly, the replication of high quality public schools. We have prioritized 10 Los Angeles neighborhoods where we will begin investing our time, resources, and innovative thinking. Please follow this link for more information on these focal regions as well as our updated launch plan. Since the launch, we have focused on opening avenues of collaboration with the Los Angeles Unified School District and engaging in meaningful dialogue with Superintendent Michelle King. We are in the process of partnering with community groups and local funders to garner additional support for our effort. Lastly, we made a few key investments as demonstration grants that point the way to the kind of support we will provide, as many organizations across Los Angeles align with our vision and mission to build and replicate quality schools.  Thank you for your support of Great Public Schools Now! We need to hear directly from you how we can make a greater impact, and we plan to host two Town Halls this fall and three Town Halls in the spring of 2017. Your feedback, input, and attendance is extremely important to us and is absolutely critical in shaping the direction of our organization. Stay tuned for more details about the upcoming town halls via our website and through social media in the next few weeks. Please stay informed by visiting our main page at Greatpublicschoolsnow.org and our Facebook page @GreatPublicSchoolsNow! Adelante! Myrna Myrna Castrejon http://www.greatpublicschoolsnow.org/ -=-=Great Public Schools Now · United States This email was sent to ref.rodriguez@lausd.net. To stop receiving emails, click here. -=-=Created with NationBuilder, software for leaders. LAUSD 0267 PRA From: Subject: Date: Myrna Castrejon Great Public Schools Now Launch - Next Steps Friday, July 8, 2016 3:14:06 PM Honorable Members of the School Board of LAUSD,   I was proud to stand at HOLA recently and, with other educational advocates and activists, announce the official launch of Great Public Schools Now. As you may have heard, our first set of announced 'demonstration' grants will benefit students in district schools as well as those in charters in some of the region’s most struggling neighborhoods.   Now that we’ve launched, I'd love to come brief you on our thinking and hear your thoughts and priorities for where we go from here. The goal of Great Public Schools Now is to help as many students as possible – a goal I know we all share. I look forward to meeting with you soon, and to discussing this important work in the weeks and months ahead.   Sincerely, Myrna Castrejon Executive Director Great Public Schools Now mcastrejon@greatpublicschoolsnow.org LAUSD 0268 PRA From: To: Subject: Date: Myrna Castrejon Garcia, Monica (Board Member); Rodriguez, Ref; Campos, Edgar May Resolution Wednesday, April 27, 2016 5:03:25 PM Good afternoon,  Just a quick note to connect on the Board resolution slated for a vote May 10, as we haven't connected since the April meeting. Would appreciate a quick update on where you think this is moving, and if there is anything we can do to help - including not helping.  Hope you are all well - it has certainly been a whirlwind the past few weeks!  Best,  Myrna Castrejón Executive Director Great Public Schools Now mcastrejon@greatpublicschoolsnow.org Sent from my iPhone LAUSD 0269 PRA From: To: Cc: Myrna Castrejon Anita Landecker Gonzalez, Erika; Liza Bercovici; Garcia, Monica (Board Member); Sarah Angel; Emilio Pack; Hrag Hamalian; emorris@endeavorcollegeprep.org; C De Jesus; Yvette King-Berg; John Sun; Mike Keeley; Louise Manuel; malbert@newlosangeles.org; Rodriguez, Ref; Aman, Aixle; Campos, Edgar Re: Meeting to explore Prop 39 Alternatives Monday, April 18, 2016 5:20:50 PM Subject: Date: May 17 works for me Sent from my iPhone On Apr 18, 2016, at 5:10 PM, Anita Landecker wrote: I will attend. On Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 1:57 PM, Gonzalez, Erika wrote: Good afternoon everyone,   I hope this email finds everyone well.   We’d like to go ahead and schedule to meet on Tuesday, May 3rd from 6-8 pm at Gabriella Charter School.  Please reply to this email confirming your attendance by this Friday, April 22nd for catering purposes.   Gabriella Charter School is located on the campus of Logan Street Elementary School at 1435 Logan Street, Los Angeles, CA 90026.  The parking lot for GCS staff and visitors is located at 1615 Montana between Logan Street and Echo Park Blvd (north side of street, look for the GCS sign).   From the parking lot, walk west on Montana and turn right onto Logan Street.  The GCS section of the campus is accessible through a gate on Logan Street.  Push the intercom button to request entry and proceed through the gate.  Follow the blue footsteps to the main office to check in.  Click here to see our location on Google Maps.   Please let me know if you have any questions or need further information.     LAUSD 0270 PRA Best,   Erika J. Gonzalez Director of Operations Office of Dr. Ref Rodriguez Board of Education, District 5 Los Angeles Unified School District Office:   From: Rodriguez, Ref Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2016 9:11 AM To: Matt Albert Cc: Liza Bercovici; Garcia, Monica (Board Member); Myrna Castrejon; Sarah Angel; Emilio Pack; Hrag Hamalian; emorris@endeavorcollegeprep.org; C De Jesus; Yvette King-Berg; John Sun; Mike Keeley; Louise Manuel; Anita Landecker; Aman, Aixle; Gonzalez, Erika Subject: Re: Requesting meeting to explore Prop 39 alternative with 'win-win' approach for all students   As a next step, I would love to have a face to face meeting with those of you who can attend to discuss potential collaborations and next steps. I can share at that time information regarding internal meetings I have had with President Zimmer and Jose Cole Gutierrez and Dr. Francis Gibson regarding a "win-win" approach.   Ref    ————————— Dr. Ref Rodriguez Member, Board of Education Los Angeles Unified School District ref.rodriguez@lausd.net LAUSD 0271 PRA Anita Landecker Executive Director EXED 11858 La Grange Ave. 2nd Floor Los Angeles, CA 90025 Of?ce Phone: Direct Line: Cell Phone: mmexednel LAUSD 0272 PRA From: To: Cc: Myrna Castrejon Rodriguez, Ref Matt Albert; Liza Bercovici; Garcia, Monica (Board Member); Sarah Angel; Emilio Pack; Hrag Hamalian; emorris@endeavorcollegeprep.org; C De Jesus; Yvette King-Berg; John Sun; Mike Keeley; Louise Manuel; Anita Landecker; Aman, Aixle; Gonzalez, Erika Re: Requesting meeting to explore Prop 39 alternative with "win-win" approach for all students Thursday, April 14, 2016 9:58:25 AM Subject: Date: Excellent! Sent from my iPhone On Apr 14, 2016, at 9:10 AM, Rodriguez, Ref wrote: As a next step, I would love to have a face to face meeting with those of you who can attend to discuss potential collaborations and next steps. I can share at that time information regarding internal meetings I have had with President Zimmer and Jose Cole Gutierrez and Dr. Francis Gibson regarding a "win-win" approach. Ref ————————— Dr. Ref Rodriguez Member, Board of Education Los Angeles Unified School District ref.rodriguez@lausd.net On Apr 7, 2016, at 12:39 PM, Matt Albert wrote: I'd chime in here to add that the District intentionally prevents any collaboration for new co-locations by prohibiting contact between the charter school and District school. I'd like to think that between February 1 - April 1, there's an opportunity to work with the principals to look for ways the co-location could benefit the District school. That way, the arrival of the charter school, while legally required, could at least have a chance of being met with benefits to the District school or SEIU. -___________________________ Matt Albert, Ed.D. Executive