box 1067, folder 1-2
Class Norms
1980 October 13-2006 March 30
Scope and Contents
Bulletins and Reports concerning class size norms, norm tables, allocation of personnel, teacher to pupil ratios and increase
in class sizes.
box 1067, folder 3-7
Class Size Reduction
1992 August 20-2008 December 9
Scope and Contents
Reports, bulletins and Board resolutions pertaining to the Class Size Reduction Program.
box 1068, folder 1
Clinics
1953 July 9
Scope and Contents
Communication to the Committee of the Whole from the Division of Elementary School Education recommending that the Board approve
the use of school facilities for the Supervisory Orthopedic Clinics conducted by the Physically Handicapped Children's Program
of the County of Los Angeles, effective July 9, 1953.
box 1068, folder 2
Close Down
1977 June 3-1978 July 31
Scope and Contents
Communication prepared by the Office of the Superintendent proposing the District close down on the day after Thanksgiving,
Board motions concerning vacations and Committee of the Whole reports concerning close downs due to the passage of Proposition
13 and budget uncertainties.
box 1068, folder 3
Clothing
1973 November 19-1978 May 8
Scope and Contents
Committee Reports and Board Communication concerning the use of Title I funds to purchase clothing.
box 1068, folder 4-9
Collective Bargaining
1978 September 5-1984 December 10
Scope and Contents
Collective bargaining negotiating proposals, tentative agreements with United Teachers Los Angeles, The American School Board
Journal issue with article, "Memorize these Basics of Bargaining" and the Public Employment Relations Board 1979 Annual Report
to the Legislature.
box 1068, folder 10-14, box 1069, folder 1-2, box 1693, box 1694, box 1695
Colleges and Universities
1933-1986
Scope and Contents
Agreements and partnerships between the District and community and state colleges and state universities including the Step
to College Program, the Los Angeles City Community Adult Schools and Occupational Centers, Annual Financial Reports for the
Los Angeles Community College District, memorandum concerning the separation of the Unified and Junior College Districts on
July 1, 1969, Emergency Needs of California For Higher Education Report, Resolution of Intention to establish a 4 year program
at City College, Summaries of the Controller's Monthly Financial Reports for the Junior College District, Los Angeles City
College Statement: Theory and Practice, correspondence concerning Carnegie Corporation funding for the Los Angeles Junior
College Library and Communications concerning sites and building of junior colleges.
box 1069, folder 3
Comic Books
1954 September 27-1954 December 6
Scope and Content
Copies of Board resolutions in opposition to objectionable comic books and Los Angeles prosecuting attorney Harold W. Kennedy's
statement on comic books that feed children "crime, horror and immorality" presented to the Special United States Senate Subcommittee
to Investigate Juvenile Delinquency, at its public hearing in Los Angeles on September 27, 1954.
box 1069, folder 4-6, box 1070, box 1071, box 1072
Commencements
1932 April 7-1999 March 23
Scope and Contents
Progress reports, frameworks, revisions on graduation requirements, curricula and commencement exercises for junior and senior
high schools, special schools and community adult schools including petitions signed by over 400 persons requesting that health
classes not be cut from graduation requirements in 1971.
Graduation and Attrition Rates in Los Angeles City Senior High Schools Class of 1975.
Four diplomas for Roosevelt High School students dated June 27, 1929 and three dated January 30, 1930 which were withheld
due to a hostile attitude toward the United States Government, three remain as one was handed over to the Sheriff on August
13, 1930 (Box 1,072, folder 2).
Bulletin of May 17, 1943 requesting that names and addresses of 17-year old boys not be given to military recruiting personnel.
Bulletin of June 3, 1942 concerning the award of diplomas to Japanese-American students at a special graduation ceremony at
Santa Anita Assembly Center (Box 1,072, folder 7).
box 1073, box 1074, box 1075, box 1076, box 1077
Commissions-Education
1969 February 20-1998 March 23
Scope and Content
As arms of the Board of Education, these Education Commissions advise the Board on the educational needs of specific student
populations. These Commissions include Black Education (African American), Mexican American, American Indian, Armenian, Asian
American (Asian Pacific Islander), Gay and Lesbian, Sex Equity (Gender Equity) and Human Relations. Materials include proposals
for establishment, bylaws, guidelines, calendars on appointment of commission members and a Handbook on Education Commissions.
The Black Education Commission, created in 1970 by the Board, became inactive in August, 1981 and was reactivated in 1984
along with the following Commissions: American Indian, Asian/Pacific American, Mexican American, Sex Equity and Special Education.
The Board discontinued its Education Commissions by declaring Board Rule 1995 and any other policy, rule or related regulation
inoperative effective June 30, 1998.
The Black Education files include a report on the Anti-Self Destruction Program at Thomas Jefferson High School and a Parent-Community
Resource Guide.
The Commission for Sex Equity, created in 1980, later changed its name to Gender Equity and its files include Aequus Newsletters
and the following reports: Aequus III Organizational Analysis of the Promotional Polices and Practices for Certified Personnel
of the Los Angeles School District and Specially Funded Programs: Educational Innovation and Support.
box 1078, box 1079, box 1080, box 1081, box 1082, box 1083, box 1084, box 1085, box 1086, box 1087, box 1088, box 1089, box 1090, box 1091, box 1092, box 1093, box 1094, box 1095, box 1096, box 1097, box 1098
Committees
1953 January 26-2009 June 4
Scope and Contents
Materials of the following Committees that report to the Board of Education:
Box 1,078: Academy Steering, Lay, Ad Hoc Citizens Resource, Ad Hoc Equal Educational Opportunities, State Testing Advisory,
Board Health Plan Technical, Violence, Citizens Advisory for Office of Human Relations, Strengthening Instructional Program,
Computer Acquisition Review, Citizens Compensatory Education Advisory, Citizen's Committee for Schools, District Advisory
on Written Composition, District Inventory, District History and Memorabilia.
Box 1,079: Citizens' Management Review.
Box 1,080: Citizens' Advisory on Student Integration, Citizens' Advisory on School Integration and Cultural Heritage.
Box 1,081: Cultural Heritage-Dodge House, Planning Educational and Community Equality (PEACE), Instructional Council, Interscholastic
Athletics, Districtwide Underutilized School Sites.
Box 1,082: Districtwide Underutilized School Sites including Public Hearings on Anchorage Street School site and Criteria
for Consolidation/Closure, District Goals Review.
Box 1,083: Multicultural Education Coordinating, National School Boards Association, Operation Saturation, Quality Assurance,
Resolution of Differences Through Constructive Dialogue, School Guidance K-12, Schools of Choice and Magnet, University of
California Entrance Requirements, Citizens' Manpower Development and Training Act Advisory, Five California School Districts,
Goals Council, Monitoring (Crawford), Internal Control, District Joint (Interagency), Districtwide Advisory on School-Based
Health Clinics, Districtwide Common Calendar Task Force, Requirements of Senate Bill 16, School Utilization, Clergymen Advisory,
Zone Decentralization.
Box 1,084: Affirmative Action, Citizens on Superintendent Selection, District/School Advisory, Districtwide Central Council,
District English Learner Advisory, Bilingual Bicultural Advisory, Advisory Councils, School Community Advisory Councils.
Box 1,085: District Advisory Council (DAC), Bond Oversight, Citizens Oversight Committee for Proposition BB.
Box 1,086: Proposition BB Blue Ribbon Citizens Oversight, Reasonable Accommodations, Southern California Research Council,
To Reduce Utility Bills, Sunshine, Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA).
Box 1,087-1,098: Agendas and Notes for the following regular and augmented committees: Accountability, Audit, Business and
Facilities, Business and Operations/Personnel, Business and Technology, Budget and Finance, CAHSEE, A-G Requirements, Graduation
Rates, Career and Continuing Education, Charters and Innovation, Communications, Curriculum, Human Resources, Instruction
and Educational Equity, Educational Development and Student Life, Educational Reform, Restructuring and Curriculum, Instruction
and Student Achievement, Facilities, Legislation, School Safety, Student Health and Human Services, Fiscal Crisis, Governance,
Legislative, Personnel and Policy, Legislation and Cities, County and Community Relations, Legislation and Intergovernmental
Affairs, Lifelong Learning, Long-Term School Financing, Modified Chanda Smith Consent Decree, Operations, Rebuild LA, Safety
and Campus Environment, Small Learning Community, Special Ad Hoc, Staffing Schools for Success: Human Resources, Student Affairs.
box 1099, folder 1
Communicable Diseases
July 31, 1990
Scope and Contents
Bulletin on reporting communicable diseases and animal bites.
box 1099, folder 2
Communication Facilities
1950 April 3-1954 October 4
Scope and Contents
Copies of Minutes, Board Communications and Reports concerning two-way radio systems and Board Rules governing Communication
Facilities.
box 1100, folder 1-2, box 1099, folder 3-14
Communism
1951 May 14-1977 July 25
Scope and Contents
Propaganda distributed through the U.S. mail to secondary schools and junior colleges, correspondence between the Board and
Doris A. Parks of SPX Inc., Soviet Principle Ten Research Associates concerning review of instructional materials on communism,
dismissal documentation of proceedings for employees charged with violating the anti-communist loyalty order which was adopted
by the Board on September 22, 1953 and correspondence between Superintendent Stoddard and Office of the County Counsel on
the loyalty oath affirmation.
Materials also include Reports of the Senate Investigating Committee on Education, Communists Within the Government: The Facts,
Program Report of United States Chamber of Commerce Committee on Socialism and Communism, U.S. House of Representatives document,
"Permit Communist-Conspirators to be Teachers?," USSR Information Bulletins and letters of opposition concerning Angela Davis'
appearance at Jefferson High School.
box 1100, folder 3
Community Based English Program
1999 May 25-1999 June 22
Scope and Contents
Board of Education Report authorizing Superintendent to accept grant from the California State Department of Education for
the implementation of the Community Based English Tutoring Program pursuant to Proposition 227 for K-12 Limited English Proficient
(LEP) students.
box 1100, folder 4
Community Facilities District
1999 November 3-2000 January 25
Scope and Content
Facilities Committee Reports concerning the formation of the District's Mt. Washington Community Facilities District (CFD),
authorizing a levy of a special tax on property within the CFD and establishing an appropriations limit for the CFD, all pursuant
to the Mello-Roos Community Facilities Act of 1982.
box 1100, folder 5-8, box 1101, folder 1-2
Community Redevelopment Agency
1986 March 31-1990 March 5
Scope and Content
Reports on redevelopment plans and environmental impact.
box 1101, folder 3
Community Service Learning
2004 April 29-2004 July 28
Scope and Contents
Overview of the Service Learning graduation requirement adopted by the Board for the graduating class of 2007.
box 1101, folder 4
Comparable Worth
1981 October 5-1990 August 6
Scope and Contents
Board Resolutions and Reports concerning a class action suit on behalf of female candidates and applicants for certificated
promotional and administrative positions in the District, its settlement and Consent Decree.
box 1101, folder 5-6, box 1102, box 1103, box 1104, box 1105, box 1106, box 1107, folder 1-4
Complaints
1937-1985
Scope and Contents
Letters and Communications of complaint against the District and its employees.
Box 1,101: (1937-1953).
Box 1,102: Includes Rosewood Avenue School (1953-1958).
Box 1,103: Includes North Hollywood High School (1958-1963).
Box 1,104: (1963-1972).
Box 1,105: Includes Trinity Street School, Mark Twain Junior High School, Venice area schools, Manual Arts High School, Magnolia
Avenue Elementary School, Fremont High School, Euclid Avenue School, Dorsey High School (1966-1976).
Box 1,106: Includes John Adams Junior High School, Thompson Oological Collection, Bert A. Vance (1937-1977).
Box 1,107: Includes Manual Arts High School and Jefferson High School (1969-1985).
box 1107, folder 5
Comprehensive School Reform Demonstration Program
2002 May 28-2002 June 11
Scope and Contents
Superintendent Communication concerning the Comprehensive School Reform Demonstration Program, an opportunity for selected
schools to participate in intensive guided planning to improve student achievement.
box 1107, folder 6-9
Computers
1983 April 18-2006 March 28
Scope and Contents
Information Technology Division Reports and Communications concerning Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) for District computer systems
and computer education and literacy.
box 1108, folder 1
Condoms
1992 January 21
Scope and Content
Copy of Mr. Horton's resolution concerning approval of recommendations in the HIV/AIDS Education Blue Ribbon Task Force Report
including making condoms available at senior high schools, subject to parental approval guidelines used for health education
classes.
box 1108, folder 2-3
Conferences
2000 February 8-2002 May 24
Scope and Content
Guidelines and Board Rules for attendance at conferences, conventions or meetings and authorizations for travel.
box 1108, folder 4
Conference Facilities
1978 July 17-1995 October 16
Scope and Contents
Agreements for conference facilities.
box 1108, folder 5
Conflict of Interest
1977 November 21-2002 November 12
Scope and Contents
Reports concerning the District's Conflict of Interest Code.
box 1108, folder 6-7
Conscience Money
1944 April 10-1974 October 24
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and receipts for stolen District goods.
box 1108, folder 8
Consent Decree-Rodriguez
1992 March 9-2007 July 12
Scope and Contents
Copy of the Rodriguez vs. LAUSD consent decree and implementation progress reports. This consent decree involved allegations
that the District unequally funded teacher and administrative personnel expenditures at its schools.
box 1108, folder 9-11
Conservation
1973 October 15-1988 July 25
Scope and Contents
Bulletins and Reports concerning the District's Energy Conservation Program.
box 1109, folder 1-5
Consolidated Categorical Aid
1982-2008
Scope and Contents
Applications for funding consolidated categorical aid programs to supplement programs for student achievement.
box 1109, folder 6
Consortiums
1978 June 12-1981 May 4
Scope and Contents
Educational Development Committee Reports on District partnerships with the National Cancer Institute for the "School Health
Education and Smoking Prevention Project" and Public Education Agencies to employ counsel in order to litigate the impact
of Proposition 13 on public education.
box 1109, folder 7-8
Consulting Service
1952 January 10-1996 April 1
Scope and Contents
Agreements for consultant services.
box 1110, folder 1
Constitution
1936 September 3-1974 August 26
Scope and Contents
Curriculum Division Bulletins and programs related to Bill of Rights Week and the study of the Constitution.
box 1110, folder 2-11, box 1111, box 1112, folder 1-4
Contests
1933-1987
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, Reports, Communications, rules and regulations concerning track meets, oratorical contests, tennis, football,
fencing, gym, wrestling, basketball, debating, interscholastic athletic contests, mock trial, academic decathlon, academic
pentathlon, drill, essay and other academic and athletic contests.
box 1112, folder 5
Continuation Education
1956 April 26-1981 May 11
Scope and Contents
Reports concerning the District's continuation education program for secondary students.
box 1112, folder 6
Continuation of Programs and Policies of the Consent Decree
1990 June 11
Scope and Contents
Special Committee of the Whole Meeting agenda and attachments on the continuation of programs and policies of the consent
decree related to female candidates for promotional positions.
box 1112, folder 7
Continuums
1978 May 8-1982 September 13
Scope and Contents
Reading, Written Composition, Mathematics, Social Studies and Science Continuums designed to document progress to determine
whether the learner has acquired the basic skills necessary to move to the next grade level.
box 1112, folder 8, box 1113, box 1114, box 1115, folder 1-2
Contracts
1949 December 29-2003 June 24
Scope and Contents
Reports, Board Rules and Communications concerning District contracts including affirmative action requirements of the District's
material and labor contract provisions, award of pupil transportation contracts and construction and purchasing contracts
prohibiting racial discrimination.
box 1115, folder 3
Controversial Issues
1983 December 12-1984 March 5
Scope and Contents
Report of Correspondence and Board motion concerning the teaching of controversial issues.
box 1115, folder 4-5
Controller's Monthly Report (History Of)
1964 April 29-1972 October 19
Scope and Contents
Board Rules and Regulations concerning the preparation of interim financial reports by the Controlling Division and submission
to the Board of Education.
box 1115, folder 6-9, box 1116, box 1117
Conventions
1935 October 7-1993 March 15
Scope and Contents
Memoranda, calendars, reports, studies, and official registration lists pertaining to educational conferences and conventions
attended by District employees and pupils.
box 1121, folder 1
Cooperative Substance Abuse
1983 June 20-1983 June 27
Scope and Contents
Committee of the Whole Report authorizing Superintendent to join with the Los Angeles Police Department (L.A.P.D.) to implement
the Cooperative Substance Abuse Prevention Education Project in 50 elementary schools.
box 1121, folder 2
Copyrights
1976 October 21-1990 September 17
Scope and Contents
Bulletins and Reports concerning compliance and implementation of United States Copyright Law.
box 1121, folder 3-9
Corporal Punishment
1946 January 14-1977 March 14
Scope and Contents
Board Rule 2268 concerning corporal punishment, correspondence from students, parents, community members and District employees,
Board motion to abolish corporal punishment effective November 1, 1975 and again on October 16, 1984.
