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Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) is the largest (in terms of number of students) public school system in the U.S. state of California. It is the 2nd largest public school district in the United States. Only the New York City Department of Education has a larger student population. During the 2007–2008 school year, LAUSD served 694,288 students, and had 45,473 teachers and 38,494 other employees.〔(LAUSD Fingertip Facts 2007–2008 ) ((Archive ))〕 It is the second largest employer in Los Angeles County, after the county government.〔(Largest Employers in Los Angeles County ). Compiled by the LA Almanac, Source: California Employment Development Department, The Los Angeles Business Journal, and Almanac research〕 The total school district operating budget for 2012–2013 is $6.78 billion.〔()〕 In enrollment breakdown by ethnic group, 72.3% of its students were of Hispanic origin, of any race; 10.1% of the student population was of Non-Hispanic White ancestry; 9.6% of its students were African American, while Asian American students comprised 4%; students of Filipino origin formed 2.1% of the student population and Native Americans and Pacific Islanders together comprised less than 1%.〔http://dq.cde.ca.gov/dataquest/Enrollment/EthnicEnr.aspx?cChoice=DistEnrEth&cYear=2011-12&cSelect=1932276--CEA+LOS+ANGELES+CO&TheCounty=&cLevel=District&cTopic=Enrollment&myTimeFrame=S&cType=ALL&cGender=B〕 The school district consists of Los Angeles and all or portions of several adjoining Southern California cities. LAUSD has its own police force, the Los Angeles School Police Department, which was established in 1948 to provide police services for LAUSD schools.〔(Los Angeles School Police Department )〕 The LAUSD enrolls a third of the preschoolers in Los Angeles County, and operates almost as many buses as the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority.〔Jon Fullerton, Budget and Financial Policy Unit For the Board of Education – (Overview of School Finance and the LAUSD Budget Presentation to the Presidents’ Joint Commission ). ((Archive )) August 11, 2005 – See slides 24 "LAUSD Has Almost as Many Buses as the MTA and Many More Routes", 25 "LAUSD Provides Almost Twice as Many Meals as Local McDonald’s" and 26 "LAUSD Is Executing One of the Largest Public Works Projects in the Nation"〕 The LAUSD school construction program rivals the Big Dig in terms of expenditures, and LAUSD cafeterias serve about 500,000 meals a day, rivaling the output of local McDonald's restaurants.〔 The LAUSD has a reputation for extremely crowded schools with large class sizes, high drop-out〔(http://www.westchesterparents.org/downloads/where_have_the_seniors_gone.pdf ) ''westchesterparents.org''〕 and expulsion rates, low academic performance in many schools, poor maintenance and incompetent administration.〔(Regular Meeting Minutes November 9, 1999 ) ((Archive )) The Board of Education of the City of Los Angeles, acting as the Governing Board of the Los Angeles Unified School District, met in regular session on November 9, 1999〕〔Joel Rubin, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer – (Payroll system beset from Day 1 ). Poor management, software failures and breakdowns in training led to a yearlong crisis at L.A. Unified. Los Angeles Times, February 11, 2008,〕 In 2007, LAUSD's dropout rate was 26 percent for grades 9 through 12.〔(DailNews.com )〕 But more recently, there are signs that the district is showing improvement, both in terms of dropout and graduation rates. An ambitious renovation program intended to help eased the overcrowded conditions has been completed.〔Helfand, Duke, "Shake-ups Launched at Four Schools," ''Los Angeles Times'' January 11, 2002: A1.〕 As part of its school-construction project, LAUSD opened two high schools (Santee Education Complex and South East) in 2005 and four high schools (Arleta, Contreras Learning Complex, Panorama, and East Valley) in 2006.〔(LAUSD Back to School Bus Tour to Celebrate Academics, New Schools )〕 == Governance == Los Angeles Unified School District is governed by a seven-member Board of Education, which appoints a superintendent, who runs the daily operations of the district. Members of the board are elected directly by voters from separate districts that encompass communities that the LAUSD serves. The district's current superintendent is Ramon Cortines. Cortines was appointed acting superintendent after the school board decided to buy out the contract of David L. Brewer III, a former Navy Vice-Admiral who served as head of the Navy's Education and Training Division and was in charge of the SeaLift Command. From 2001 until his retirement in October 2006, the district was led by former Governor of Colorado and Democratic Party chairman Roy Romer. The seven current members of Board of Education include George McKenna (District 1), Monica Garcia (District 2), Scott Schmerelson (District 3), Board President Steve Zimmer (District 4), Dr. Ref Rodriguez (District 5), Mónica Ratliff (District 6), and Richard Vladovic (District 7).〔()〕 Every LAUSD household or residential area is zoned to an elementary school, a middle school and a high school, in one of the eight local school districts. Each local school district is run by an area superintendent and is headquartered within the district. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Los Angeles Unified School District」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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