Director 1919 S. Burnside Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90016 T: F: 323.939.6411 www.newlosangeles.org LAUSD 0273 PRA On Apr 7, 2016, at 12:19 PM, Liza Bercovici wrote: Monica, Thanks so much for responding. To answer both your emails: We have not connected yet with Legal, the Superintendent 01' CSD. We wanted to start ?rst by sharing with Ref and you our desire to work together on this to see if the idea had traction at a leadership level. The proposal as envisioned would apply to current co- locations or new opportunities. We have yet to identify particular sites or host schools who might be interested in the idea. We thought that District principals with potential co-location sites might feel more comfortable exploring our proposal were the meeting to be convened by Board Members. Any recommendation from you re next steps is very appreciated. All the best, Liza Liza Bercovici Executive Director Gabriella Charter Schools See GCS Students "At The Playground - a 9 V: - v- and these recital snippets: 0W . (4th grade tap) 0 mm: 'avpym ?211(qu cgm?yatdl (Q grade boys) LAUSD 0274 PRA https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=Ri6WQV Y8RU  (3rd grade mimes) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGSohNFRQI  (5th grade Ringmasters) On Thu, Apr 7, 2016 at 10:24 AM, Garcia, Monica (Board Member) wrote: Thank you very much Liza and team for your thoughtful recommendation re Prop 39. Help me know if your intention is to explore the longer agreement with current co-locations principals or new opportunities.  I am curious about the thinking from our Supt., legal and cds leaders.  Have you shared this with any of them? From: Liza Bercovici > Date: Thursday, April 7, 2016 at 8:47 AM To: LAUSD user , Ref Rodriguez Cc: Myrna Castrejon , Sarah Angel , New LA Charter , Emilio Pack , Hrag Hamalian , "emorris " , Cristina De Jesus , John Sun , Louise Manuel Date: April 12, 2016 at 9:32:29 AM PDT To: "Campos, Edgar" Subject: Merged Reso Language Dear Edgar, Below is some suggested text for a merged resolution that attempts to highlight the rationale and core elements of each - replicating already successful schools regardless of model, serving all kids (non selectivity of initiative by expanding beyond just magnets) and seeking outside support for the effort. I hope this gives you a good start; naturally, the conventions of the header up to you how to modify best. Please keep me posted on how this evolves; I'm in an all day meeting, but accessible via email and text. Good luck!  Ms. García, Ms. Ratlif, Dr. Rodriguez - Ofering Families More – Promoting, Celebrating and Replicating Success Across LAUSD (Res 047-15/16) For Action May 10, 2016 Whereas, Every student in the Los Angeles Unified School District has a right to a high- performing neighborhood public school; Whereas, Parents deserve high-quality options in their neighborhood and are increasingly demanding them; Whereas, In May 2015, the LAUSD Board of Education (“Board”) passed the “Believing in our Schools Again” resolution directing the Superintendent to identify successful programs within the District including but not limited to magnets, International Baccalaureate programs, Dual Language Immersion programs, STEM/STEAM programs, and Pilot schools and develop a comprehensive strategy to LAUSD 0278 PRA grow these programs and strengthen instruction and support at neighborhood schools;  Whereas, In June 2015, the Board passed the “Equity on A-G: Reaffirming Our Commitment to A-G Life Preparation for All” resolution that reaffirmed the District’s commitment to the strategies, timeline and spirit set forth by the 2005 A-G resolution with a precise focus on the equitable access to instructional strategies, interventions, and supports that will enable successful completion of the A-G course sequence for all students;  Whereas, In June 2015, the Board passed the “Zero Dropouts in LAUSD” resolution that recommended initiatives designed to eliminate the problem of dropouts in K-12 education and directed the Superintendent to convene a committee to develop a plan to streamline, coordinate, and consolidate available programs, resources, and services, as well as identify and address existing gaps to the implementation of accelerating reductions in dropout rates for all subgroups;  Whereas, In January 2016, the Board passed the “Excellent Public Education for Every Student” resolution that affirmed the Board’s commitment to making every possible effort to attract and retain students and parents by engaging with all stakeholders to develop a framework for excellent public schools, and improved outcomes for every student; and encouraged investments in District-wide programs and strategies that benefit every student;  Whereas, Magnet programs are court-ordered voluntary integration opportunities and charter schools are public schools available to students in grades K-12 living within the Los Angeles Unified School District boundaries; Whereas, Currently, there are 210 magnet programs serving approximately 67,000 students in the District and 273 charter schools serving 148,473 students;  Whereas, Despite progress in raising achievement and an increase in graduation rates, there is still a long way to go to ensure equitable learning opportunities throughout Los Angeles; Whereas, The District has been innovative in developing new models for public education and an unprecedented number of these models have found success, as indicated by the fact that there are many magnet and charter programs that consistently receive more applications than available seats, resulting in interested students being placed on a waiting LAUSD 0279 PRA list; Whereas, There are many District schools providing an excellent education to all students, including Francisco Bravo Medical Magnet High School, King Drew Magnet High School of Medicine and Science, Downtown Business High School, Linda Esperanza Marquez LIBRA Academy, and John H. Francis Polytechnic Senior High School Math, Science andTechnology Magnet, as well as many others; Whereas, Francisco Bravo Medical Magnet High School ranked in the top 50 high schools in California according to U.S. News and World Reports in 2015, while 90% of its student population qualify for Free and Reduced Price Meals; and its applications are estimated to exceed available seats by over 600; Whereas, King Drew Magnet High School of Medicine and Science saw 72% of students meet or exceed standards in English Language Arts on last year’s Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium and has an 82% Free and Reduced Price Meals rate; Whereas, Downtown Business High School has a graduation rate of 94%, is estimated to have twice as many applications as available seats, and serves 84% of students who qualify for Free and Reduced Price Meals; Whereas, Linda Esperanza Marquez LIBRA Academy saw 64% of its students meet or exceed standards in English Language Arts on last year’s Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium and has a 90% Free and Reduced Price Meals rate; Whereas, John H. Francis Polytechnic Senior High School Math, Science and Technology Magnet saw 88% of students meet or exceed standards in English Language Arts on last year’s Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium and has an 88% Free and Reduced Price Meals rate; Whereas, The Office of Student Integration Services did not solicit applications for the development of new magnet programs for school year 2018-2019 because there is a backlog of applications; Whereas, Currently, the Office of Student Integration Services is reviewing 22 magnet applications for school year 2017-2018, and there are at least another 47 schools that are interested in opening magnet programs; LAUSD 0280 PRA Whereas, These schools and others could be expanded to serve more students if given the support and resources to do so; and Whereas, The District has a long history of partnership with external organizations to leverage the many resources of Los Angeles, and outside funding may be available to support expansion of these District models; now, therefore, be it Resolved, That the Governing Board of the Los Angeles Unified School District directs the Superintendent to identify the best strategies to replicate high-performing District schools of all types in areas of high need and to seek outside support for the funding of such replication;  Resolved further, That the Board hereby directs the Superintendent to immediately allocate the necessary human and financial resources to the Office of Student Integration Services for the purpose of addressing the backlog of applications and supporting interested schools in submitting new applications; and, be it finally  Resolved, That the Superintendent report back to the Board within 60 days on progress on this effort.  -Myrna Castrejon Executive Director Great Public Schools Now mcastrejon@greatpublicschoolsnow.org LAUSD 0281 PRA From: To: Subject: Date: Myrna Castrejon Rodriguez, Ref Re: resolution Thursday, April 7, 2016 1:41:11 PM Hi Ref!  Call when ready! left you a vm on cell. My cell is myrna Sent from my iPhone On Apr 6, 2016, at 7:47 PM, Rodriguez, Ref wrote: Let's talk tomorrow if you have a chance. I am available between 1:30 and 2:30 if you have time. I have some thoughts that I would like to bounce off of you.  Ref  ————————— Dr. Ref Rodriguez Member, Board of Education Los Angeles Unified School District ref.rodriguez@lausd.net On Apr 6, 2016, at 7:41 PM, Myrna Castrejon wrote: Ref, wanted to check in with you about whether you had thoughts about media outreach/response to the resolution as it will go live next week, yes? As we discussed last week, GPSN will take a back seat until after to keep the discussion as pristine as possible; Glenn I think was reaching out to one of your staff to check in on your plan. I'm not sure if they've connected. THoughts? Myrna Sent from my iPhone LAUSD 0282 PRA From: To: Subject: Date: Myrna Castrejon Rodriguez, Ref Re: resolution Wednesday, April 6, 2016 8:07:24 PM perfect; i'll call you then! Sent from my iPhone On Apr 6, 2016, at 7:47 PM, Rodriguez, Ref wrote: Let's talk tomorrow if you have a chance. I am available between 1:30 and 2:30 if you have time. I have some thoughts that I would like to bounce off of you.  Ref  ————————— Dr. Ref Rodriguez Member, Board of Education Los Angeles Unified School District ref.rodriguez@lausd.net On Apr 6, 2016, at 7:41 PM, Myrna Castrejon wrote: Ref, wanted to check in with you about whether you had thoughts about media outreach/response to the resolution as it will go live next week, yes? As we discussed last week, GPSN will take a back seat until after to keep the discussion as pristine as possible; Glenn I think was reaching out to one of your staff to check in on your plan. I'm not sure if they've connected. THoughts? Myrna Sent from my iPhone LAUSD 0283 PRA From: To: Cc: Subject: Date: Myrna Castrejon Barbosa, Gabriella Rodriguez, Ref; Glenn Gritzner Re: Replication/Partnership Resolution Friday, April 1, 2016 3:06:11 PM Thanks Gabriella, Question on process - is the language still fluid before it appears publicly or is it locked in? myrna Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 1, 2016, at 3:03 PM, Barbosa, Gabriella wrote: > > Hi Myrna, > > Attached is the final draft that was submitted for notice a couple days ago. I added in language connecting the resolution to district initiatives established by other board members, and also added in an excellent school example from BD4. Hopefully this will garner support from other board offices. > > Sincerely, > > Gabriella > > > Gabriella Barbosa > Policy Director > Office of Board Member Dr. Ref Rodriguez > Board of Education, District 5 > Los Angeles Unified School District > Office: > > > -----Original Message----> From: Rodriguez, Ref > Sent: Friday, April 01, 2016 10:17 AM > To: Myrna Castrejon > Cc: Garcia, Monica (Board Member); Glenn Gritzner > Subject: Re: Replication/Partnership Resolution > > Was great connecting. > > Gabriella Barbosa (gabriella.barbosa@lausd net) as primary and Aixle Aman (aixle.aman@lausd net) as secondary. > >> On Mar 31, 2016, at 3:32 PM, Myrna Castrejon wrote: >> >> Monica and Ref, >> Thank you so much for such energizing conversation about the challenges ahead for Los Angeles and how we can work to leverage success for kids in partnership. I feel hopeful and re-committed to the task ahead. >> >> One quick follow up on the draft resolution; as you continue to work with your staff to integrate the language that will make it successful, we would appreciate the opportunity to offer feedback and stay in the loop on process. I've cc'd Glenn Gritzner here who can help connect with your staff, as you assign, and stay aligned. >> LAUSD 0284 PRA >> Very excited about the weeks ahead! >> >> My best, >> >> Myrna Castrejón >> Executive Director >> Great Public Schools Now >> >> Sent from my iPhone > LAUSD 0285 PRA From: To: Cc: Subject: Date: Myrna Castrejon Garcia, Monica (Board Member) Rodriguez, Ref; Glenn Gritzner Re: Replication/Partnership Resolution Thursday, March 31, 2016 4:58:32 PM Great, thank you! Myrna Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 31, 2016, at 4:20 PM, Garcia, Monica (Board Member) wrote: > > Absolutely - my staff person is Edgar Campos as a primary and Lizette > Patron as a secondary. > > On 3/31/16, 3:32 PM, "Myrna Castrejon" > wrote: > >> Monica and Ref, >> Thank you so much for such energizing conversation about the challenges >> ahead for Los Angeles and how we can work to leverage success for kids in >> partnership. I feel hopeful and re-committed to the task ahead. >> >> One quick follow up on the draft resolution; as you continue to work with >> your staff to integrate the language that will make it successful, we >> would appreciate the opportunity to offer feedback and stay in the loop >> on process. I've cc'd Glenn Gritzner here who can help connect with your >> staff, as you assign, and stay aligned. >> >> Very excited about the weeks ahead! >> >> My best, >> >> Myrna Castrejón >> Executive Director >> Great Public Schools Now >> >> Sent from my iPhone > LAUSD 0286 PRA From: To: Cc: Subject: Date: Myrna Castrejon Garcia, Monica (Board Member); Rodriguez, Ref Glenn Gritzner Replication/Partnership Resolution Thursday, March 31, 2016 3:32:14 PM Monica and Ref, Thank you so much for such energizing conversation about the challenges ahead for Los Angeles and how we can work to leverage success for kids in partnership. I feel hopeful and re-committed to the task ahead. One quick follow up on the draft resolution; as you continue to work with your staff to integrate the language that will make it successful, we would appreciate the opportunity to offer feedback and stay in the loop on process. I've cc'd Glenn Gritzner here who can help connect with your staff, as you assign, and stay aligned. Very excited about the weeks ahead! My best, Myrna Castrejón Executive Director Great Public Schools Now Sent from my iPhone LAUSD 0287 PRA From: To: Subject: Date: Myrna Castrejon Rodriguez, Ref Saludos and follow up Monday, March 28, 2016 12:53:59 PM Hello Ref, Checking in to see if we can carve out a moment to follow up on GPSN's work and the draft resolution, by phone, if possible?  