Materials also include Discipline Rules 2250-2287, "It Worked For Us: Ideas for Creating a Positive Climate for Learning"
District handbook, statistics on cases reported, guidelines for implementation, collective bargaining agreement between the
District and United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA) containing Article XIX, "Safety Conditions" which allows for corporal punishment.
box 1122, folder 1-6
Correction to Board Records
2003-1990
Scope and Contents
Requests and approvals for Board Report corrections organized by Division of Adult and Occupational Education, Business, Building,
Personnel and Committee of the Whole.
box 1122, folder 7-10, box 1123, box 1124, box 1125, box 1126, box 1127, box 1677, box 1678, box 1679, box 1680, box 1681, box 1682, box 1683
Correspondence
1955-2010
Scope and Contents
Correspondence between the Board and the public including letters from students, complaints and official Reports of Correspondence.
Box 1,122: Concerns "The Cook Case" involving Cecil M. Cook, physiology teacher at Van Nuys High School teaching sex education
(1959-1966).
Box 1,123: Requests for opening and closing dates of school, Derogatory Communications, County Superintendent of Schools,
inter-office memos, Citizens' Committee for Better Education, John R. Quirk (1966-1974).
Box 1,124: Includes correspondence from former Board member Paul Burke and Mrs. Zardee L. Foster, Superintendent State Board
of Education (1955-1981).
Box 1,125: Letters of opposition to budget cuts and drawings from students to Board President Roberta Weintraub (1980).
Box 1,126: Letters against budget cuts, including retention of educational films, student protests to program cuts, the loss
of sixth period and athletic program (1980).
Box 1,127: Concerns budget cuts to the athletic program, child care program and requests for the restoration of the film library
(1961-1989).
Box 1,677-1,679: Reports of Correspondence addressed to the Board and acknowledged by the President and "Miscellaneous" correspondence
(1974-2010).
Box 1,680-1,683: Employee Demands for Hearings, Board Notices of Intention to Dismiss and Board Notices of Non-Reelection,
Rick Selan complaints, letters of complaint, California Public Records Disclosure Act Requests, and correspondence filed pursuant
to Board Rule 133, concerning charges or complaints against employees (2000-2009).
box 1128, folder 1
Council - Achievement
2002 August 27
Scope and Content
Board of Education Report proposing that Procurement Services Group be authorized to enter into a professional services agreement
with The Achievement Council (TAC) to assist the District in conducting the Enhanced Review of School Improvement (ERSI) and
to assist local districts in implementing data-driven inquiry process to improve student achievement.
box 1128, folder 2-7, box 2110, box 2111, box 2112, box 2113, box 2114
Council - Division Heads'
1945-1969
Scope and Contents
On April 2, 1934, Board action established a Superintendent's Advisory Council composed of Division Heads under the chairmanship
of the Superintendent. It was the duty of this Council to advise the Superintendent on all reports proposed by Division Heads
before presentation to the Board.
On July 30, 1945, the Board adopted the Committee of the Whole Report, No. 1 which authorized that the Superintendent's Advisory
Council be superseded by The Division Heads' Council with its charge to make recommendations to the Superintendent on all
proposals from administrative divisions affecting policies, regulations and procedures.
Box 1,128: Documents presented to the Council, Summaries of Division Heads' Progress Reports, records related to the Council's
organization, lists of meeting dates, agendas and a Human Relations Council file (1945-1969).
Box 2,110: Meeting date schedules, attendance sheets, agendas, reports and shorthand meeting notes (1962-1964).
Box 2,111-2,114: Council Notes and Minutes (1945-1963).
box 1128, folder 8
Council - Great City Schools
2006 January 26
Scope and Contents
Special meeting order of business and minutes on the LAUSD Organizational Structure facilitated by members of the Council
of Great City Schools.
box 1128, folder 9-10, box 1129, box 1130
Counseling and Guidance
1953 May 28-2006 October 31
Scope and Contents
Board rules, communications, guidance handbooks, progress reports, workshop outlines and reports concerning divergent youth,
program from the Third Annual Seminar of the Juvenile Departments of the Los Angeles County Superior Court, proposal to establish
a military adviser in each high school and brief summary of armed forces and Los Angeles senior high school relations.
box 1131, box 1132, box 1133, folder 1-2
County Counsel
1940-1990
Scope and Contents
Legal opinions, litigation summaries and Assistants' and Deputies' assignments.
box 1133, folder 3
County School Facilities Fund
2003 March 25-2007 January 9
Scope and Content
Proposals concerning the establishment of a fund to receive apportionments for facility construction projects.
box 1133, folder 4-12, box 1134, box 1135, box 1136, box 1137, box 1138, box 1139, box 1140, box 1141, box 1142, box 1143, box 1144, box 1145, box 1146, box 1147, box 1148, box 1149, box 1150, box 1151, box 1152, box 1153, box 1154, box 1155, box 1156, box 1157, box 1158, box 1159, box 1160, box 1161, box 1162, box 1163, box 1164, box 1165, box 1166, box 1167, box 1704, box 1705
Course of Study
1934-1999
Scope and Contents
Curriculum materials for the following subjects:
Box 1,133: Alcohol and Narcotics, American Ideology, American Economic System, Bible in School, Conservation of Natural Resources,
First Aid Training, Printing and Driver Training.
Box 1,134: Driver Training and Reading.
Box 1,135: Reading.
Box 1,136: Reading and Educationally deprived pupils.
Box 1,137: Curriculum development and Music.
Box 1,138: Music.
Box 1,139: Moral and Spiritual Values, curriculum development, "Pages of My Mind" anthology of Los Angeles City Schools Senior
English writing with a piece by Wanda Coleman of San Fernando High.
Box 1,140: Mathematics and Music.
Box 1,141: Reading.
Box 1,142: Vocational Education, Reading, and Americanism.
Box 1,143: Americanism, elementary courses and course of study for physically handicapped homebound students.
Box 1,144-1,145: Reading.
Box 1,146: Reading and Science.
Box 1,147: Vocational Education, Agriculture, America's Intercultural Heritage, American Indian, Anthropology, Anti-Violence
and Apprenticeship Training.
Box 1,148: Arithmetic, Art, Business Education, Career Awareness Program, Career Education and Child Care.
Box 1,149: Computer Literacy, Consumer and Homemaking Education, Cosmetology, curriculum developments and curriculum publications.
Box 1,150: Drama and Driver Training.
Box 1,151: Driver Training - Petitions to retain course, petitions to establish course, leases for garage space, permits for
use of parking areas, truck driving, Ecology and Economics.
Box 1,152: Controversial subjects, instructional guides, elementary curriculum, instructional guides survey and secondary
curriculum.
Box 1,153: Educationally (culturally) deprived pupils, Ethics and Morals and Geography.
Box 1,154: English and Composition.
Box 1,155: Home Economics, Home Education, Horticulture, Humanities, Industrial Arts and Vocational Education, Journalism,
Law, Literature and mandated courses.
Box 1,156: Languages.
Box 1,157: Italian, Spanish, Mandated Foreign Language Program, Marching Band, Medicine, Metric System and Moral Re-Armament
.
Box 1,158: Mathematics.
Box 1,159: Music, Alcohol and Narcotics.
Box 1,160: Nursing, Oral Communication, Physical Education, Radioisotopes, Religion, Elementary School Reading and Reading-Phonics.
Box 1,161: Reading Program.
Box 1,162: Programmed Reading and Teaching Machines, "Science Reviews and Previews" booklet, Report of Science Program in
Secondary Schools and Science.
Box 1,163: Science, Self Defense, Sex Education and Social Studies.
Box 1,164: "Why I Love My Country" publication, summary of unit titles Social Studies framework, Speech, Spelling, Typing,
Voter Education, Writing and Work Experience.
Box 1,165: Vocational Education, Vocational Training, Moral and Spiritual Values.
Box 1,166: Firearms Training, Free Enterprise, Comprehensive Curriculum Policy Non-Discriminatory with Regard to Sex, Actuarial
Studies, Adult course offerings, Agricultural and Environmental Education and Art.
Box 1,167: Business Education, Computer Science, English, Educational and Career Planning, Leadership Service, Homeroom, Home
Economics, Foreign Language, Mathematics, Music, Nuclear Education Program, Physical Education, Reading, Science and Social
Science.
Box 1,704: Vocational Education and Reading.
Box 1,705: Physical Education and Music.
box 1168, box 1169, box 1170, folder 1-3
Crawford Case
1963 July 11-1984 April 30
Scope and Contents
Crawford vs. Board of Education, City of Los Angeles, filed on August 5, 1963 after Mary Ellen Crawford, a Black student was
denied enrollment in 1961 at the 97 % White South Gate High School. Although South Gate was closer to her residence, Crawford
was told to enroll at Jordan High School, less than two miles away with an enrollment of over 99 % Black students.
The Crawford Case files trace the District's attempts at desegregation which involve mandatory busing and protests by Bustop,
the creation of the Citizens' Advisory Committee on Student Integration (CACSI), Superior Court proceedings, California Supreme
Court orders, Board appeals to Judge Gitelson and Judge Egly's decisions, the Board's voluntary approaches to integration
including Permits With Transportation (PWT), Budget Division Communications on legal expenses, correspondence from Ramona
Ripston, John and LaRee Caughey of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Southern California, copies of "Court Report:
A Summary of Student Integration Hearings," "A History of Integration: In Los Angeles Happenings II" by H. Rogosin, Integration
Evaluation Reports, Superior Court Judge Paul Egly's desegregation order, Court Reports, the Board's desegregation plans and
Minutes of the Ad Hoc Committee on Equal Educational Opportunity Meetings with Citizen Resource Representatives.
box 1170, folder 4-6
Credit Union
1930 November 1-1965 July 1
Scope and Contents
Reports concerning Los Angeles Teachers Credit Union, California Teachers Association Credit Union, the Los Angeles City Teachers'
Relief Association and the Los Angeles Classified School Employees' Federal Credit Union.
box 1171, folder 3-4
Crime
1973 June 4-1997 February 28
Scope and Contents
Reports and program materials on the reduction of crime and violence on campus including George Washington High School's Peer
Counseling Project Program, Project JADE (Juvenile Assistance Diversion Effort), Project HEAVY (Human Endeavors At Vitalizing
Youth), a copy of a presentation by Dr. J. Jerome Harris of Black Education, Inc. and correspondence with the Los Angeles
Regional Criminal Justice Planning Board.
box 1170, folder 7
Crisis Intervention
1980 April 7-2006
Scope and Contents
Board approval of a resolution to train administrators in crisis intervention, a handbook for crisis intervention and a quick
reference guide to school crisis intervention.
box 1171, folder 1
Critical Funding Issues
1996 May 6-1999 January 26
Scope and Contents
Board of Education Reports concerning the Superintendent's Critical Funding Issues related to budget development.
box 1171, folder 2
Crossing Guards
1978 December 18-1994 June 6
Scope and Contents
Board authorizations for the funding of school crossing guards.
box 1172, folder 1-3, box 1171, folder 5-13
Curriculum
1922 July 31-2005 May 26
Scope and Contents
Course of Study materials for the following: Apprentice Education, Art Education, Elementary and Secondary curriculum, Music
Education, Thrift, Conservation and School Savings Program, Vocational and Practical Art, Business Education, University of
California A-G Requirements: Addressing the Need for a More Rigorous Middle and High School Curriculum, Mission SOAR (Set
Objectives, Achieve Results), Eastman Curriculum Design Project, Comparison of the District's Curriculum Grades 9-12 with
the Model Curriculum Standards of the California State Department of Education, AIDS and sexually transmitted diseases and
Secondary School Guidelines for Instruction.
box 1172, folder 4-5
Custodians
1974 January 7-1990 July 23
Scope and Contents
Personnel Commission and Business Operations Committee Reports on classified custodial positions, salaries, duties and qualifications.
box 1172, folder 6-7
Cylinders
1959 April 9-1985 February 21
Scope and Contents
Budget and Finance Committee Reports on the furnishing of oxygen and acetylene in cylinders to schools.
box 1172, folder 8-10
Data Processing
1974 September 19-1988 November 7
Scope and Contents
Authorizations for agreements with data processing services.
box 1173, folder 1
Day Nurseries
1934-1939
Scope and Contents
Applications, permits and correspondence concerning the operations of day nurseries at various schools.
box 1173, folder 2
Debarment
1999 August 24-2001 October 9
Scope and Contents
Board of Education Reports concerning the District's policy and procedure to debar construction contractors for repeated prevailing
wage violations.
box 1173, folder 3
Debt Management
2003 October 14-2009 May 27
Scope and Contents
Inter-office correspondence concerning the District's Debt Policy, first approved by the Board in February 2004 and updated
in February 2009, which requires that the Chief Financial Officer annually prepare and submit an outstanding Debt Report to
the Superintendent and the Board .
box 1173, folder 4
Decision Support System
1999 October 26-2000 June 27
Scope and Contents
Reports concerning the District's development and implementation of a Decision Support System (DSS) to provide decision makers
throughout the District with summary and detailed data regarding student performance via the Internet.
box 1173, folder 5
Declaration of Need for Fully Qualified Educators
1996 August 19-1996 August 5
Scope and Contents
On June 17, 1996, the Board adopted the Declaration of Need for Fully Qualified Educators and the supporting resolution for
the 1996-1997 school year which declares a District need for fully credentialed educators as well as the continued use of
teachers with Emergency Permits.
box 1173, folder 6
Defamation/Discrimination
1988 October 17-1992 May 26
Scope and Contents
Bulletins, Resolutions and Memoranda regarding Board policies on prejudice and discrimination.
box 1173, folder 7
Default
1999 August 12-2001 August 28
Scope and Contents
Facilities Committee Reports concerning defaults of contractors and declarations of nonresponsibility.
box 1174, box 1175, folder 1-2, box 1173, folder 8-10
Deferred Maintenance Program
1980 September 25-2008 June 10
Scope and Contents
Board of Education Reports concerning the adoption of the Deferred Maintenance Program which provides State grant funds, with
a District requisite to match, to assist school districts with expenditures for major repair and replacement of existing school
building components and five year deferred maintenance plans.
box 1175, folder 3-5
Delegation of Authority
1990 April 4-2007 July 10
Scope and Contents
Board actions and agreements per delegation of authority.
box 1176, box 1177, box 1178, box 1179, box 1180
Desegregation Impact Statements
1980 November 6-2009 March 24
Scope and Contents
Copies of Desegregation Impact Statements for Board proposals regarding impact on integration, desegregation, resegregation
and/or segregation.
