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MAG's avatar

Well said Jane. I was a LAUSD student and so were all of my kids. They were good students and were accepted into LACES and Hamilton Magnet. All graduated, UCLA, UCI, UC Davis, Oberlin. Masters as well from USC, UCI, University of Iowa. Two are teaching now. LAUSD losing a resource like you is a travesty and ND is lucky to have you. LAUSD needs a reboot before it fails for good. The administration is always the problem.

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Jane De Haven's avatar

Thank you so much for your kind words. Clearly, you know what it takes to set our children on a path of virtue and excellence.

LAUSD doesn't care about the quality of teachers, nor do they care about losing good teachers to incompetent administrators. They listen only to administrators, and that's that. Game over.

Again, great job fighting the good fight!

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MAG's avatar

Good genes and understanding the value of education is an important help. The teachers have an impossible environment to succeed in. The California I grew up in was an environmental paradise with the best schools in the nation. Many factors have contributed to its decline, with the failing of our schools, the numbers are staggering, a significant factor. From the school yard to the prison yard, the teachers should not have to be the prison guards.

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Jesse's avatar

Ms dehaven It’s Jesse I read what you said and I am truly sorry for all of the things I have done and did to the pain I’ve given to everyone from being disrespectful and not saying bye to I regret every thing that I did And I’ll do anything to redo all of the mistakes I did

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Jane De Haven's avatar

Hey Jesse, this is really meant to describe what it was like from the adult side of things, and really we all know who the problem was, but I don't want to specify her name in public because I don't trust her, even now. I sense that you could use a bit of a pep talk and maybe a relaxed conversation with a good teacher. If you want, I can contact Mr. Valencia to speak with you. He is just a truly awesome human being. We have known each other for a long time, and I trust him very much. Please let me know. Here is my work email: jdehaven@ndaes.org.

Be well.

Mrs. De Haven

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