I'm in LA today through Wednesday this week... Saludos, -Myrna Castrejon Executive Director Great Public Schools Now mcastrejon@greatpublicschoolsnow.org LAUSD 0288 PRA From: To: Subject: Date: Myrna Castrejon Rodriguez, Ref Re: The Work Ahead... Friday, March 18, 2016 6:35:08 PM Hi Ref!  It was great to see you on Wednesday and chat a bit about our work ahead; I really appreciated your comments at the Regional meeting and I love the emerging vibe of collaboration that is beginning to be felt. We have to help that get some lift without losing an ounce of urgency for supporting high quality programs. I wanted to give you a heads up that Monica Garcia just reached out a few moments ago and says she's on board with the resolution and wants to introduce for May action; want to make sure we all stay coordinated! My first GPSN Board meeting is Tuesday, so we are gearing up for ramp up!  Have a great weekend, and let's talk soon!  Myrna Sent from my iPhone On Mar 11, 2016, at 4:58 PM, Myrna Castrejon wrote: Good afternoon! The past two weeks ramping up with Great Public Schools Now have been a whirlwind of activity to get our new organization up and running. We recently received our 501c3 letter and are finalizing our founding Board of Directors to start the work in earnest. It is an exciting time, and I'm particularly enjoying the many conversations I'm having with leaders like you and throughout the community in Los Angeles about the many possibilities that exist for moving the agenda for kids forward. I hope I can catch up with you in person very soon!   In the meantime, I wanted to follow up on a conversation Gregory McGinity broached with you a few weeks back, before I officially started, about the possibility of introducing a resolution that affirms the opportunity for GPSN to support district-led projects. As you now, we are eager to highlight the bright spots where excellence within LAUSD can point the way for additional replication and support. We've taken the liberty of drafting up what such a resolution could look like, along with specific examples of district programs that deserve recognition and support. Let me know if this is an idea you think is timely and wise to pursue, and how we can work together to bring focus to what's working - regardless of governance structure, program or union affiliation.  I hope to connect with you in person very soon. Let me know what works best for you.  Warm regards, -- Myrna Castrejon Executive Director Great Public Schools Now LAUSD 0289 PRA mcastrej on greatpublicschoolsnow .org resolution.d0cx> LAUSD 0290 PRA From: To: Subject: Date: Great Public Schools Now Schmerelson, Scott M. Helping families simplify the charter application process Monday, October 8, 2018 4:49:04 PM Great Public Schools Now Board Member Schmerelson -For years Los Angeles families have faced a very complicated and disconnected set of applications to find and enroll in great public schools. Each school can have its own requirements, platform, and deadlines, so filling out the paperwork and keeping track of it all can be confusing and even overwhelming for families. In fact, when GPSN held a series of public events last year to hear from parents about how public education can be improved, many attendees said the current enrollment process wasn’t working and that communities needed a more family friendly charter application process. That’s why GPSN launched a single, common-sense application system – ApplyLA – last week. With ApplyLA, families fill out one application and apply to as many schools as they want in as little as five minutes. The site is off to a great start, with more than 900 applications already received, and we anticipate that number will grow as more parents spread the word about the site. For a quick overview on how ApplyLA works, click the video below.  LAUSD 0291 PRA [a In addition to allowing families to apply to multiple schools with a single application, also: . Includes about 10% of charter schools. The site currently has 31 schools, and we expect that number to grow. . Is an especially important complement to LA. Unified's Uni?ed Enrollment system, which does not currently include independent charter schools. . Allows families to track their applications in English, Spanish and Korean on a mobile-friendly platform. Families can log on at any time to see the status of their applications, apply to more schools, and accept offers in a single system. GPSN spent the past year working with Parent Revolution and other partners to create and participating schools include Aspire Public Schools, Bright Star Schools, Camino Nuevo Charter Academy, CHIME, Citizens of the World, City Charter, Collegiate Charter High School, Ednovate Charter Schools, Equitas Academy Charter Schools, Green Dot Public Schools, KIPP LA Public Schools, and Para Los Ni?os. Great Public Schools Now LAUSD 0292 PRA From: To: Subject: Date: Great Public Schools Now Schmerelson, Scott M. [WARNING!!!!! SPAM OR PHISHING?]. Bringing More Great Schools to South LA Friday, August 3, 2018 10:48:41 AM Great Public Schools Now Board Member Schmerelson -The first day of school is approaching, and we’re very excited to see students arriving at two new L.A. Unified schools: University Pathways Public Service Academy and University Pathways Medical Magnet Academy. The schools are the result of years of collaboration with L.A. Unified to find creative ways to replicate high-quality campuses. Using a $1.5 million GPSN grant, the campuses “recreate” two of South L.A.’s most popular and accomplished schools, Diego Rivera Learning Complex Public Service Community School and King/Drew Magnet High School of Medicine and Science. Both of those schools have long waiting lists and cannot accept every student who wants to attend. The new campuses should ensure that fewer families are disappointed. To learn more about our work and the students who will be attending the new campuses, check out this ABC 7 story. LAUSD 0293 PRA EH We're delighted that GPSN was able to work with LA. Uni?ed and believe these are the first of many collaborations to make sure that all students in our city get a great education. El'll Great Public Schools Now This email was sent to scott.schmerelson@lausd.net. To stop receiving emails, 21121311232. Paid for by Great Public Schools Now LAUSD 0294 PRA From: To: Subject: Date: Great Public Schools Now Schmerelson, Scott M. New Medical Magnet Opening in South L.A.! Monday, July 23, 2018 9:41:05 AM Great Public Schools Now Board Member Schmerelson -Parents want their children to have every chance to be successful. That’s why the waiting list at King/Drew Magnet High School of Medicine and Science, the only L.A. Unified campus in South L.A. designed to help students become medical professionals, always has a long waiting list and why families are always disappointed when their children don’t get in. Through an innovative collaboration with L.A. Unified, Great Public Schools Now used $750,000 to “re-create” King/Drew at a nearby district campus that had empty space. The “re-created” school will open this fall and offer small classes with dynamic teachers, a full slate of extracurricular activities, and every student who graduates will also receive an associate’s degree. LAUSD 0295 PRA MedicalNewsLetterGraphic.png University Pathways Medical Magnet Academy will be led by Dorothy Cotton-Kindred, an LA. Unified administrator who grew up in South LA. and lives there because she believes that more South LA. students should be doctors, nurses, and other medical professionals. So do we. And we plan on continuing to collaborate with LA. Uni?ed to make sure that more students in South LA. and throughout the city have a chance at a brighter future. Great Public Schools Now l?l This email was sent to scott.schmerelson@lausd.net. To stop receiving