Box 1,176: (1980-1998).
Box 1,177: (1992-2009).
Box 1,178: (2002-2006).
Box 1,179: (1980-2002).
Box 1,180: (1995-2001).
box 1183, folder 1-3, box 1181, box 1182
Developer Fees
1983 January 11-2008 December 9
Scope and Contents
Board of Education Reports pertaining to the levy of facilities fees and authorizations in compliance with the District's
Capital Facilities Fund (Developer Fees) for commercial/industrial and residential construction and reconstruction projects
within District boundaries.
Box 1,181: (1983-2008).
Box 1,182: (1985-1992).
Box 1,183: (1986-1991).
box 1183
Digital High School Education Technology Program
1999 January 12-2001 March 13
Scope and Contents
Board of Education Reports regarding the District's involvement in this statewide program of digital high school transformation
via installation of technologies.
box 1183, folder 5
Dinners
1937 March 1-1942 April 1
Scope and Contents
Announcements, reminders and employee reimbursement procedures for Board dinners.
box 1183, folder 6
Diploma
1990 November 9-1997 November 26
Scope and Contents
Diploma and graduation guidelines, restrictions on competency examinations required for diploma and procedures to withhold
marks, diploma or transcripts of students who fail to make restitution for damaged or unreturned school property.
box 1184, folder 1-3
Directory
1931 October 19-1976 December 15
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, bulletins and distribution lists related to the District's annual "Guide to Schools and Offices."
box 2075, folder 1, box 1184, folder 4
Disasters
1975 July 10-2000 June 21
Scope and Contents
Bulletins and Reports regarding the District's emergency telephone communication system, disaster relief, rules and regulations
for emergencies and emergency drills. Materials also include an Emergency/Disaster Procedures Manual.
box 1185, folder 1-4, box 1184, folder 5-8
Discipline
1956 January 19-2007 March 27
Scope and Contents
Requests, commendations and complaints regarding discipline cases, reports and proposals to meet elementary and secondary
school discipline needs, Discipline Foundation Policy, motions on deadly weapons, incident reports, "Discipline in the Los
Angeles City Schools" booklet, "Dare to Discipline" book, "Los Angeles City Laws for Youth" booklet and reports on social
adjustment transfers.
box 1185, folder 5
Disposition of Records
2006 January 31
Scope and Content
List of various records, certified by the Controller that are no longer required or needed in the proper duties of financial
services that have been preserved for the length of time required by statutes and the California Administrative Code, Title
5, Education and may be destroyed. Reference is made to Law and Rules Committee Report No. 1, Section 1, December 5, 1957
"Destruction of School District Records in Administrative Offices Other Than Schools."
box 1185, folder 6
District Administrator Training Program
1986 February 3
Scope and Contents
Personnel and Schools Committee Report concerning the implementation of the training and development sequence, revised administrative
examination procedure.
box 1185, folder 7
"District News"
1989 January 23-1989 August 11
Scope and Contents
Copies of a Los Angeles Unified School District informational weekly publication.
box 1185, folder 8
Districtwide Parent Involvement Policy
1991 April 15-1998 September 24
Scope and Contents
Copies of the Districtwide Parent Involvement Policy and revisions adopted by the Board to establish guidelines for schools
to implement programs to encourage parent involvement.
box 1186, folder 1-2
District Reorganization
2000 January 11-2004 July 26
Scope and Contents
Press releases, reports, maps and presentations concerning Board action to reduce the number of local districts from eleven
to eight and Superintendent Roy Romer's leadership team for the new Local District structure.
box 1186, folder 3
Dissemination Meeting
1980 September 2-1980 September 9
Scope and Contents
Educational Development Communication and Report approving attendance and travel request of staff members directing Title
IV-C Dissemination Programs to attend meetings throughout the state.
box 1186, folder 4-7
Dogs, Seeing Eye
1946 March 8-1998 August 25
Scope and Contents
Bulk of materials contain letters of support or protest concerning the Board's decision in the Patsy Ruth Fergus case to not
allow her to attend Polytechnic High School with her guide dog. Other materials include authorizations for canine detection
programs, Board discussion and community correspondence about City Council Bill with reference to vaccination against dogs
with rabies and bulletins about procedures to follow if pupils are bit by stray dogs.
box 1189, folder 1, box 1187, box 1188
Donations
1982 January 4-2003 February 25
Scope and Contents
Board Communications regarding acceptance of materiel and monetary donations without charge or expense to the District.
box 1189, folder 2
Draft (Selective Service)
1970-1971
Scope and Contents
District Memorandum on Distribution of "Handbook on Selective Service and Draft" with copy of handbook attached, "Curriculum
Guide to the Draft" and the following booklets: "Perspective on the Draft," "Lottery" and "Hardship Deferments."
box 1189, folder 3-4, box 1190, folder 1-3
Driver Training
1946 February 21-1993 January 11
Scope and Contents
Board policies and procedures regarding Driver Training classes and community correspondence concerning this program of study.
box 1190, folder 4-7
Drives
1947 September 25-1998 February 1
Scope and Contents
Materials related to District supported fundraising drives for the United Way, Community Chest, American Red Cross, March
of Dimes, PTA and other organizations.
box 1192, folder 1-4, box 1191
Dropouts
1958-2008
Scope and Contents
Bulletins and Reports including District definition of a dropout, policies and procedures for Districtwide collection of dropout
data, Project Furlough pamphlet, East Los Angeles Dropout Prevention Project, Venice Education Cadre Presentation regarding
Venice High School, "So You Want To Quit School" booklet, Superintendent Crowther's statement concerning a proposed pilot
program to implement President Kennedy's Summer 1963 "Back-to-School" Program for dropouts, proposal for the creation of the
Mexican-American Education Commission, Research Reports, Enrollment Trends, graduation and attrition rates, Progress Reports,
"Discipline and Dropouts: A Report to the Ad-Hoc Committee on Equal Educational Opportunities," Early School Leavers Reports,
Studies of the "Student Dropout" in the Los Angeles Unified School District, evaluations of Institute for Successful Living
and Soledad Enrichment Action, copy of a Pilot Dropout Prevention, Retention and Recovery Program, Independent Study Program
and Alternative Education and Work Centers proposals and Dropout Prevention and Recovery Conference materials.
box 1192, folder 5-7
Early Childhood Education
1978 September 5-2006 May 23
Scope and Contents
Proposals and Reports concerning plans for preschool programs and centers including those related to handicapped children's
early education and the Early Start Program for infants and toddlers with disabilities.
box 1195, folder 1-2, box 1193, box 1194
Earthquakes
1932-2006
Scope and Contents
Materials concerning the enactment of the Field Act in 1933 pertaining to structural requirements of public school buildings,
seismological meetings, earthquake hazard and protection, school site damage reports from 1933 and 1971 earthquakes, the condemnation
of the Los Angeles High School main building and transfer of students to Fairfax High School, two Earthquake Safety Bond Election
binders, authorizations to file applications for state aid, certification resolutions pertaining to environmental impact statements,
interim housing recommendations for displaced students from vacated pre-1933 buildings, Board member Bardos' comment on the
"systems approach" to solving integration, rules and regulations for emergency procedures, seismic safety inventories, the
emergency closure of schools due to the Northridge earthquake of 1994 and Memoranda on emergency preparedness plans and drills.
box 1195, folder 3-4
Easements
2002 February 26-2008 October 28
Scope and Contents
Board of Education Reports regarding Dedication of Easements for District properties.
box 1195, folder 5
Ecology
1972 December 4-1980 January 21
Scope and Contents
Materials regarding Ecology Education, recycling programs, environmental-energy education projects, Urban Ecology Magnet Plan,
environmental assessment reports and environmental impact reports.
box 1195, folder 6
Economic Impact Aid (EIA)
2002 April 9-2002 April 23
Scope and Contents
Board of Education Report and Communication delegating authority to staff to prepare a waiver to the State Board of Education
for EIA funding to be used to support Districtwide academic intervention strategies.
box 1196, folder 1
Education
1954-1978
Scope and Contents
Materials related to the California State Conference on Education, White House Conference on Education, Board member Paul
Burke's remarks, "Secret Source of Inside Information About Public Education," correspondence concerning the proposed dissolution
of Board member Dr. Docter's Educational Advocates Program which violates Board policy and Reports on the Educational Planning
Unit (EPU), a major concept in the plan for student integration.
box 1196, folder 7-8, box 1721, box 1221, folder 1-5, box 1197, box 1198, box 1199, box 1200, box 1201, box 1202, box 1203, box 1204, box 1205, box 1206, box 1207, box 1208, box 1209, box 1210, box 1211, box 1212, box 1213, box 1214, box 1215, box 1216, box 1217, box 1218, box 1219, box 1220, box 1706, box 1707
Education Acts
1958-2007
Scope and Contents
Materials related to Education Act and grant monies received and allocated to fund programs and projects.
Box 1,196: Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), Title I (1965-67).
Box 1,197: ESEA, Title I (1963-68).
Box 1,198: ESEA, Title I (1968-71).
Box 1,199: ESEA, Title I (1971-72).
Box 1,200: ESEA, Title III (1965-70).
Box 1,201: ESEA, Title III (1970-71), National Defense Education Act, Title V-A (1959-1966), Vocational Education Act (1959-1972).
Box 1,202: Economic Opportunity Act (1965), Special Education Reorganization (1958-1969).
Box 1,203: Special Education (1969-1975).
Box 1,204: Special Education (1975-1976).
Box 1,205: Educational Laboratory Theater including actor Gregory Peck's Board presentation (1966-1969), "A Pattern for School
Administration in California" Report (1955), National Science Foundation Act (1968), ESEA, Title I (1968-1971).
Box 1,206 and 1,707: ESEA, Title I (1970-1977).
Box 1,207: Emergency School Aid Act (ESAA), Title VI (1979).
Box 1,208: ESEA, Title I, "Title I of ESEA: Is It Helping Poor Children?" Report, ESEA, Title II, (1966-1982).
Box 1,209: National Defense Education Act, Title III, Project APEX (Area Program for Enrichment Exchange), National Science
Foundation Act (1958-1977).
Box 1,210: ESEA, Title III, Title V, Title VI (1963-1981).
Box 1,211: ESEA, Title XIII, IV (1966-1985).
Box 1,212: Emergency Employment Act, Vocational Education Act (1971-1976).
Box 1,213: Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA), Vocational Education Act (1976-1983).
Box 1,214: Acts - Allied Health Professions Personnel Training, Consumer Products Safety, Cooperative Research, Demonstration
Cities and Metropolitan Development, Family Nutrition, General Education Provisions, George Barden, Guaranteed Learning Achievement,
Higher Education Facilities, Housing and Community Development, National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities, Intergovernmental
Personnel, Mental Retardation Solidities and Community Mental Health Centers Construction, Metrics Education, Miller Unruh
Reading, National Safety, Highway Safety, Nutrition Education and Training Project, Professional Development, Public Works
Employment, Trade Adjustment, Project APEX (1965-1984).
Box 1,215: Acts - Career Education Incentive, Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention and Treatment, Child Abuse Prevention, Child
Development, Community Mental Health Center, Community Services, Education Consolidation and Improvement (ECIA), Education
for Economic Security, Economic Opportunity, Education Professional Development (1967-1991).
Box 1,216: Acts - Emergency Employment, Emergency School Assistance (ESAA), Environmental Education, Adult Basic Education,
Adult Education, Older Americans, Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets, Omnibus Reconciliation (1966-1990).
Box 1,217: Acts - Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education, Urban Impact Aid and Meade Aid, Anti-Drug Abuse, ESEA,
Title VII Bilingual Education, Title I, Refugee, Goals 2,000: Educate America, School Age Community Child Care Services (Latchkey),
Rehabilitation, Social Security, Women's Educational Equity, California Environmental Quality, Child Nutrition (1969-2007).
Box 1,218: Acts - Civil Rights, Education for All Handicapped Children, Education for Handicapped, Educationally Handicapped,
Handicapped Children's Early Education Assistance, Higher Education, Immigration Reform and Control (1966-1991).
Box 1,219: Acts - Intergenerational Education, California Budget, Indian Education, Indochinese Refugee, Indochina Migration
and Refugee, Interagency School Safety Demonstration (1974-1991).
Box 1,220: Acts - Job Training Partnership, National School Lunch, National Endowment for the Humanities, Individuals with
Disabilities, ESEA, Title I, Title VII - ESL (1968-2000).
Box 1,221: Acts - ESEA, Title I, Title VII - Audio-Visual, Title VIII, Title IX, Education Improvement Incentive Plan (1958-1986).
Box 1,706: CETA - Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (1974-1977).
