POSSIBLE CHARTER SCHOOL TAKEOVER OF JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL

Green Dot Public Schools, a local charter school company, wants to take over troubled Jefferson High School and split it up into several small independent charter schools. The local teachers union is strongly opposed to the idea, but several school board members are open to it. Jefferson, a 2800-student campus in South Los Angeles, has recently been the scene of several violent conflicts between black and Latino students, and its Principal recently stepped down. Larry talks KPCC's education reporter Adolfo Guzman Lopez, Green Dot President and CEO Steve Barr, United Teachers Los Angeles President A.J. Duffy, and LAUSD School Board President Marlene Canter.

Green Dot Public Schools, a local charter school company, wants to take over troubled Jefferson High School and split it up into several small independent charter schools. The local teachers union is strongly opposed to the idea, but several school board members are open to it. Jefferson, a 2800-student campus in South Los Angeles, has recently been the scene of several violent conflicts between black and Latino students, and its Principal recently stepped down. Larry talks KPCC's education reporter Adolfo Guzman Lopez, Green Dot President and CEO Steve Barr, United Teachers Los Angeles President A.J. Duffy, and LAUSD School Board President Marlene Canter.