emails, Paid for by Great Public Schools Now LAUSD 0296 PRA From: To: Subject: Date: Great Public Schools Now Schmerelson, Scott M. Recreating Diego Rivera Public Service This Fall! Friday, July 13, 2018 12:07:46 PM Great Public Schools Now Board Member Schmerelson -Great Public Schools Now’s goal is educational equality for all children in our city. That means students in South L.A. should have the same chance at success as children in Westwood. For that to happen, South L.A. needs more great options like Diego Rivera Learning Complex Public Service Community School, an L.A. Unified high school where 98% of students graduate. Because of such success, families flock to apply to the school, and the waiting list is long every year, which means some families aren’t able to get in. Through an innovative collaboration with L.A. Unified, Great Public Schools Now used $750,000 to help “re-create” Diego Rivera at a nearby district campus that had empty space. The new school will open this fall and offer small classes with dynamic teachers, a full slate of extracurricular activities, and every student who graduates will also receive an associate’s degree. LAUSD 0297 PRA University Pathways Public Service Academy will be led by Amen Rahh, an LA. Unified administrator who grew up in South LA. and spent his whole educational career working there because he cares passionately about the area and making sure children have every opportunity to succeed. Making University Pathways Public Service Academy took almost two years of planning and collaboration, and now that the doors are about to open, we?re thankful we had such strong partners throughout. When we visited the campuses recently, we saw how excited the students were about their new school, which made all the planning and hard work worth it. We believe this will be the first of many collaborations between GPSN and LA. Unified and, more importantly, the start of a new school that will give generations of South LA. students a brighter future. Great Public Schools Now El l?l This email was sent to scott.schmerelson@lausd.net. To stop receiving emails, 9mm. Paid for by Great Public Schools Now LAUSD 0298 PRA From: To: Subject: Date: Great Public Schools Now Schmerelson, Scott M. Building a "One City, All Kids" Coalition Monday, July 9, 2018 9:16:16 AM Great Public Schools Now Board Member Schmerelson -Making sure that all students in Los Angeles have access to a highquality education will take a unified community of educators, parents, and leaders who recognize that kids must come first. That’s why GPSN was so excited to convene a historic meeting with new L.A. Unified Supt. Austin Beutner, school board members Monica Garcia and Nick Melvoin, and more than 250 parents from across the city late last month. Parents were able to tell the new superintendent their hopes for more great teachers, better facilities, and equitable funding. And Beutner, shown below with some parents and educators who attended the meeting, made it clear that he heard their concerns and that improving L.A. Unified will take strong and open dialogue.                 LAUSD 0299 PRA We know this is the beginning of a journey that will lead to a ?One City, All Kids? plan that ensures greater educational equity across Los Angeles. The meeting marked the first time that so many education advocacy groups, representing all types of public schools, including charters, magnets and traditional campuses, met with Beutner to advocate for their common interests. GPSN believes more collaborations like this will lead to great things for students and families. Thanks to groups including Parent Revolution, Speak UP, United Parents and Students, CCSA Families, Families in Schools, Alliance for a Better Community, lnnercity Struggle, and Promesa Boyle Heights for all their hard work in making the meeting possible. -- Great Public Schools Now Eli] Elli This email was sent to scott.schmerelson@lausd.net. To stop receiving emails, click here. Paid for by Great Public Schools Now LAUSD 0300 PRA From: To: Subject: Date: Great Public Schools Now Schmerelson, Scott M. GPSN helping teachers make LA home Friday, June 29, 2018 12:20:52 PM Great Public Schools Now Board Member Schmerelson -So much of great education is making sure that teachers can do their best work in the classroom by giving them a fun but challenging work environment, freeing them from as much bureaucracy as possible, and sometimes even making sure they feel at home in a new city. To make help some new KIPP LA teachers adjust to life in L.A., GPSN funded a program that gave new hires access to an apartment rental search engine as well as relocation support that helped KIPP LA attract the best and brightest teachers. Click below to watch our video and learn more. LAUSD 0301 PRA EN The bonuses and apartment search helped bring Shahara Tiatia, a talented Latina math teacher who was living in Ireland, to her ?dream city? of LA. Shahara found an apartment within 30 minutes of work, a new favorite pupusa restaurant in her neighborhood, and a growing sense of becoming an Angeleno. We know L.A. can sometimes seem intimidating from the outside, so we?re delighted to see KIPP LA do everything it can to help their new hires. GPSN is also looking forward to seeing young educators like Shahara put down roots in LA. and grow as educators and leaders. .1 1 -. 1? working to bring more great teachers to LA, check out the video here. -- Great Public Schools Now LAUSD 0302 PRA From: To: Subject: Date: Great Public Schools Now Schmerelson, Scott M. News from Great Public Schools Now Thursday, September 21, 2017 12:51:12 PM Great Public Schools Now Hello: We hope the start of your school year has gone great. Ours has been fantastic. Like all of you, we had a busy summer, and we’re excited about some of our big projects that are coming up this fall. Here’s what we’ve been up to: Last Town Hall of 2017 We held our fifth and final 2017 town hall in the Pico-Union neighborhood this August, which capped off nearly a year of GPSN events. We held town halls in the northeast San Fernando Valley, South L.A., East L.A., Southeast L.A. and Pico-Union, speaking with thousands of people about Great Public Schools Now’s work and mission. We believe that community members are an invaluable resource for educators. Families know what’s working for them and what their neighborhoods need from schools, and GPSN is excited to hold more public events in the near future. Stay tuned for more details. Poll To make sure that we are getting an accurate understanding of what students need, GPSN conducted a poll this summer with Tulchin Research to gauge public opinion on education. You can see read the press release here, but we found that the community supports doing more of what works. Voters, and parents in particular, want to see more high-quality public schools of all kinds, including charter and L.A. Unified schools. The public also overwhelmingly feels that educational politics have become too overheated, something GPSN also agrees with. It’s time to put students first and improve education across Los Angeles. Univision Fair Even though we don’t have any more town halls planned, GPSN will be doing at least one more public event: the Univision Education Fair on Sept. 23 at Cal State Northridge. We’ll LAUSD 0303 PRA have a booth and will be doing two presentations that day. One will be with Parent Revolution called “Education 101,” where we will explain educational options at both traditional district schools and charters. The other will feature members of Students For Education Reform, who will explain how to best choose a college, major and even career. We hope to see you there! Great Public