Box 1,721: Senate Bill 813 Guide: Educational Reform Act Summary of Implementation (1984-1985).
box 1221, folder 6-7
Education Code
1959-1990
Scope and Contents
Materials pertaining to California State Education Code.
box 1221, folder 8
Educating for Diversity
1991-1992
Scope and Contents
Copies of the District's "Educating for Diversity: A Framework for Multicultural and Human Relations Education" and Board
motions for its adoption.
box 1221, folder 9
Educational Inventory
1944
Scope and Contents
A copy of Superintendent Kersey's "Educational Inventory" for Junior and Senior High Schools and a copy of his "Analyzing
and Appraising the Educational Program of the Elementary Schools" school site assessments by principals.
box 1221, folder 9-11, box 1222, box 1223
Educational Needs
1967 November 22-1982 September 20
Scope and Contents
Materials concerning educational needs such as demands for action associated with secondary student walkouts, survival and
critical needs of mid-city high schools, Lincoln and Garfield High School faculty statements on the Eastside demonstrations
and walkouts, letter from the President of the Roosevelt High School Faculty Club identifying Mr. Sal Castro of Lincoln High
School as the true representative of the Blowout Committee, Julian Nava's response to the walkout students' requests for student
rights, an open letter to Superintendent Crowther from Lincoln High School teachers on Mexican American students' beliefs
that they are receiving a meaningless education, proposals for change from the Educational Issues Coordinating Committee,
letter from the Eastside Democratic Club in support of the East Los Angeles student demands and protesting the police and
sheriff presence on campuses, specifically the students and parents who were beaten at Garfield High School, letter and bilingual
protest flyer from the President of the American Federation of Teachers, Local 1021 on the inadequate educational system and
ghetto schools, The Black Educators, Inc. press release on the crumbling conditions at Carver Junior High, its support of
the South Central area schools boycott and attached "Framework for Educational Action," Districtwide progress reports and
timelines on student unrest including sit-ins, pickets, rallies, trash can fires, bomb threats, Black Student Union assemblies,
the involvement of the Black Panthers at Jordan High, a Jefferson High School teacher's partial diary of daily events on campus,
letter from Manual Arts Student Body Cabinet Advisor concerning Inner-Mid-City Schools and the presence of Los Angeles Police
Department (LAPD) officers on campuses.
box 1224, folder 1-2
Educational Services
1982 August 23-2007 September 11
Scope and Contents
Bulk agreements for educational services.
box 1224, folder 3-4
Education Technology Plan
2006 March 14
Scope and Contents
Executive Summary of the District's Instructional Technology Plan and Curriculum and Instruction Committee Report approving
participation in the Education Technology Staff Development Program.
box 1225, box 1226, folder 1-4, box 2541, box 1224, folder 5-6
Elections
1946-1991
Scope and Contents
Election materials concerning School Bond propositions, city council measures that impact the District, endorsement propaganda
and voter information pamphlets.
Box 2,541 contains the reference book, School Unification Election of June 7, 1960. This book includes election materials
such as fact sheets, bulletins, pamphlets, kits, maps and results for Propositions C, D and E which propose the unification
of the Los Angeles elementary and high school districts under the administration of a single, unified District.
box 1226, folder 5-6
Electronic Computer System
1958 February 3-1974 September 5
Scope and Contents
Agreements and authorizations for contracts with data processing companies.
box 1227, folder 1-3, box 2539
Emergencies (Natural or Man-Made)
1986-2008
Scope and Contents
Reports, Memos and Bulletins on emergency procedures, preparedness program, plans and responsibilities.
Box 2,539 includes Handbook: Emergency Legal Procedures (H.E.L.P.) which began in 1973 as a response to the growing legal
concerns surrounding education in the District. The H.E.L.P. was created by the District's Office of the Legal Advisor and
distributed to schools for use by administrators and staff.
box 1227, folder 4
Eminent Domain
2009 April 21
Scope and Contents
Copies of Board Reports authorizing the District to acquire properties by eminent domain required for South Region High School
No. 7 and South Region Middle School No. 3.
box 1227, folder 5-6
Employee Assistance Program
1976 February 23-1991 June 24
Scope and Content
Progress reports, proposals and advertisements regarding The Employee Assistance Program which began in 1975 as a pilot program
to provide help to employees where the use of alcohol adversely affected job performance or attendance and its scope expanded
to provide confidential help with personal problems.
box 1227, folder 7
Employee Attendance Policy
2004 June 22-2004 July 13
Scope and Contents
Copy of Employee Attendance Policy adopted as amended in order to control employee absences and their resulting costs.
box 1227, folder 8
Employee Dress Code
1979 October 29-1983 December 15
Scope and Contents
Correspondence from parents regarding the Board's dress code for teachers (Board Rule 1906) and legal advice to the Board
concerning its authority in regulating "bizarre" styles of dress on the part of students and employees.
box 1708, box 1726, box 1727, folder 1-4, box 1227, folder 9-12, box 1228, box 1229, box 1230, box 1231, box 1232, box 1233, box 1234, box 1235, box 1236, box 1237, box 1238, box 1239, box 1240, box 1241, box 1242, box 1243, box 1244, box 1245
Employee Organizations
1933-1984
Scope and Contents
Operating guides, rules, negotiating proposals, collective bargaining agreements, contracts, pay schedules, newsletters, Memoranda
of Understanding, pertaining to Board negotiations and involvement with employee organizations.
1,227: Employee Councils Working Materials, Classroom Teachers' Federation, Certificated Employee Relations Council Minutes
(1933-1954).
1,228: Unit A, Security, Peace Officers Association, Unit B, Education Aides (1979-1984).
1,229: Unit C, Operations-Support Services (1979-1984).
1,230: Unit D, Unions, Office-Technical and Business Services, California School Employees Association (CSEA), Unit E, Skilled
Crafts, Building and Construction Trades Council (1978-1984).
1,231: United Teachers-Los Angeles (UTLA), Employer-Employee Relations, Employee Representatives (1961-1984).
1,232: Employer-Employee Relations, UTLA, 1984-1985 Collective Bargaining Agreement (1962-1986).
1,233: UTLA, Factfinder's Report - District/UTLA Negotiations (1986-1989).
1,234: Unit A, Unit B, Unit C, Unit D, CSEA (1984-1989).
1,235: Unit E, Supervisory and Confidential Employees, Junior High School Principals' Organization (1979-1987).
1,236: UTLA, Associated Administrators of Los Angeles (AALA), Unit B, (1981-1997).
1,237: Unit B, Unit D, Unit C (1989-1995).
1,238: Unit C, Employee Organizations-General, AALA (1962-2008).
1,239: AALA, Association of Educational Office Employees (AEOE), Unit E, CSEA, Supervisory Employees Union, Local 347, Classified
Union of Supervisory Employees, Local 699, Unit S, Classified Supervisors, Teamsters Local 572 (1978-2005).
1,240: Service Employees International Union (SEIU), Local 99 for Units B, C, F, Teacher Assistants, and G, School Supervision
Aides, Supervisory and Confidential Employees, Unit A, School Police (1960-2008).
1,241: Units A, B, C, D (1989-2008).
1,242: Units D, E, F (1988-2008).
1,243: Units F, G, H, Sergeants and Lieutenants and S (1990-2008).
1,244: Unit S, UTLA, (1990-2007).
1,245: UTLA, Drivers Association for Responsible Transportation, Payroll Deductions (1963-1997).
1,708: Employer-Employee Relations and Classified Employee Associations (1948-1976).
1,726-1,727: UTLA (1970-1981).
box 1246
Employee Suggestion Plan
1954 June 21-1980 April 14
Scope and Contents
The Employee Suggestion Plan provides a means for District employees to express ideas for the improvement of the school system,
receive recognition from fellow staff and participate in administration. Materials include Monthly and Annual reports, policies
and procedures, award rules and operating manuals.
box 1255, folder 1-2, box 1709, box 1247, box 1248, box 1249, box 1250, box 1251, box 1252, box 1253, box 1254
Employment
1962-1996
Scope and Contents
Employment training guides, Career and Continuing Education reports and pamphlets related to technical-vocational education
and occupational training programs for adults and youth.
1,247: Manpower Development and Training Act (MDTA), Youth Opportunities Board, Youth Welfare and Delinquency Prevention Conference,
Educationally Deprived Pupil project development summary report, Headstart (1962-1966).
1,248: Youth Opportunities Board, Marnesba T. Tackett's Presentation of the United Civil Rights Committee, Education Committee
to the Congressional hearing on the War on Poverty Program, Handbook for the Administration of Specially Funded Educational
Programs, Manual for Organization and Procedure for Community Coordinating Councils, First Annual Progress Report by the Office
of Research and Development, Assemblyman Charles B. Garrigus' "Improving Educational Opportunity in Disadvantaged Communities"
legislative report for improving the educational system in Watts, The Economic and Youth Opportunities Agency's (EYOA) "The
War on Poverty in Los Angeles" report (1965-1966).
1,249: Office of Urban Affairs Informative Report to the Board, "A Survey of Instructional Programs for Occupational Preparation
in the Unified District," "Headway" report on programs funded under the Economic Opportunity Act, Mrs. Opal Jones, Chair of
the Neighborhood Adult Participation Project (NAPP) presentation of the "New Careerist" proposal, Los Angeles Black Congress
correspondence from Chairman Walter Bremond in support of the NAPP proposal implementation in ghetto schools (1966-1968).
1,250: A Guide To Work Experience Education and Employment Placement. Operation 1000 Report: An experimental pilot summer
vocational program, correspondence from the Council of Mexican-American Affairs Project Head Start, Program: New Careerist,
Community Action, Neighborhood Youth Corps, Work Incentive, Economic Opportunity Act Evaluation Reports (1968-1970).
1,251: Project Follow Evaluation Reports, EYOA War on Poverty volunteer flyer, Progress Report EYOA Management Audit (1970-1972).
1,252: Occidental Center Magazine, Summer Youth Employment Task Force proposal, Junior Achievement reports, Skills Center
reports for Watts, Venice, Pacoima, East Los Angeles, San Pedro/Wilmington (1968-1979).
1,253: MDTA, Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA), Manpower Report of the President, Education for Full Employment
statement to the U.S. Senate, MDTA Progress Report (1963-1980).
1,254: Joint Powers Agreement establishing the EYOA, reconstitution of EYOA into the Greater Los Angeles Community Action
Agency, Project First Break Annual Report, Youth Opportunities Unlimited Board Reports, Fair Employment Practice Commission
newsletters (1963-1996).
1,255: Report on Watts Skill Center, Negro charges of funding discrimination against the Watts Skill Center, Skill Centers
Program Report prepared by the Skill Center Investigating Committee, Watts Skill Center Student questions to the Board in
protest of educational inequities, "Skill Center News" (1966-1996).
1,709: MDTA Communications from the Division of Adult Education, Skill Center News and Specially Funded Programs in Adult
Education Report (1966-1971).
box 1255, folder 3-4
Energy Management System
1985 October 21-2001 September 25
Scope and Content
Approvals of proposals for Environmental Control Systems.
box 1255, folder 5
Energy Services Requirements
2000 February 22-2008 September 23
Scope and Contents
Authorizations to front fund Energy Services Requirements Contracts.
box 1255, folder 6
English Immersion
1998 July 23-2002 January 8
Scope and Contents
Committee Reports concerning the Structured English Immersion Program, authorization to teach limited English proficient students,
Proposition 227 implementation updates and Proposition 227 implementation questions and answers.
box 1255, folder 7
English Language Acquisition Program
2000 September 12
Scope and Contents
Proposal that the Board authorize staff to submit the California Department of Education funding application for the English
Language Application Program (ELAP).
box 1255, folder 8-9
English Language Learners
2002-1999
Scope and Contents
Master Plan Evaluation Report for English Language Learners (ELL), Curriculum and Instruction Committee Reports regarding
Structured English Immersion and Stanford 9 accommodations for ELLs.
box 1256, box 1257
Enrollment
1978 May 15-2004 October 22
Scope and Contents
Average Daily Attendance and Enrollment by Schools, tabulation of schools and grades according to enrollment and classification,
enrollment reports, "White Pupils Decline By 19,088 In Los Angeles School District" press release, comparisons of norm day
enrollments by grade level and local district, enrollment projections, Enrollment Committee reports, Priority Housing "Options
to Increase Capacity at Secondary Schools" report, "Enrollment of Students Returning From Juvenile Justice Facilities and
Other Placements" bulletin and student integration Joint Enrollment Program (JEP) Board Communication.
box 1258, folder 1
Entertainment
1948 December 17-1966 November 18
Scope and Contents
Policies regarding entertainment and educational programs in the schools, correspondence from students asking that the Intergroup
Cultural Awareness Program be continued and reference guides for qualified elementary school entertainment/educational programs.
box 1258, folder 2
Enterprise Resource Planning
2004-2005
Scope and Contents
Enterprise Resource Planning Audit Business Technology Resource Book.
box 1258, folder 3-5
Environmental Education
1979 May 14-1994 December 9
Scope and Contents
Inter-office correspondence and reports on the Environmental Education and Recycling Center Project, Environmental Education
and the Environmental/Energy Education Grant Project.
box 1258, folder 6-7
Environmental Hazards
1999 September 28
Scope and Contents
"Investigative Report: Monitoring Environmental Hazards at LAUSD" conducted by Public Interest Investigations, Inc. (PII).
This investigation was conducted after the Board terminated the employment of the District's Director of the Environmental
Health and Safety Branch, Hamid Arabzadeh. On July 28, 1998, Arabzadeh appeared before the Board to protest his termination
and made over 40 allegations during his testimony. The investigation focused on Arabzadeh's allegations in three general areas:
That the District engaged in an ongoing campaign of cover-up and concealment of serious environmental hazards and problems,
that the District ignored the advice of its own staff to conduct adequate environmental testing of the area surrounding Jefferson
Middle School and that the District mishandled the environmental problems at the Belmont Learning Complex project, cutting
the Environmental Health and Safety Branch out of the process.
box 1259, box 1260, box 1261
Environmental Impact Report
1978 September 18-2008 December 9
Scope and Contents
Environmental Impact Reports (EIRs), Reports of Findings and Statements of Overriding Considerations, Comments and Responses
to Reports, Crawford v. Board of Education Draft EIR for Plan for the Integration of Pupils, Public Hearing Transcripts, EIR
Draft for Baldwin Hills Stocker Street/Valleyridge Housing Development, Final EIR for the Belmont New Elementary School No.
6, Los Angeles Times article, "L.A. Unified Rushed Its Environmental Studies, Critics Say," Belmont Learning Complex Final
EIR, Mitigation Monitoring Plan and Addendum to the Final EIR for Proposed Dorothy Johnson New Opportunity High School (Previously
Jefferson New Senior High School No. 1 Site), West Los Angeles Veloway Project EIR, Draft EIR for Greenwich West Development,
Draft EIR for Freeway Development Project No. 1 Amendment No. 3 and Lynwood Regional Justice Center Draft EIR.
box 1262, folder 1
Environmental Legislative Policy
1999 July 6
Scope and Content
Proposal that the Board adopt Principles and Legislative Guidelines with respect to the general policy of the District regarding
environmental legislation.
box 1262, folder 2
Ephebian Society
1947-1958
Scope and Contents
The Ephebian Society, founded in February of 1918 as a civic service organization by Dr. Albert Shiels, restricted its membership
to graduates of Los Angeles City high schools chosen on the basis of scholastic and service records in the ratio of one to
each forty graduates. Materials include correspondence between the Board and the Ephebian Society, The Athenian Ephebic Oath
of Allegiance in American Schools and Colleges by Fletcher Harper Swift and "The Torch," the official publication of the Ephebian
Society of Los Angeles.
box 1262, folder 3-5
Epidemics
1932-2009
Scope and Contents
Summarized Statement of Days of Absence of Pupils Due To Influenza and Other Respiratory Infections During 1940-41 Epidemic
Period, Procedures for the Control of Major Communicable Diseases in the Schools, correspondence, consent forms and reports
concerning smallpox and diptheria vaccinations, "A Chance For Life" Annual Report of the Los Angeles Tuberculosis And Health
Association, Bulletin on the Control of Infantile Paralysis, Memoranda on Swine Flu Preparedness in Schools and "Pandemic
Flu: How To Stay Well" video.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Includes 1 DVD.
