LAUSD Ready to Sell Out to Highest Bidder

[Modern School]

On Tuesday, LAUSD board members will vote on loosening the district's ban on corporate sponsorship and advertising on campuses as a way to help meet budget shortfalls. LAUSD hopes to raise $18 billion from the plan.

Corporations would be allowed to place logos on virtually any surface within LAUSD. Melissa Infusino, LAUSD's director of partnerships, said that only healthy and appropriate products would be allowed, ruling out the obvious tobacco and alcohol ads.However, this would leave open the possibility of advertising by educational management organizations and charter schools. private for-profit tutoring companies, private test prep. companies and for-profit colleges.

The only thing that is new here is the desperation of LAUSD.

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[aquart]

1. It's good that you and all your friends know what those initials mean.

[msongs]

2. maybe Los Angeles Unified School district, a district that needs to be broken into smaller pcs nt

[wtmusic]

3. The second biggest district in the nation, and it's in the education forum

A reasonable assumption.