Schools Now http://www.greatpublicschoolsnow.org/ Great Public Schools Now · United States This email was sent to scott.schmerelson@lausd net. To stop receiving emails, click here. You can also keep up with Great Public Schools Now on Twitter or Facebook. Created with NationBuilder, software for leaders. LAUSD 0304 PRA From: To: Subject: Date: Great Public Schools Now Schmerelson, Scott M. June 2017 Newsletter Monday, June 5, 2017 3:50:42 PM June 5, 2017 Dear parents and community members, Education is a team effort. And if Great Public Schools Now is going to reach our goal of making sure that every student in Los Angeles has a chance at a great education, we’ll need a lot of partners. That’s why we’ve worked with organizations across the educational landscape, from charters to teacher training programs, after-school organizations and parents. One of our key partners is L.A. Unified, the nation’s second-largest school district, which was why we were so excited to announce a $1.5-million grant to L.A. Unified’s Local District South earlier this spring. The money will go towards replicating education practices at two of the local district’s best-performing schools, Diego Rivera Learning Complex Public Service Community School and King/Drew Magnet High School of Medicine and Science. L.A. Unified administrators will spend the first year of the grant identifying the right replication sites and the best person to lead the team at the new campus. The campuses will open in the fall of 2018 and will add about 1,000 students over three years. We’ve been working on the school replication grants with L.A. Unified administrators for months and feel the  grants represent a great step forward in our relationship and for the future of Los Angeles. District officials will keep us informed about how the grants develop, and we look forward to finding new ways to work with them. This news release contains more information about the grant program.  ¡Escuelas Públicas de Calidad Ya! To reach our goals, GPSN also needs to reach as wide an audience as possible. So we’ve started a Spanish-language Facebook and Twitter pages that we believe will help us reach more people.  Give us a like or a follow and keep up with all GPSN news in real time and learn about the latest happenings in the world of education. Celebrating Our Work With Teach For America, Los Angeles The GPSN team attended the Teach For America, Los Angeles benefit dinner last month, where GPSN received the Regional Changemaker award. We’re honored by the recognition and inspired by the work TFA does. We gave them $2 million last spring, and they turned that into 130 new corps members by the fall who are working throughout the city to inspire students. Check out the videos we produced highlighting the work of two first-year teachers, Joshua Rushing at Manual Arts High School, and Jose Bahena at 42nd Street Elementary. Town Hall News LAUSD 0305 PRA Our East Los Angeles Town Hall earlier this month was our best yet, with nearly 300 people attending. There was a lively discussion led by our executive director, Myrna Castrejón, and attendees also were able to speak with L.A. Unified board member Mónica García to share their hopes and concerns about education in their neighborhood. We are proud to be working with the many community members who said that they need more great schools. For a quick summary of the event, check out this Univision news video.  As always, thanks for your support. Feedback is welcome at jsong@greatpublicschoolsnow.org or via our Facebook page.  www.greatpublicschoolsnow.org Great Public Schools Now · United States This email was sent to scott.schmerelson@lausd net. To stop receiving emails, click here. You can also keep up with Great Public Schools Now on Twitter or Facebook. Created with NationBuilder, software for leaders. LAUSD 0306 PRA From: To: Subject: Date: Great Public Schools Now Schmerelson, Scott M. March Newsletter Wednesday, March 1, 2017 1:29:48 PM GPSNgreenlogo.png March 1, 2017 Hello Board Member Schmerelson -Great teachers are at the heart of every outstanding public school. They use different methods and have different personalities, but they all know how to inspire their students to meet new challenges. When one great teacher leaves the classroom early because they didn’t get the proper support, it’s a tragedy for the school and the community. That’s why Great Public Schools Now awarded nearly $900,000 to six educational organizations and schools to fund programs that will provide their best teachers more training, improve work-life balance, and offer financial incentives for additional professional development. The grants should help about 150 amazing educators stay in their classrooms for as long as they want to. That means thousands of children will continue to get great educations and future generations of teachers will have mentors to help them become the best educators they can be. With the hope of replicating the best parts of each project throughout the city, the GPSN team will closely monitor the progress of each program because all students deserve a great teacher. Check out the news release and other information about the grants at our website.  New look! When you see the teacher retention news release, you’ll notice that we have refreshed the site. We think it’s more user-friendly and highlights the work we’ve done with partners across Los Angeles, especially since each project has its own space under the “Our Work” tab. We made sure to leave plenty of room for future work, and we think the website will grow along with GPSN. LAUSD 0307 PRA Next Town Hall! We’ll be holding out next Town Hall on April 22nd at the SteelWorkers OldTimers Foundation at 3355 E. Gage Ave. in Huntington Park. We’ll have more details soon and hope to see you there! www.greatpublicschoolsnow.org Great Public Schools Now · United States This email was sent to scott.schmerelson@lausd net. To stop receiving emails, click here. You can also keep up with Great Public Schools Now on Twitter. Created with NationBuilder, software for leaders. LAUSD 0308 PRA From: To: Subject: Date: Great Public Schools Now Schmerelson, Scott M. November 2016 Newsletter Wednesday, November 30, 2016 2:57:02 PM GPSNgreenlogo.png Nov. 30, 2016 Hello Board Member Schmerelson -The main goal of Great Public Schools Now has always been to give the nearly 140,000 students enrolled in low-performing Los Angeles-area public schools a chance at a great education. To achieve this ambitious objective, GPSN has been developing partnerships across the educational landscape, including with L.A. Unified. We’re proud to say that our collaboration with the nation's second largest school district is producing results. After months of working with L.A. Unified officials, GPSN awarded a grant to plan replication of successful educational practices at a pair of South L.A. schools: Diego Rivera Learning Complex Public Service and King-Drew Senior High Medicine & Science Magnet. Diego Rivera and King-Drew are two of South L.A.’s best performing campuses, and we’re confident they will submit innovative grant proposals to continue their great work. The grants are part of GPSN’s commitment to spend up to $3.75 million to replicate highquality L.A. Unified schools and we hope that even more campuses will apply for the final grants later this year. Winners will be announced by April, so stay tuned for more news. South L.A. Town Hall! We’re holding our second town hall on December 10 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Watts Labor Community Action center. Our first, in the Northeast San Fernando Valley in October, attracted more than 130 people who gave us valuable feedback on what