Special equipment or further processing may be required for viewing. To access audiovisual materials you must notify the
reference desk in advance of your visit.
box 1262, folder 6
Equal Access Act 1984
1984 October 15
Scope and Contents
Bulletin concerning the Equal Access Act, passed by Congress in 1984, making it unlawful for any public secondary school receiving
federal financial assistance to deny equal access to facilities for voluntary student initiated meetings regardless of the
nature or content of such meetings so long as the meetings are otherwise lawful.
box 1262, folder 7
Equal Rights Amendment
1975 July 14-1980 October 2
Scope and Contents
Board motions and resolutions in support of the Equal Rights Amendment and a copy of a "Women's Rights Consent Decree."
box 1262, folder 8-10, box 1263, box 1264, box 1265, box 1266, box 1267
Equipment
1930-2008
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, brochures, petitions, newsletters, policies, lists, purchase orders, reports concerning equipment loans, purchases,
obsolescence, sales, insurance, agreements, contracts, storage, delivery and including War Surplus Property.
box 1268, folder 1
E-Rate
1998 March 9-2008 April 22
Scope and Contents
Authorizations and reports concerning the E-Rate Program and its discounted products and services.
box 1268, folder 2
Escutia Project
1998 November 10-2005 October 11
Scope and Contents
Facilities Committee Reports concerning the Martha Escutia Primary Center, previously known as Corona New Primary Center.
box 1268, folder 3-4
Ethics Policy
1998 September 24-2006 November 14
Scope and Contents
Special Review and reports related to the District's ethics policy statement, adoption of a code of ethics and ethics program
which consists of five major components: ethics code, training, advice, compliance and continuous improvement.
box 1268, folder 5
Ethnic Survey
1991-1992
Scope and Contents
Executive Summary of the Fall 1991 Ethnic Survey Report produced by the Information Technology Division highlights the ethnic
distribution of students and staff and provides a historical overview of ethnic trends on colored graphs.
box 1268, folder 6
Evacuation
1942 July 2-1955 November 7
Scope and Contents
Report containing data and statistics concerning pupils who withdrew from the schools due to civilian evacuation orders by
military authorities or in anticipation of such evacuation, Superintendent's War Bulletins and Minutes regarding the La Tuna
Canyon fire and forced evacuation of Vinedale Elementary School.
box 1269, box 1698, box 1723, box 1724, box 1725
Evaluation Services
1892-2008
Scope and Contents
Adoptions of Agreements for Evaluation Services, Testing Program Reports, Management and Evaluation Branch Reports, studies,
assessments and Annual Board Report excerpts related to the history of pupil and teacher promotion, reading testing, state
testing, the Integration program, recommendations for high school improvements based on James B. Conant's report, Finance,
correspondence concerning Harry D. Smith's allegations that the Iowa Tests of Educational Development contain subversive communist
propaganda, evaluations of learning tests, Summary Reports of X Series Tests in basic facts, knowledges and skills, Report
on Recommendations to Promotion Policy, protest and approval correspondence regarding teacher evaluations and Course of Study
Outlines.
box 1270, folder 1-2
Exhibits
1936 September 21-1982 February 23
Scope and Contents
Memoranda announcing exhibits of student work at various school sites and locations across Los Angeles.
box 1270, folder 3-6, box 1271, box 1272, box 1273, box 1274
Experts
1948 December 9-1980 July 7
Scope and Contents
Reports and Communications concerning approval of nonroutine personnel actions and the appointment and election of experts
for studies, presentations, examinations, consultant services, evaluations and trainings.
box 1275
Expulsions
1981 March 2-2003 September 22
Scope and Contents
Expulsion Report: "Trends In Student Expulsions" and Communications for Expulsion Committee Review concerning student expulsions
and expunged records which include identification numbers, education code violations and assignments.
box 1276, folder 1-2
Extra Curricular Activities
1982 November 8-1995 December 1
Scope and Contents
Policies, procedures and surveys concerning student involvement in extra curricular activities.
box 1276, folder 3-5, box 1277, box 1278
Facilities
1996 March 11-2008 December 9
Scope and Contents
Facilities Services Division Reports and Communications, Facilities Master Plan, BB Bond Facilities Modernization Strategic
Execution Plan, Existing Facilities Strategic Execution Plan (SEP), proposals to amend SEP, New Construction SEPs, Small Business
Enterprise Report, Family-School Partnership Program implementation report and Feasibility Studies.
box 1279, folder 1
Factfinding Reports
1981 February 9-1992 January 10
Scope and Contents
Minutes concerning the Board's response to Factfinding Reports and a copy of the October 1991 Report to the Factfinding Panel
which was used in the factfinding proceedings for AALA, UTLA and employee bargaining units B, C and D.
box 1279, folder 2-8, box 1280, box 1281, box 1282, folder 1-3, box 1710
Federal Aid to Education
1952-1980
Scope and Contents
Reports, Communication and correspondence concerning Educational Acts such as ESEA, Federal funding for educational programs
and applications for Federal grants for needy students, schools in poor areas, free and reduced price meals, work study, the
Mid Secondary City Schools Project, Adult Education, Project Eighteen, Educational Laboratory Theatre Project, Model Cities
Program segments, Greater Watts Model Neighborhood and the East/Northwest Model Neighborhood Education Programs, Bilingual
Program and the Summer Program for Economically Disadvantaged Youth (SPEDY).
box 1282, folder 4
Federal Emergency Mangagement Agency (FEMA)
1994 February 7-2003 December 9
Scope and Contents
Reports designating Authorized Agents of the District for the purpose of obtaining Federal or State Disaster Assistance, establishing
a Special Reserve Fund for FEMA earthquake relief and authorizing acceptance of FEMA grants for seismic retrofit or replacement
of various school buildings.
box 1282, folder 5
Federal Service Center Site - Bell
2007 April 10-2007 April 24
Scope and Contents
Authorization to accept and assume title to approximately 13 acres of the Bell Federal Service Center in Bell, California.
box 1711, box 1283, folder 1-3, box 1282, folder 6-7
Federations
1948-1969
Scope and Contents
American Federation of Teachers (AFT) Local 1021 newsletters, open letters, correspondence, bulletins, transcripts of statements
to the Board, correspondence concerning Un-American activities, memoranda and petitions on the More Effective Schools Bill,
HR 16357.
AFT College Guild Local 1521 newsletters, insurance benefits information and salary proposals.
Los Angeles Federation of Teachers Local 430 Communications of protest against the Dilworth Act and the loyalty oath, statement
of Board member Eleanor B. Allen concerning the organization's "unsound leadership and questionable activities," "The Los
Angeles Teacher" newsletters and a letter to Board President Georgiana Hardy from Local 430 President Harold Orr expressing
regret that Board members use teachers as scapegoats at official Board meetings to further their campaigns for election to
the City Council.
box 1283, folder 4
Fees
1938 June 23-1999 March 23
Scope and Contents
Summaries of purchase orders, imprest funds and contracts for furnishing equipment, supplies or services to the District,
Bulletin regarding physical education towel service fees and inter-office correspondence concerning filing fees for classified
examinations and County Clerk fees for printed forms.
box 1283, folder 5-7, box 1284, box 1285, folder 1-7
Films
1936-1995
Scope and Contents
Correspondence of protest against the use of instructional films on the subject of communism, transcriptions of Board discussion
on communist films, Division of Instructional Services Bulletin No. SC-38 on Instruction About Communism, petitions requesting
a review of the District's "Instruction About Communism" policies and actions, a copy of "audio-visual news" and instructional
film catalogs.
box 1285, folder 8
Fingerprinting
1936 April 4-1999 May 25
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, reports and memoranda concerning fingerprinting systems and policies for pupils and employees.
box 1285, folder 9
Fingertip Facts
1974-2007
Scope and Contents
Fingertip fact booklets and pamphlets on the District, including an administrative guide containing a brief history of the
Heritage School House, established in 1876 by the Vernon School District and annexed to the LAUSD in 1896.
box 1286, folder 1-2, box 1285, folder 10-11
Fire
1942 September 10-2001July 24
Scope and Contents
Reports and Correspondence concerning fire incidents, cooperation with the Fire Department, rules and regulations, emergency
procedures, fire prevention, fire protection, fire testing and declarations of emergency for repair of fire damaged buildings.
box 1286, folder 3
Firearms
1980-1999
Scope and Contents
Guidelines for student expulsion, Board rules and regulations, and resolutions concerning school safety and the public's right
to school environments free from the fear of gun possession and use.
box 1286, folder 4
Fireworks
1980 June 8-1988 May 10
Scope and Contents
Fireworks safety reminders and reaffirmations of Board Rule 2251 regarding fireworks prohibition.
box 1286, folder 5
First "5" L.A. (Prop. 10)
2003 January 28-2003 February 11
Scope and Contents
Proposal to authorize the receipt of the First 5 LA (Proposition 10) $1 million planning grant and delegate authority to implement
the grant for seven school readiness centers in May 2003.
box 1286, folder 6-12
Flags
1901-2001
Scope and Contents
Reports and correspondence concerning the raising and lowering of the American Flag, legal rights of students who do not participate
in the daily flag salute, origins of the U.S. Flag, complaints against George Washington High School teacher Mr. Haswell Parker,
inclusion of "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance and patriotism.
box 1287, folder 1
"Focus On Education"
1989-1990
Scope and Contents
Copies of the Los Angeles Unified School District newspaper.
box 1287, folder 2-4
Food Services Branch
1999 December 14-2007 March 28
Scope and Contents
Business Services Division Food Services Branch Pilot Project Report and Food Services Review in the LAUSD Final Report.
box 1686, folder 2
Forms
1954-1971
Scope and Content
District forms for the following: Architect's Agreement, Structural Engineering Contract and Fees, Revocable License, Simplified
Bid and Contract, Small Size Jobs, L.A. County Uniform Local Sales and Use Tax and Landscape Work.
box 1287, folder 5
Fort Mac Arthur
1987 March 30-1998 July 28
Scope and Contents
Proposals and reports concerning the development of the Fort Mac Arthur Project to facilitate the location and development
of educational, scientific and research programs with a major focus on marine related studies.
box 1287, folder 6
Forums
1943 November 1-1961 March 2
Scope and Contents
Committee Reports and correspondence concerning District involvement in forums for educational public discussion.
box 1287, folder 7-11
Foundations
1981-1998
Scope and Contents
Committee reports regarding District agreements with the following foundations: BankAmerica, California Community, Herb Alpert,
Pacific Telesis/Pacific Bell and Marine Animal Husbandry.
box 1287, folder 12
Fraternities & Clubs
1926-1958
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, Board rules, California Education Code and regulations regarding unlawful student involvement in off-campus,
non-school sponsored and secret clubs.
box 1287, folder 13-15
Freedom
1947-1962
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and Minutes concerning awards presented to schools by the Freedoms Foundation, Inc., founded in May 1949 in
Valley Forge, Pennsylvania as a non-profit, non-sectarian, non-political organization to annually award those who do the best
job in bringing about a better understanding of the American Way of Life.
Bulletins and booklets concerning the Freedom Train's visit to Los Angeles, Exposition Park, its cargo containing original
documents of American liberty and the District's rededication to American principles.
Freedom scrolls and propaganda from the Crusade for Freedom, supporting the National Committee for A Free Europe and its striking
arm, Radio Free Europe.
box 1288
Freeways
1942-1990
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and Committee reports regarding District properties and the following freeways: Santa Monica, Simi, Ventura,
Hollywood, Whitnall, Beverly Hills, Century, Glendale (formerly Allesandro), Golden State, Harbor, Olympic, Pomona, Riverside
and San Bernardino.
box 1289, folder 1-3
Funds
2003-2008
Scope and Contents
Reports regarding authorizations to make interfund transfers and the establishment of imprest accounts for payment of Division
of the State Architect fees.
box 1289, folder 4
Fund Raising Activities
1982 November 1-2005 September 9
Scope and Contents
Documentation of District fund raising drives for various relief campaigns.
box 1289, folder 5
Future Teacher Preparation Corps
1989 February 6-1991 March 4
Scope and Contents
Committee reports concerning the implementation and articulation of teacher preparation options for District students.
box 1290, folder 1-2, box 1289, folder 6-12
"G" File
1936-1955
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and attachments pertaining to complaints, investigations of teachers, un-American activities, postwar demands
for vocational and technical training, industrial firms employing 50 or more persons in the Los Angeles District, tolerance
posters and blotters from the Institute for American Democracy, Inc., a bibliography of selected research studies in educational
administration from the University of California, communistic text books, payroll deductions, materials for inclusion in the
Time Capsule to be placed in the concrete of the Pershing Square Garage, Code of Ethics for Members of California Teachers
Association and alleged communists in the schools organized chronologically by file as follows: G 1305-1454.
box 1290, folder 3
Games
1958 May 27-1958 June 12
Scope and Contents
Correspondence concerning the use of dart games on school premises.
box 1290, folder 4
Gann Limit
1999 October 12-2005 January 11
Scope and Contents
Reports regarding the adoption of the District's Appropriations Limit (Gann Limit).
box 1290, folder 5
Gavels
1950 February 20-1977 July 1
Scope and Contents
Board Minutes from annual meetings during which the outgoing President presents a gavel to the incoming President and the
newly elected President presents a gavel hewn from the handrail of the stairs of the old Los Angeles High School by the industrial
arts class at Venice High School to the outgoing President as an expression of appreciation for leadership service.
box 1290, folder 6
Gay and Lesbian Project
1992 April 20-1994 August 15
Scope and Contents
Board resolutions regarding the development of a procedure to record and report hate crimes, recognizing June as Gay and Lesbian
Pride Month and the adoption of the document, "Educating for Diversity" as policy. The Gay and Lesbian Project was formerly
called Project 10.
box 1290, folder 7
General Maintenance Fund
1987 June 29-1990 June 28
Scope and Contents
Reports regarding the Routine Repair and General Maintenance Fund.
box 1290, folder 8-9
Gifted and Talented Education Program
1978 July 10-2004 January 13
Scope and Contents
Reports and bulletins concerning the implementation of gifted/talented program services, polices and procedures for assessment
and identification of gifted/talented students, Individual Honors Program, Advanced Placement Program and materials from the
District's 30th Annual Gifted and Talented Conference.
