Kyle Stokes

LAUSD transports more than 43,000 students each day. At the beginning of the year, it can take 2-3 weeks to get the kinks worked out.

More than 43,000 students depend on an L.A. Unified School District bus; most are riding miles across town to a magnet school far from home.

It looks increasingly likely that voters in controversial Ref Rodriguez's former district will be without a voice until that election is over.

As a child, a border once separated Claudia Martin from her mother. The experience shapes how she digested this summer's news from the border -- and how she treats her patients.

Board members don't just set big-picture policy. They're also advocates for the regions they represent.

The encounter comes about a week before teachers begin a vote to authorize a possible strike.

L.A. Unified School District students returned for another year of classes on Tuesday. It's the last "first day of school" in Carla Muñoz's K-12 career. Now, the high school senior at the Roybal Learning Complex, is "ready to work and pay my college tuition — I’m ready for everything.”

This summer's headlines were dominated by news of children separated from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border. The separation is likely to cause lasting trauma for these young immigrants.

A new school year begins in the L.A. Unified School District next week, and superintendent Austin Beutner wants to make sure more students show up for it. Beutner is pushing for increased attendance this year, and the district is putting more resources into their centralized efforts to combat absenteeism. On Wednesday, Beutner visited the homes of a few LAUSD families to promote the effort.

The City Attorney has recommended LAUSD pause all its random student searches