they want to see from their education system. In addition to roundtable discussions and a Q&A, we’re also holding a resource fair as well as providing complimentary day care and lunch. Help us spread the word by sharing the Facebook event page or signing up to attend here. LAUSD 0309 PRA And now we’re seven… Operations Manager Jardine Monteil has joined the GPSN team. Jardine has extensive experience working with nonprofit organizations and was most recently the controller for the Foothill Unity Center. With Jardine’s addition, Great Public Schools Now is fully staffed with seven employees, and we look forward to producing more great work in the coming year. Feedback is welcome at jsong@greatpublicschoolsnow.org or via our Facebook page.  www.greatpublicschoolsnow.org Great Public Schools Now · United States This email was sent to scott.schmerelson@lausd net. To stop receiving emails, click here. Created with NationBuilder, software for leaders. LAUSD 0310 PRA From: To: Cc: Myrna Castrejon King Michelle Superintendent Del Cueto, Linda; Downing, Christopher; Zimmer, Steven; Vladovic, Richard; Mckenna, George; Schmerelson, Scott M.; Rodriguez, Ref; Ratliff Monica; Garcia Monica (Board Member); Elam Nicole Re: GPSN Planning Grant Applications Monday, October 31, 2016 5:38:48 PM Subject: Date: Dear Superintendent King:  I am confirming receipt of the proposals and look forward to reviewing them. Further, we look forward to continuing our preparations for the full RFP and a successful funding cycle for 2017.  We thank you for your engagement in this effort.  Sincerely,  Myrna Castrejón Executive Director Great Public Schools Now Sent from my iPhone On Oct 31, 2016, at 4:31 PM, King, Michelle Superintendent wrote: Good Afternoon Ms. Castrejon, Please find attached 3 proposals for planning grant consideration with relevant resumes.  Each plan has the school name, primary contact information, GPSN Focus Region and current school address included.  Please connect with the appropriate Local District Superintendent for schools if further information is required.   Thank you,   Michelle King, Superintendent Office of the Superintendent   213-241-7000   213-241-8442   michelle.king@lausd.net   333 S. Beaudry Avenue, 24th Floor   www.lausd.net       IMPORTANT: The contents of this email and any attachments are confidential. They are intended for the named recipient(s) only. If you have received this email by mistake, please notify the sender immediately and do not disclose the contents to anyone or make copies thereof. Please consider your environmental responsibility. Before printing this e-mail message, ask yourself whether you really need a hard copy.     f> df> LAUSD 0311 PRA From: To: Subject: Date: Great Public Schools Now Schmerelson, Scott M. October 2016 Newsletter Wednesday, October 19, 2016 5:08:20 PM GPSNgreenlogo.png Oct. 19, 2016 Hello Board Member Schmerelson -Since our launch in June 2016, Great Public Schools Now has been hard at work sharpening our strategic areas of focus supporting great schools and educational programs across Los Angeles. One of our key goals is to catalyze a conversation among Angelenos about how best to increase high quality options for all kids, particularly for children in the highest areas of need across our great city. We thank you for joining our outreach list and for your support of our mission and look forward to being in regular contact with you. We will be sending monthly updates in this community newsletter to stay connected with you about what we see as bright spots and challenges to improve education and how we continue to shape our work. Inaugural Collaboration with L.A. Unified After working with Los Angeles Unified School District officials for several months, we were thrilled to announce our agreement to fund up to $3.75 million to expand up to five high-performing schools. The campuses will be chosen by our board along with a panel of experts both inside and outside the district, and final winners will be announced around April next year. We think these grants can make a huge difference in the nation’s second biggest school district by providing more opportunities for students to go to high-performing schools. And we’re excited to be working with L.A. Unified for the first of what we believe will be many partnerships. For full grant details, check out the press release and Request for Proposal on our website. But here are some highlights: •High-need children: The schools will all come from areas where 80% of the students don’t meet grade level standards. And the campuses must be non-selective and enroll special education students and English language learners at rates similar to district averages. LAUSD 0312 PRA •Traditional schools: This round of grants is only for LA Unified campuses. GPSN will have separate processes and funding to support other educational efforts, including teacher training programs and charter organizations. Town Halls Coming! We hope to learn more about the city’s educational needs through the school expansion grants and how to improve our process, and anticipate doing even more to replicate great schools in the near future. It was gratifying to come to this agreement, but we’re still looking for new ideas about how to replicate successful schools and are holding two town halls soon. The first will be on Oct. 22nd, when we’re looking to hear from northeast San Fernando Valley residents on what their communities need from schools and what they want to see more of. There will also be complimentary day-care and lunch. Come check out the event! We’re following that meeting up with another one in South L.A. at Los Angeles Southwest College on Dec. 10. We’ll have more details on that event shortly. GPSN Founding Team News In other news, GPSN is now a team of six! Director of Communications Jason Song, Director of Talent Eric DeSobe, Director of School Growth Lauren Tate, Director of Operations Isabel Acosta, and Outreach Manager Cynthia Kanagui. Jason came from the Los Angeles Times, where he was a reporter for nine years, most of it covering education. Eric was most recently at KIPP LA Schools, where he was the associate director of recruitment. Lauren was most recently the chief of staff with the Achievement School District in Memphis, TN. Isabel, a native Angelena, comes to us from The Broad Foundation. And Cynthia was with IDEA Public Schools in South Texas. Now that our staffing is almost complete, we anticipate generating more good news to share and will be sending out a newsletter once a month. As always, feedback is welcome at jsong@greatpublicschoolsnow.org or at our Facebook page. See you at the town halls! www.greatpublicschoolsnow.org Great Public Schools Now · United States This email was sent to scott.schmerelson@lausd net. To stop receiving emails, click here. Created with NationBuilder, software for leaders. LAUSD 0313 PRA From: To: Cc: Subject: Date: Attachments: Myrna Castrejon King, Michelle Superintendent; Garcia, Monica (Board Member); Zimmer, Steven; Rodriguez, Ref; Schmerelson, Scott M.; Vladovic, Richard; Ratliff, Monica; Mckenna, George Haber, Shannon; Jason Song; Cynthia Kanagui GPSN to Host Community Event This Month Wednesday, October 5, 2016 6:18:25 PM Pacoima Panorama Town Hall 2016 English Spanish.pdf Dear Superintendent King and Members of the Board of Education of the Los Angeles Unified School District,   Great Public Schools Now will be hosting our first outreach event of the year for parents and community members in the Pacoima and Panorama City area on Oct. 22 from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. We hope our Town Hall will bring together families to learn more about what they are looking for in high quality schools, and how we can improve access. We hope to host about 300 people and will have a Q&A session and a series of roundtable discussions. The feedback gleaned from this effort to continue to shape our community engagement strategy and funding priorities.     