box 1290, folder 10-13, box 1291, box 1292, box 1293, folder 1-2, box 1712
Gifts
1949-1983
Scope and Contents
Committee reports and acceptance Communications for donations to the District.
box 1293, folder 3
Governor's Task Force
1980 October 20-1981 March 20
Scope and Contents
The District's response to the findings of Governor Brown's special Task Force to examine the fiscal condition of the Los
Angeles Unified School District.
box 1293, folder 4-6
Grade Level Reconfiguration
1982-2005
Scope and Contents
Grade level reconfiguration proposals and plans to relieve overcrowding, take advantage of underutilized school sites and
prepare for projected enrollment growth.
box 1294, folder 1-2
Grading
1968 May 27-2004 February 24
Scope and Contents
District policies pertaining to grade change appeals, marking practices and procedures, progress report documentation, "C"
average policy and grade requirements for participation in extra curricular activities.
box 1295, folder 1-3, box 1294, folder 3-6
Graduation Requirements
1962 January 15-2008 March 27
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and reports concerning graduation policies, requirements, implementation of the A-G initiative, revisions and
modifications.
box 1295, folder 4-10
Grand Jury
1936-1985
Scope and Content
Petitions for rehabilitation of old school buildings, Los Angeles County Grand Jury Final Reports which include School Committee
Reports for special schools in juvenile halls and probation camps and Committee of the Whole Communication concerning the
Grand Jury investigation of the Bartholome child abuse case.
box 1296, box 1297, box 1298, box 1299, box 1300, box 1301
Grants
1953 June 15-2007 September 25
Scope and Contents
Committee Communications and Reports authorizing the application for and acceptance of grant funds.
box 1302, folder 1-5, box 1713
Half Day Sessions
1957-1988
Scope and Contents
Protest letters and petitions concerning educational inequities related to half day sessions, correspondence from District
residents suggesting certain schools are on double sessions due to the large number of children of undocumented workers enrolled,
Edmund Bradley's "Permanently Injured" pamphlet which holds the Los Angeles Board of Education responsible for creating a
segregated school system for Afro-American and Mexican communities and describes Manual Arts or "Manual Arms" as the only
high school in Los Angeles with a compulsory military program where faculty boast of having the finest rifle range in the
Los Angeles High School system and tenth graders are automatically programmed into the Reserved Officers Training Corps (ROTC)
program and "assigned a rifle instead of a text book," petitions against the bussing of students outside of their own neighborhoods
and against changing Neighborhood School boundaries for integration and a Statistical Data booklet compiled to provide a quick
overview of trends in population, births, age distribution, and school enrollments, both for the entire District and for each
of the twenty-four areas.
box 1302, folder 6
Handguns
1965-1998
Scope and Contents
Resolutions, rules and regulations, bulletins and reports on fatal shootings, weapons prevention, metal detectors and the
zero tolerance policy regarding firearms on District property with the exception of firearms in which blanks are used by authorized
personnel for athletic events and practice sessions, R.O.T.C. and range activities, detonators used by authorized personnel
in Driver Instruction and Traffic Safety, armed watchmen and school patrol officers.
box 1302, folder 7
Head Start
1982 August 23-1985 September 30
Scope and Contents
Committee of the Whole Communications concerning agreements for Head Start classes combining neighborhood nonhandicapped preschool
children with preschool children from District Special Education classes.
box 1304, folder 1-14, box 1303
Health Centers
1944 March 24-1993 May 17
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and petitions of opposition against the Board's proposed elimination of PTA School Health and Guidance Centers,
A Hospital Plan for Los Angeles County California, alleged criticisms of the Yale Street Clinic, Board Rules on Health, "Communicable
Diseases Rules and Regulations" publications, Health Education and Health Services Branch presentations and handbooks, sample
Health Record Book used for "School Nurse Responsibilities" presentation and Health Services Branch Annual Report, Appraisals
of the Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practices and Problems of Secondary School Pupils and Junior College Students.
box 1305, box 1304, folder 15-16
Health Education
1955 May 24-2007 September 19
Scope and Contents
Physical Fitness Program reports, Taxpayer's Crusade of Los Angeles County "Fluoridation" report, "Here's To Health!" Employee's
Health Handbook, Correspondence between Paul Popenoe, Founder of The American Institute of Family Relations and Board President
J.C. Chambers regarding the problem of homosexuality in Los Angeles including the following "Family Life" publications, "Are
Homosexuals Necessary?," "The Life of a Homosexual" and "One Minute and 48 Seconds on Homosexuality." Materials also include
Health Education and Health Services Branch Annual Reports, Resolutions and Committee Reports regarding the implementation
of AIDS education, Communications and Reports on school-based health clinics and the Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Program
and transcriptions of the Board's 1905-1906 Annual Reports concerning Health Services and Medical Aid.
box 1306, folder 7-8
Healthy Children
1992 August 17-1998 April 27
Scope and Contents
The Contribution of School Health Services to Increased Academic Performance report and Committee of the Whole reports on
the Healthy Start Support Services for Children Programs.
box 1306, folder 9
High School Academy Program
1993 February 18-1993 March 3
Scope and Contents
Copy of correspondence from LAUSD Superintendent Sidney A. Thompson to President of the United States Bill Clinton concerning
the High School Academy Program, a joint partnership program that utilizes internship and academic programs to prepare urban
and inner city youth for the needs of tomorrow, including "A Brief Prospectus" on the joint partnership projects and Academy
High Schools.
box 1306, folder 10
High School Day
1924 September 22-1951 October 4
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and invitations to The Broadway Department Store's High School Day which provides secondary students in salesmanship,
advertising and commercial art classes, the opportunity of securing practical knowledge in those fields.
box 1306, folder 11
High School Peace Corps
1989 February 6-1989 February 14
Scope and Contents
Educational Development and Student Life Committee Report authorizing implementation of High School Peace Corps Global Awareness
Program in six selected senior high schools to promote a better understanding of other people and cultures.
box 1306, folder 12
Historic Resources Survey
2002-2005
Scope and Contents
Historic Schools of the Los Angeles Unified School District survey prepared in fulfillment of a Planning Grant provided under
the Preserve Initiative of the J. Paul Getty Trust.
box 1307, box 1308, box 1309, box 1310
Holidays
1932 June 6-1999 May 25
Scope and Contents
Reports, correspondence and petitions regarding the District's observance of holidays.
box 1311, folder 1
Holocaust
2006 May 2
Scope and Contents
Copy of a resolution approved during Closed Session Minutes recognizing April 23-30, 2006 as Days of Remembrance in memory
of the victims of the Holocaust.
box 1311, folder 2
Home Independent Study Program
1988 June 2-1992 March 16
Scope and Contents
Committee of the Whole Reports pertaining to the Home Independent Study Program operated by Options for Youth which provides
instructional services to student drop outs.
box 1311, folder 3-6
Homeless Children
1989-2005
Scope and Contents
District policies that address the rights of homeless children and youth to access a free public education, copy of "Homeless
Education and Foster Care Programs" presentation, Enrollment of Homeless Children and Youth in Schools Bulletin, statistics
on total homelessness by local district/school, "Working With Homeless Children and Youth: Strategies for School Personnel"
pamphlet and Resource Handbooks.
box 1311, folder 7
Homemakers
1977 March 7-1977 March 17
Scope and Contents
Copy of a Board Resolution and Minutes regarding the Board's support of the "Martha Movement" to bring status and recognition
to the American homemaker.
box 1311, folder 8-9
Homework
1943 January 14-2007 May 17
Scope and Contents
Bulletins and Resolutions regarding District guidelines for the assignment of homework and LAUSD publication, "Home Study
for Wartime Learners."
box 1311, folder 10
Honors-Level Classes
1983 June 15
Scope and Contents
Bulletin concerning honors-level classes, advanced academic courses planned for "highly capable" students in grades 7 through
12.
box 1311, folder 11
Horticultural Centers
1980 June 2-1984 September 10
Scope and Contents
Correspondence in opposition to a possible reduction in funding for the District's horticultural centers and responses from
Board President Roberta Weintraub.
box 1311, folder 12
Hospitality Fund
1948 September 3-1948 December 28
Scope and Contents
Inter-office correspondence and disbursement requests which include Assistant Superintendent Bruce A. Findlay's coffee request
for the Senate Investigating Committee.
box 1311, folder 13
Hot Weather Guidelines
1991 October 7-1998 August 4
Scope and Contents
Board Resolution concerning intolerable conditions at many non-air-conditioned schools and a Bulletin with guidelines for
preventing heat stress.
box 1311, folder 14-19
Housing Authority
1941 October 4-2001 November 13
Scope and Contents
Communications concerning home counseling at Los Angeles City Housing Authority Projects, Frank Wilkinson booklet, "There's
Nothing Sentimental About Your Cash Register," City Housing Authority press release, "Public Housing Helps Finance Schools"
and the adopted Communications regarding the District entering into Permits with the Housing Authority for use of facilities
at various housing projects for child care centers and schools.
box 1727, folder 6
I Am An American
1938-1950
Scope and Content
Programs, flyers and correspondence from the "I Am An American" Foundation, a non-profit patriotic corporation. President
Roosevelt designated Sunday, May 18, 1941 as "I Am An American Day" to reawaken patriotism, honor democracy and freedom under
the United States Constitution. The Los Angeles City Schools observed this day by planning programs and assemblies, tailoring
themed writing assignments, encouraging families to attend the ceremonies at the Hollywood Bowl and explaining the purpose
to students and parents.
box 1312, folder 1
Identification
1967 October 2
Scope and Contents
Bulletin from the Office of School Defense on issuing school emergency identification cards to key personnel.
box 1312, folder 2
Immediate Intervention/Underperforming Schools Program
2000 March 28-2000 June 27
Scope and Contents
Requests for State waivers for schools participating in the Immediate Intervention/Underperforming Schools Program.
box 1312, folder 3-8
Immigrants
1937 November 30-2002 April 23
Scope and Contents
Memorandum reminding parents and community members that students do not need a social security number to enroll in and attend
school in the District, Communications concerning the Emergency Immigrant Education Assistance Program (EIEAP), Newcomer School
Planning Report, signed and sealed petition to the U.S. Department of Justice Immigration and Naturalization Service (I.N.S.)
for approval of school for immigrant students at Belmont High School, I.N.S. correspondence explaining the student provision
of the Immigration Act of 1924 as it relates to Belmont High School's placement on the list of schools approved for nonquota
immigrant students, correspondence regarding the approval of high schools for attendance of foreign students on visas, Board
resolution opposing the Los Angeles Superior Court decision on the Bradford case and its severe limitation of educational
opportunities for undocumented students, press releases, legislative summaries and propaganda concerning District opposition
to the Nelson-Ezell Undocumented Immigration Initiative or Save Our State Initiative officially known as Proposition 187:
Illegal Aliens. Ineligibility for Public Services. Verification and Reporting. Initiative Statute.
box 1312, folder 9-10
Immunization
1935 July 29-1999 July 1
Scope and Contents
Bulletins and Memoranda concerning immunization policies, clinics, drives and propaganda against compulsory vaccinations.
box 1313, folder 1
Imports
1949 September 20-1952 March 6
Scope and Contents
Correspondence in connection with the importation of exhibits from Mexico for the schools.
box 1313, folder 2
Imprest Funds
1973 August 30-1999 October 12
Scope and Contents
Bulletins, Board Rules and reports regarding Imprest Funds which permit an administrator to make direct purchases of items
not readily available from normal District sources or items for which the need was not anticipated.
box 1313, folder 3
Improving America's Schools Act
1995 October 16-1997 March 31
Scope and Content
Reports and Communications authorizing the Superintendent to accept grants from the United States Department of Education
for the implementation of Improving America's Schools Act (IASA), Title VI, Comprehensive School Grants.
box 1313, folder 4-8, box 1314, folder 1-2
Independent Contractors
1979 January 15-1984 January 1
Scope and Contents
Committee of the Whole and Personnel and Schools Committee Communications concerning approval of nonroutine personnel actions
authorizing warrants for activities involving independent contractors.
box 1314, folder 3
Independent Study Program
1982 September 30-2005 May 9
Scope and Contents
Report on the District's independent study program operated through City of Angels School, Guidelines for Independent Study
Bulletins and authorizations to renew contracts with programs designed to assist drop out students such as the Institute for
Successful Living, Latin American Civic Association, Options for Youth, Soledad Enrichment Action, Fully Alive Center and
Poseidon School.
box 1314, folder 4
Individual Education Program
1999 June 26-2001 November 13
Scope and Contents
Student Health and Human Services Communication proposal that the Board authorize a payment of $100,000 to the State Department
of Health Services to conduct a Medi-Cal rate study of District costs related to the development of Individual Educational
Plans (IEP) required for special education services and a copy of Board action on Chanda Smith Consent Decree Implementation
Plan and Budget No. 6: The Conduct of the IEP.
box 1314, folder 5
Industrial Education
1981-1988
Scope and Contents
Memorandum on the Industrial Education Office exhibit of student projects at the California Museum of Science and Industry,
Bulletin on Maximum Class Size - Industrial Education Laboratory and Strengthening the Connection Between Education, Training
and Jobs: A Summary of Research Findings and Recommended Implementation Activities from Workforce LA, a partnership between
the Industry Education Council of California, LAUSD and the Los Angeles Community College District.
box 1314, folder 6
Infant Care Centers
1989 July 24-1992 March 18
Scope and Contents
Committee Report ratifications of infant care center services agreements and Reference Guide for administrative personnel
at the following Infant Centers: Jordan, Locke, Ramona and Roosevelt.
box 1315, box 1314, folder 7-12
Informal Notes
1934-1952
Scope and Content
Informal Board and Standing Committee Notes not included in official Board Reports including disciplinary investigations of
teachers based on complaints such as the in class distribution of Communist Party line pamphlets, student suspensions, protests,
matters of legislation, status of safety measures in schools, recommendations concerning pupil transportation, use of schools
for War Bond Campaign, activities of Women's Ambulance and Defense Corps., decision of the District Court of Appeals on provisions
of the Civic Center Act, request for removal of Compton Avenue Special School made up "entirely of delinquent and underprivileged
boys" with mention of Housing Authority ground breaking for the new housing project in the area with support of the Police
Department, requests of groups to use school facilities such as the California State Militia's request to use Alexander Hamilton
High School for drill purposes, war production training courses and excerpts from September 20, 1951 Minutes concerning the
Swan case and its importance with respect to teacher tenure laws, teacher rights and freedom of speech.
box 1686, folder 1, box 1316, folder 1
In Future Meetings
1980 January 8-1992 July 13
Scope and Contents
One page bulletins highlighting anticipated agenda items for consideration by the Los Angeles City Board of Education.
box 1316, folder 2
Inner-City Arts Program (I.C.A.)