Our Community Outreach and Engagement Manager, Cynthia Kanagui, has been presenting to parents at various schools in the area and is looking forward to any opportunity to connect with Northeast leaders and parents.  We welcome your attendance or participation in this event, and please let us know if you have any questions about this event. We will be hosting similar events throughout the year in each of the areas where GPSN will focus its efforts. We very much look forward to gleaning perspective from Los Angeles families that will continue to help guide our mission.  We have attached a copy of the event flier for your convenience.   All the best, Myrna Castrejon Executive Director Great Public Schools Now mcastrejon@greatpublicschoolsnow.org LAUSD 0314 PRA From: To: Cc: Subject: Date: Myrna Castrejon Zimmer, Steven; Rodriguez, Ref; Ratliff, Monica; Garcia, Monica (Board Member); Vladovic, Richard; Mckenna, George; Schmerelson, Scott M. King, Michelle Superintendent; Haber, Shannon; Glenn Gritzner; Jason Song Clarification Note Friday, September 30, 2016 8:51:38 AM Dear Members of the Board of Education of Los Angeles Unified School District, Yesterday, Great Public Schools Now was proud to announce something we had long planned, and that this Board played a key role in facilitating - up to $3.75 million in funds to expand or replicate high performing LAUSD schools. This is a part of our ongoing commitment to promoting quality education around Los Angeles, without getting bogged down in the politics around school governance. As our announcement made clear, and as Superintendent King may have told you, these funds are exclusively for LAUSDgoverned schools. There is no competition with charters for the same dollars. I was surprised to see a headline in the print edition of the Los Angeles Times this morning that seemed to indicate otherwise, and I wanted to email you to clear up any confusion. Once again, this money, up to $3.75 million, is only for the replication of LAUSD-governed schools. Please let me know if you have any questions, and thank you for your support and assistance. Best regards, Myrna Castrejon Executive Director Great Public Schools Now mcastrejon@greatpublicschoolsnow.org LAUSD 0315 PRA From: To: Subject: Date: Myrna Castrejon Schmerelson, Scott M. GPSN: Launch & Other News Thursday, July 28, 2016 3:12:45 PM Dear Board Member Schmerelson, It has been an exciting four months at Great Public Schools Now leading up to the successful launch of our initiative on June 16, 2016. We are energized and grateful for the positive response our efforts generated across the community, and how many of you across Los Angeles are ready to join us to make sure every child in LA has access to a high quality public school education! You affirmed our belief that parents, families, and community members believe like we do that every child in Los Angeles deserves that chance, because the future of our city depends on it. One of the key documents that resulted from the launch was a new plan outlining the core areas of our work: deep and authentic community engagement, strengthening teachers and leaders, providing support for adequate facilities, and most importantly, the replication of high quality public schools. We have prioritized 10 Los Angeles neighborhoods where we will begin investing our time, resources, and innovative thinking. Please follow this link for more information on these focal regions as well as our updated launch plan. Since the launch, we have focused on opening avenues of collaboration with the Los Angeles Unified School District and engaging in meaningful dialogue with Superintendent Michelle King. We are in the process of partnering with community groups and local funders to garner additional support for our effort. Lastly, we made a few key investments as demonstration grants that point the way to the kind of support we will provide, as many organizations across Los Angeles align with our vision and mission to build and replicate quality schools.  Thank you for your support of Great Public Schools Now! We need to hear directly from you how we can make a greater impact, and we plan to host two Town Halls this fall and three Town Halls in the spring of 2017. Your feedback, input, and attendance is extremely important to us and is absolutely critical in shaping the direction of our organization. Stay tuned for more details about the upcoming town halls via our website and through social media in the next few weeks. Please stay informed by visiting our main page at Greatpublicschoolsnow.org and our Facebook page @GreatPublicSchoolsNow! Adelante! Myrna Myrna Castrejon http://www.greatpublicschoolsnow.org/ -=-=Great Public Schools Now · United States This email was sent to scott.schmerelson@lausd.net. To stop receiving emails, click here. -=-=Created with NationBuilder, software for leaders. LAUSD 0316 PRA From: Subject: Date: Myrna Castrejon Great Public Schools Now Launch - Next Steps Friday, July 8, 2016 3:14:06 PM Honorable Members of the School Board of LAUSD,   I was proud to stand at HOLA recently and, with other educational advocates and activists, announce the official launch of Great Public Schools Now. As you may have heard, our first set of announced 'demonstration' grants will benefit students in district schools as well as those in charters in some of the region’s most struggling neighborhoods.   Now that we’ve launched, I'd love to come brief you on our thinking and hear your thoughts and priorities for where we go from here. The goal of Great Public Schools Now is to help as many students as possible – a goal I know we all share. I look forward to meeting with you soon, and to discussing this important work in the weeks and months ahead.   Sincerely, Myrna Castrejon Executive Director Great Public Schools Now mcastrejon@greatpublicschoolsnow.org LAUSD 0317 PRA From: To: Subject: Date: Myrna Castrejon Mckenna, George; Robinson, Sharon V.; Garcia, Monica (Board Member); Aguas, Jenny; Schmerelson, Scott M.; Irlando, Arlene; Ratliff, Monica; Refugio.rodriguez@lausd.net; Aman, Aixle; Vladovic, Richard; Torres, Chris; Zimmer, Steven; Vizcarra, Claudia Great Public Schools Now Officially Launches Tuesday, June 14, 2016 7:06:17 PM Dear Honorable Members of the LAUSD School Board: Over the last few months, we have met with over 50 leaders and community organizations to develop a plan to help improve outcomes for students in underserved neighborhoods across Los Angeles. I’m reaching out to you to let you know, before it becomes public, that this effort, Great Public Schools Now, will be officially launching this Thursday, with articles coming out Wednesday ahead of the official launch. We all share one goal - making sure that the children of LAUSD get the best education possible, and leave school ready to succeed in the world.  The idea behind GPSN is to work to improve facilities, give support to teachers, expand community engagement, and replicate effective schools whether charter, pilot, magnet, or traditional district school efforts. Once the launch takes place, the full plan will be available on our website. I am looking forward to continuing to work with you to make a difference for the children of Los Angeles and beyond. Please feel free to reach out to me with any questions Best regards, Myrna Castrejon Executive Director Great Public Schools Now mcastrejon@greatpublicschoolsnow.org LAUSD 0318 PRA