1993 December 13
Scope and Content
Proposal that the Superintendent be authorized to accept a grant for the funding the renovation of Inner-City Arts permanent
facility and after school enrichment program.
box 1316, folder 3
Instruction
1948 February 9-1970 February 2
Scope and Contents
Communications concerning basic rates for instructional school supplies.
box 1316, folder 4
Instructional Areas
1934 July 26-1965 January 14
Scope and Contents
Reports on District organization and instructional areas.
box 1316, folder 5-6
Instructional Materials
1971-2004
Scope and Contents
Reports recommending adoption of instructional materials and authorizing Superintendent to implement Instructional Materiel
Account rates.
box 1316, folder 7
Instructional Partners
1993 August 13
Scope and Contents
Adopted Committee of the Whole Report concerning Instructional Partners Program at Hollywood and Locke High Schools sponsored
by the Departments of Education and Defense with retired military personnel working with students at risk of dropping out.
box 1316, folder 8
Instructional Services
1983 October 31-1997 March 31
Scope and Contents
Reports regarding agreements for instructional services.
box 1316, folder 9
Instructional Technology Plan
2000 April 25-2000 May 9
Scope and Contents
Proposal that the Board approve the District Instructional Technology Plan. An executive summary is attached.
box 1317, box 1318, box 1319, box 1320, box 1321, box 1322, box 1323, box 1324, box 1325, box 1326, box 1327, box 1714
Insurance
1940 February 5-2008 October 28
Scope and Content
Communications, presentations, reviews and reports concerning insurance coverage policies and procedures and including Board
sponsored health and medical plans.
box 1328, folder 1-2
Integrated Financial Systems
1990-2000
Scope and Contents
Integrated Financial Systems study and reports pertaining to the District's comprehensive management information system which
provides a centralized, coordinated database that is self-balancing and self-auditing. Its four major components are Budget,
Business and Fiscal Accounting, Position Monitoring and Control and Payroll/Personnel.
box 1328, folder 3-4
Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
2000-2002
Scope and Contents
Facilities Services Division Communication on proposed application for a pest management grant that would support the District's
use of a non-pesticide method to combat drywood termites and IPM Handbook for Schools and Offices.
box 1328, folder 5
Integrated Student Information Systems (ISIS)
2002 April 9-2002 April 23
Scope and Contents
Office of the Superintendent Communication approving Phase I implementation of the ISIS project, a system replacement project
mandated in the Chanda Smith Consent Decree plans and consistent with management initiatives to replace old "at risk" technology
and enhance the delivery of data to school level decision makers.
box 1328, folder 6
Integration Impact Report
1980 November 3-1980 November 17
Scope and Contents
Integration Impact Report recommending the consolidation of small elementary schools under one principal and the change in
secondary enrollment norms for administrative assignments for submission to the Superior Court, County of Los Angeles.
box 1328, folder 7-8
Integration Programs
Scope and Content
Reports pertaining to the District's Integration Programs which were mandated by the California Supreme Court's decision in
Crawford vs. Board of Education which held that the goal required by the State constitution is to take reasonable and feasible
steps to alleviate the harms which result from minority segregated schools. The court defined a minority segregated school
as one in which "the minority student enrollment is so disproportionate as realistically to isolate minority students from
other students and thus deprive minority students of an integrated educational experience."
box 1328, folder 9
Inter-Agency Task Force
1980 June 30-1980 June 2
Scope and Contents
Correspondence between Board President Roberta Weintraub and Third District Councilwoman Joy Picus regarding Picus' agreement
to participate in an inter-agency task force to explore areas of mutual benefit between the City, the Board of Education and
other public agencies.
box 1329
Interdistrict Attendance Report
1957-1991
Scope and Contents
Interdistrict Pupil Attendance Agreement Forms.
box 1330, folder 1
International Baccalaureate Diploma Program
1988 July 25
Scope and Contents
Copy of a Board resolution that the LAUSD conduct a study for the purpose of determining the feasibility of initiating the
International Baccalaureate Diploma Program for its high school students.
box 1330, folder 2
Internet
2001-2002
Scope and Contents
Copies of the District's Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) for the Internet and Business, Finance, Audit and Technology Committee
Report adopting establishment of Board Rule 1254 as the AUP for the Internet.
box 1330, folder 3
Internship
1999 March 23-1999 June 22
Scope and Contents
Division of Instruction Communications concerning the implementation of the Pre-intern Teaching Program and booklet on the
District Intern Program, an alternative way to earn a Professional Clear California teaching credential.
box 1330, folder 4-14
Interscholastic Athletics - Contests
1930-1981
Scope and Contents
Report on Board policy concerning coeducational sports, Educational Development Committee Communication on equality of opportunity
in interscholastic athletics, Committee of the Whole Communication on interscholastic athletics governing structure, Survey
of Revenues and Costs of Schools Participating in the Interscholastic Athletic Program, Senior High Schools Rules and Regulations
Governing Athletic Contests and student letters of opposition to proposed cuts to the junior and high school athletic program.
box 1331
Inventory
1938 April 20-2005 May 24
Scope and Contents
Inventories of stock in District warehouses and Bulletins concerning inventory audit of donated or purchased items of artistic,
historical, cultural or monetary value.
box 1333, folder 1-7, box 1332
Investigations
1945-1948
Scope and Contents
Board investigation of 28th Street Principal Mrs. Nell Maloy Haas in response to charges that she expressed "The most anti-labor
policies, the most vicious anti-Semitism and the most contemptuous attitude toward professional Negro people," to the District
Assistant Superintendent. Documentation includes statements by President Harold Orr of the Los Angeles Federation of Teachers,
Local 430, A.F.L., Harry S. Jung of the United Public Workers of America, Local 246, and by the Committee to Combat Discrimination
in the Los Angeles District School System, report of the Board's findings, copy of a telegram from former Board Member Fay
E. Allen in support of Mrs. Haas, Board statement concerning racial prejudices in schools, transcript of interrogation of
the Board concerning Union allegations that it encouraged anti-democratic practices by allowing Gerald L.K. Smith to speak
in a school building, Committee of the Whole reports concerning the Loyalty Affirmation of Employees, list of loyalty check
protestants, copies of labor articles on the investigations with headlines, "School Board Dictatorship Must End" and "Sounds
Like Berlin; Happened in L.A.," Reports of the Senate Investigating Committee on Education, digest of communications and correspondence
from personnel at 28th Street School including a teacher's statement that Haas criticized her for "being so good to the little
Negro children, those poor little Negro children," American Youth for Democracy leaflets connecting the 1941 incident at Fremont
High School when an effigy of a Negro student was hung to a recent incident where five Negro girls at Fremont were told to
leave the cafeteria, threatened with violence and and told to leave school which prompted a 500 student walk out to make Fremont
"lily white," an "ALERT: Against Communism in California" publication which reports that The Provisional Committee to Combat
Discrimination in the Los Angeles District School System including Orr, Jung and Mrs. Charlotta A. Bass launched a communist
smear campaign against Mrs. Haas and Mrs. Haas' appointment book with notes on the case.
box 1333, folder 8
Investments
1983 July 25-2002 June 25
Scope and Contents
Standing Committee Reports and Communications concerning investments of District funds.
box 1333, folder 9
Invitations
1944-1958
Scope and Contents
Invitations for Board attendance at various educational events.
box 1333, folder 10
Job Training Contracts
2003 August 26
Scope and Contents
Division of Instructional Support Services Board of Education Report concerning delegation of authority for job training contracts.
box 1333, folder 11
Joint Task Force On South Central L.A.
1981 June 29
Scope and Contents
Copy of a report on the Status of Watts from the Joint Task Force on South Central Los Angeles. The 15th Anniversary of the
Watts riot and the resultant McCone Commission Report prompted this Joint Task Force Report, the result of a five month study
by the American Jewish Committee, the Los Angeles Urban League and the National Conference of Christians and Jews. The Report
addresses four major areas of concern: Education, Employment, Housing and Police-Community Relations.
box 1333, folder 12
Joint Bulletin
1989 June 8-1989 June 12
Scope and Contents
LAUSD and UTLA Joint Bulletins concerning the resolution of pay docking matters arising from UTLA boycott and general points
of agreement on shared decision-making councils.
box 1333, folder 13
Joint Use Agreeements
1998 December 8-2008 November 25
Scope and Contents
Copies of Board of Education Reports authorizing the joint use agreements for facilities at various school sites.
box 1333, folder 14
Judgement
2000 January 11-2000 March 14
Scope and Contents
Facilities Services Division Communications accepting judgement for Franklin New Primary Center No. 2 (Glassell Park) and
Belmont/Hollywood New Primary Center No. 2 site.
box 1333, folder 14
Junior Achievement Program
1980 July 21-1981 December 7
Scope and Contents
Copy of Board Minutes discussion of the Junior Achievement Program wherein elementary, junior and high school students receive
an education in economics and a first-hand experience in business.
box 1334, folder 1-3
Junk Food
1976 March 16-2005 May 26
Scope and Contents
Copies of Board presentations, correspondence and policies on nutrition and junk food sales in the schools.
box 1334, folder 4-5
Jury Duty
1939 April 7-1978 April 10
Scope and Contents
Bulletins and memoranda regarding jury service polices and procedures and Los Angeles County Grand Jury 1970 Final Report.
box 1336, folder 1-3, box 1335
Juvenile Delinquency
1954 November 15-2000 February 22
Scope and Contents
A Survey of the Problems of the "A" Pupil and Conditions Surrounding Him, Discipline in the Los Angeles City Schools booklet,
correspondence concerning "integration pains" at San Fernando High School and the fatal stabbing of student Oscar Taylor at
Jefferson High School, Overview of Adolescent Behavior and the Gang Syndrome paper, Violence and Education: A Position Paper
exploring issues of violence, vandalism, crime and conflict in the South Central communities of Greater Watts for presentation
at an all day conference at Locke High School on March 16, 1974, a position paper on white racism and unequal education in
the inner city schools which cites White Papers written by Al Moore with community input as the basis and guide for the development
of proposals that resulted in the Funding of Title One programs, The Community Looks at Law Enforcement paper with sections
on South Central Los Angeles, School Police and the attempts of the Black Education Commission and the Council of Black Administrators'
(COBA) to deal with school violence, Juvenile Delinquency and Violence in Community and School: A Probation Department Perspective,
Juvenile Justice Center booklet, Summaries of pupil expulsions and incidents prepared by Juvenile Court Relations Pupil Services
and Attendance Branch, LAUSD Security Section charts on Reported Incidents and Crimes of Violence by years and Committee of
the Whole Reports concerning Project HEAVY (Human Endeavors At Vitalizing Youth) and Project JADE (Juvenile Assistance Diversion
Effort).
box 1336, folder 4
Keys
1967 March 23-1987
Scope and Contents
Bulletins and Board rules regarding school building keys.
box 1336, folder 5
Kids Vote Program
1991 March 18
Scope and Contents
Board Resolution in support of Assembly Bill 169 and its creation of Kids Vote, a nonpartisan project in California that provides
youth with hands-on experiences with the democratic process.
box 1337, folder 1-3, box 1336, folder 6-9
Kindergarten
1953 May 21-2006 November 17
Scope and Contents
Full-Day Kindergarten (FDK) implementation updates, Executive Summary Implementation Evaluation of FDK, "Footnotes on Young
Children" article, "Kindergarten Enrollment Age Changes After Twenty Years," Educational Development Committee Communication
on the Implementation of Assembly Bill No. 3976; Admitting Children to Kindergarten for the Spring Semester, 1975, Leonard
M. Britton's report to the Board on Optional Back-To-Back Kindergarten Appeal Process, Report of Special Teacher of Kindergartens
excerpts from Annual Reports of the Board of Education (1886-1914), Los Angeles Times article on Caroline Severance, an abolitionist,
socialist and suffragist who worked to establish California's first kindergarten and a copy of Marilyn Jean Hanson's University
of California Los Angeles thesis, "The History of the Kindergarten Movement in California (1863-1920)."
box 1337, folder 4
Kindergarten Centers
1986 November 3-2007 June 11
Scope and Contents
Copy of a Full-Day Kindergarten presentation and communications concerning Kindergarten Centers.
box 1337, folder 5
King's Verdict
1993 April 7-1993 April 19
Scope and Contents
Letter to LAUSD employees concerning school crisis team preparations for the jury's conclusion of its deliberations in the
federal trial against four police officers accused of violating the civil rights of Rodney King, informative correspondence
from Ruben Zacarias on Preparations for the King Verdict, Possible Scenarios for District response to Disturbances, bilingual
Spanish letter to parents regarding student transportation plans in the event of an emergency or civil disturbance, a letter
from Congresswoman Maxine Waters which begins, "My dear children, my friends, my brothers, life is sometimes cold-blooded
and rotten! And it seems nobody, nobody really cares.," School Security notice on the substantial increase of highly visible,
uniformed school police officers and a suggested lesson plan for use with audio-tape: "Chill" to prepare students to respond
to the verdict in the Rodney King Civil Rights court case in a calm and responsible manner.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
One audio cassette tape.
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box 1337, folder 6
KLCS-TV/DT
2005 November 22-2005 December 13
Scope and Contents
Facilities Services Division proposal for authorization to enter into an amendment to extend an existing sublease agreement
with Community Television of Southern California (KCET) for space located in Mount Wilson, Los Angeles County for KLCS transmission
of educational programming and Board of Education meetings.
box 1337, folder 7
Labor Compliance Program
1993-1997
Scope and Contents
On September 7, 1993, the Board established the Labor Compliance Program under authority of the California Labor Code, Section
1771.6 which authorizes the District to enforce provisions of the Labor Compliance Program for public works contracts. Materials
include Business and Operations Committee Report, Facilities and Operations Committee Report and Labor Compliance Program
Report prepared by the Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Section.
box 1337, folder 8
Labor Dispute
2000 July 11
Scope and Contents
Copy of Board resolution that the LAUSD refrain from purchasing and serving in its cafeterias food products produced by Basic
Vegetable Products and Basic American foods until the labor dispute between Basic Vegetable Products and its 750 striking
employees represented by Teamsters Local 890 is settled.
box 1337, folder 9
Land Banking
2001 April 17-2004 April 27
Scope and Contents
Reports concerning authorizations to include properties to the list of Land Bank purchases.
box 1338, box 1339, box 1340, box 1341, box 1342, box 1343, box 1344, box 1345, box 1346, box 1347, box 1348, box 1349, box 1350, box 1351, box 1352, box 1353, box 1355, box 1356, box 1357, box 1358, box 1359, box 1360
Land Matters
1961 January 5-2009 April 28
Scope and Contents
Reports, studies and correspondence concerning property acquisitions, real estate, land sales, maps, Environmental Impact
Reports (EIR) and leases organized chronologically and alphabetically by project name.
1,338: General and "B" (1963-1987).
1,339: "H" and "L" (1964-1990).
1,340: "M" and "S" (1963-1989).
1,341: "V," "G" and "W" (1961-1994).
1,342: General (1966-1999).
1,343: "A" includes Ambassador Hotel Site EIR Volume 1 (1963-2004).
1,344: Ambassador Hotel Site Budget and Cost (1986-2007).
1,345: "T," Ambassador Hotel Site EIR Volume 2 and Special Closed Session Board Minutes regarding Ambassador Associates v.
LAUSD, et al. (1987-2004).
1,346: "B" and Belmont Learning Center Request for Proposals Materials Submitted by Bidders Part 1 (1987-2004).
1,347: Belmont Learning Center Request for Proposals Materials Submitted by Bidders Part 2, Highlights of Q & A Responses
and Belmont Learning Commission Budget (1996-2002).
1,348: Belmont Learning Center Request for Proposals Materials Submitted by Bidders Part 3 and Belmont Commission Contracts
(1996-2002).
1,349: Internal Audit and Special Investigations Unit Report on Findings Part 2 Belmont Learning Complex, Transcript of the
Independent Commission on the Belmont Learning Center Final Deliberative Meeting and Vote and Report of Independent Commission
Regarding the Belmont Learning Center (1999-2002).
1,350: Facilities Committee Reports concerning the Belmont Learning Complex and Los Angeles Times articles regarding the Complex
construction beginning without the completion of a thorough environmental assessment of the site which lies partly over a
former oil field and soil testing that revealed explosive levels of methane under a classroom building and in other areas
(1995-2002).
1,351: Belmont Learning Complex Committee Reports and Communications, Belmont New Elementary School No. 7 Initial Study/Negative
Declaration, Belmont New Senior High School No. 1 Mitigation Monitoring Plan and Final Mitigated Negative Declaration and
Initial Study and Belmont Learning Complex Internal Audit and Special Investigations Unit Report of Findings (1985-1999).
1,352: Summaries of Board member votes on Belmont Learning Complex and "C" (1985-2008).
1,353: "C," "D" and "E" (1964-2007).
1,354: "F," "G," "H," "I" and "J" (1963-2008).
1,355: "J," "K," "H," "L" and "M" (1963-2006).
1,356: "N," "O," "P" and "Q" (1963-2006).
1,357: "R" and "S" (1965-2009).
1,358: "S" (1997-2007).
1,359: "S" and "T" (1964-2004).
1,360: "U," "V," "W" and "Y" (1974-2009).
box 1361, folder 1
Landscaping
1964 September 24-1990 June 27
Scope and Contents
Bulletins, Board rules and correspondence concerning school gardens, landscaping and pesticides.
box 1361, folder 2
Languages
1930 March 21-1997 February 10
Scope and Contents
Committee of the Whole Reports on teaching less commonly taught languages of Russian, Mandarin Chinese and Japanese at Venice
High School and a copy of Mrs. Boudreaux's resolution that the Board acknowledges the need for teachers to have an awareness
and understanding of Ebonics in order to move African American students to proficiency in English.
box 1362, folder 1-5, box 1361, folder 3-9
Lau Plan
1977 November 10-1987 September 22
Scope and Contents
District's response to Lau concerns, the Plan and Year-End Reports concerning the District's Lau Plan, an agreement between
the Los Angeles Unified School District and the United States Office for Civil Rights for implementing the Supreme Court's
decision in Lau vs. Nichols (414 U.S. 563) which commits the District to provide specific programs for Limited English Proficient
students, including the requirements of the former Chacon legislation (Assembly Bill 507).
box 1362, folder 6
Law-Related Education Programs
1981 April 6-1981 April 21
Scope and Contents
Educational Development Committee Report authorizing the Superintendent to submit an initial grant application to the U.S.
Department of Education for funding consideration for a Law-Related Education Program titled: "Project L.A.W. (Legal Activities
Workshops)" under the provisions of ESEA, Title III, Part G, of the Law-Related Education Act of 1978, Public Law 95-561.
box 1362, folder 7
League of Women Voters
1947 November 13-1973 September 20
Scope and Contents
League of Women Voters, Los Angeles correspondence, newsletters, California Voters' Handbook, Board presentations and results
of a two-year study of the Board by the League which made the following specific charges: 1.) Lack of democratic procedure
at the Board. 2.) Administrative procedure followed by the Board is archaic. 3.) The Board oversteps the bounds of a lay Board
representing the public and 4.) The Board overlooks important broad matters of general policy such as racial problems, child
care centers and school building program.
box 1362, folder 8-9, box 1363, box 1364, folder 1-6
L.E.A.R.N.
1991 November 25-2000 June 27
Scope and Contents
Los Angeles Educational Alliance for Restructuring Now (L.E.A.R.N.) education reform agenda includes the following elements:
Transferring decision making authority to parents, teachers and principals at the school site, introduction of the marketplace
concept of strict accountability to the school system, higher expectations for academic performance, clear goals, improved
teacher training, meaningful professional development and creation of performance-based assessment tools. Materials include
reports, newsletters, Action Updates, a community generated vision based on seven consensus reports drafted by over 600 community
representatives, highlights of the L.E.A.R.N. Plan, Implementation Reports, Issues and Policy Recommendations - Per Pupil
Funding System Report from the LEARN Budget Task Force, draft of Los Angeles Educational Partnership Program Director Judy
Johnson's "Strengthening the Education Profession" LEARN proposal and a presentation on the Rodriguez Consent Decree. In August
1992, the District agreed to implement the court-approved Rodriguez Consent Decree which seeks to ensure that "Basic Norm
Resources" are equalized at each school level.
box 1364, folder 7
Learners English Plan
1996 June 17
Scope and Contents
Copy of Minutes for the Board's adoption of the Master Plan for English Learners report.
box 1371, folder 1-7, box 2070, folder 3, box 1364, folder 8-9, box 1365, box 1366, box 1367, box 1368, box 1369, box 1370
Leases
1945-2008
Scope and Contents
Policies concerning District property lease arrangements, list of schools leased for Bible Clubs, six folders with documents
pertaining to leasing land for oil development which include receipts of Oil Royalties from various school sites, black and
white photos of outside advertising space on District properties requested for use by Foster and Kleiser Co. and a report
on policies, procedures and safeguards to be followed in the leasing of publicly owned lands for oil development purposes.
The inactive materials from Beaudry are organized chronologically and alphabetically by facility or property name.
box 1372, box 1371, folder 8-10, box 1715, box 1716, box 1717
Legal Actions
1934 July 1-1980 June 16
Scope and Contents
Box 1,371: Subpoenas filed in the secretarial division, notices of action commenced by the state of California et. al. and
Los Angeles County Superior Court actions (1934-1949).
Box 1,372: Statement of the Board on the Report of the 1950 Grand Jury in the Telephone Case, criticisms of the Board and
suggested answers from Board of Education of the City of Los Angeles v. Ione L. Dresden Swan, an outline of the judicial system
in California and various legal actions (1934-1980).
Box 1,373: Legal actions (1980-1986).
Box 1,374: Copies of Rodriguez v. LAUSD Consent Decree and various legal actions (1986-1995).
Box 1,375: City of South Gate, et al., v. LAUSD decision in support of District's decision to implement boundary changes between
Jordan and South Gate High Schools, Minutes of the Anti-Boundary Change Defense Committee, Petitions of South Gate Residents
Opposing the South Gate High School Attendance Area Boundary Change Plan, U.S. District Judge A. Wallace Tashima's decision
to dismiss the District as a defendant in the federal case and L.A. NAACP v. LAUSD concerning the NAACP's efforts to block
the District's 1981 termination of a mandatory integration plan which was a climax to the Crawford case that began in the
Los Angeles Superior Court in 1963 (1981-1995).
Box 1,715-1,717: Legal actions including The Community Education Coalition, et al., v. The Board, Education Finance Reform
Project v. The Board and Los Angeles Times article, "Forced to Disrobe: Search for 50 Cents Wins Girl $10,000" (1961-1976).
box 1376, box 1377, box 1378, box 1379, box 1380, box 1381, box 1382, box 1383, box 1384, box 1385, box 1386, box 1718, box 1719, box 1720
Legislation
1937-2008
Scope and Contents
Documentation of proposed legislative matters of significant importance to public schools and the LAUSD.
Box 1,376: (1937-1953).
Box 1,377: Pamphlets: "State of California Administrative Procedure Act," "A Fair Labor Law: Statement of Charles E. Wilson,
President, General Electric Company Before the House Committee on Education and Labor" and "Letter from Charles E. Wilson
to the Honorable Andrew Jacobs, Member, House Committee on Education and Labor" and "Digests of Certain Bills and Other Measures
Introduced in the Legislature of the State of California" including Senate Bill 1367 (Dilworth Act) providing for dismissal
of employees becoming members of the Communist Party (1949-1959).
Box 1,378: "Fourteenth Report Senate Investigating Committee on Education: Patriotism or Pacifism, Which?" and proposed legislation
(1956-1963).
Box 1,379: "Report to the Los Angeles City Board of Education on the 1968 California Legislature" and proposed legislation
including AB 145 concerning unification of school districts (1963-1968).
Box 1,380: Proposed legislation (1964-1968).
Box 1,381: "Report of the Joint Interim Committee on the Public Education System," maps of congressional and state legislative
districts within the Los Angeles City Schools, "A Report to the Los Angeles City Board of Education on the 1967 California
Legislature" and proposed legislation (1961-1967).
Box 1,382: Proposed legislation (1967-1975).
Box 1,383: Proposed legislation (1976-1981).
Box 1,384: "Let Us Teach Final Report on An Analysis of the Helpfulness of Certain Aspects of the School Program to Classroom
Teaching: A Report of the Senate Factfinding Committee on Governmental Administration" and proposed legislation including
Senate Bill 1302 Early Childhood Education, Senate Bill 242 relating to the reorganization of large urban unified school districts
and Senate Bill 28 School Housing aid funds and AB 65 School Improvement Program (1966-1989).
Box 1,385: Education Legislation Reports of Measures Enacted and Vetoed, proposed legislation including AB 1650 School-Based
Mental Health Early Intervention and Prevention Services, AB 2595 California Clean Air Act, AB 803 Educational Technology
Local Assistance Program, SB 605, AB 2600 the Pupil Textbook and Instructional Materials Act, SB 90, SB 65, SB 1882 and SB
813 (1974-1996).
Box 1,386: Education Legislation Reports of Measures Enacted and Vetoed, LAUSD Legislative Updates and proposed legislation
(1990-2008).
Box 1,718-1,719: Proposed Legislation (1969-1972).
Box 1,720: Assembly Bill 2190, Metropolitan Transit Authority proposals, Senate Bill 702 and Project Fair Share (1946-1968).
box 1387, folder 1
Letterhead
1955 April 26-1991 June 24
Scope and Contents
Board memoranda and reports concerning policies for standardization of printed envelopes and letterheads for Board of Education
Administrative Offices.
box 1387, folder 2
Liability
1948 May 11-1963 March 18
Scope and Contents
Reports concerning District's comprehensive public liability insurance, legal opinion with respect to use of release forms
in schools and liability for negligent operation of District-owned motor vehicles.
box 1390, folder 1-4, box 1387, folder 3-5, box 1388, box 1389
Library
1937 February 24-2008 June 24
Scope and Contents
American Library Association (ALA) Bulletins and standard for school library programs, black and white photos of students
reading at District libraries, letter protesting the school library inclusion of Langston Hughes' book,
Pictorial History of the Negro in America because of Hughes' former Communist Party membership,
Books Invite All: They Constrain None. Final Report on the Los Angeles Public Library 1957 Bond Issue, student and parent letters opposing school librarian cuts and school library booklets, catalogs, pamphlets and order books.
Also included is a transcript of an Edward R. Murrow CBS telecast entitled "Book Burning - Maurice Blair." As the District's
Associate Superintendent in the Division of Instructional Services, Blair responds to questions about the removal of subversive
and obscene school library books.
Correspondence concerning the withdrawal of the book,
New Pocket Anthology of American Verse from eleventh grade English classes at Venice High School after parental protests that Walt Whitman's and Ezra Pound's poems
are "too smutty."
Additional correspondence opposing the American Literature course assignment of J.D. Salinger's "filthy and immoral" book
of "literary trash,"
Catcher in the Rye.
Other correspondence concerning the removal of the following titles from college libraries by Board action:
Field of Broken Stones
by Lowell Naeve,
American Argument by Pearl Buck and Eslanda Robeson,
Emotional Problems of Living by English and Pearson,
H is for Heroin by David Hulburd and
The Walls Came Tumbling Down by Mary Ovington.
box 1390, folder 5
License
1989 March 20-2005 April 12
Scope and Content
Reports concerning agreements for real estate licenses.
box 1390, folder 6
Lighting
1954 January 4-2006 March 28
Scope and Contents
Reports and communications regarding lighting for school facilities.
box 1390, folder 7
Limited English Proficient
1995 November 6-2000 May 9
Scope and Contents
Reports concerning testing and funding programs for Limited English Proficient (LEP) students.
box 1391, folder 1-2
Liquor
1934 April 20-1958 May 26
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, reports and bulletins concerning complaints and protests about the sale of liquor near school sites.
box 1391, folder 3-5, box 1392, folder 1-3
Lists
1946 September 6-1976 January 22
Scope and Contents
Lists of schools, public officials, District committees, State Board of Education members, community organizations, agencies,
leaders and services. Materials also include legislative and public school directories.
box 1392, folder 4-7
Literacy
1991 February 19-2006 March 30
Scope and Contents
K-12 literacy plans, evaluations, reports and a Standards-Based Secondary Literacy Plan.
box 1392, folder 8
Loaned Property
1985 July 15-1993 January 25
Scope and Contents
Committee of the Whole Reports concerning loaned property.
box 1392, folder 9-10
Lobbyists
2003 January-2006 May 9
Scope and Contents
Revised lobbying disclosure code, copy of a presentation on the District's Consolidated Charitable Campaign, Lobbyist Registration
Code, Lobbyist Registration Program Annual Report and LAUSD Employee Guide to Lobbyists.
box 1393, folder 1-2
Local Education Agency Plan
2003 May 13-2008 June 24
Scope and Contents
Copy of the District's Program Improvement Local Education Agency Plan as required by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001.
box 1393, folder 3
Lockers
2004 November 23-2005 February 8
Scope and Contents
Facilities Service Division Report authorizing the use of bond dollars for additional student book lockers at the new middle
and high schools on multi-track calendars.
box 1393, folder 4-9
Los Angeles Beautiful
1949 July 7-1991 September 3
Scope and Content
Campus Environment Program materials from the District's longstanding collaboration with Los Angeles Beautiful, a civic organization
whose principal goal is to improve the quality of life for all citizens by preserving and enhancing the environment of the
city of L.A.
box 1393, folder 10
Los Angeles Bridges
2003 July 8
Scope and Contents
Educational Services Division Report authorizing execution and payment of Memorandum of Understanding for the L.A. Bridges
Program, a gang prevention and early intervention effort effort established in 1997 as a partnership between the City of Los
Angeles and the LAUSD.
box 1393, folder 11
Los Angeles Center for Enriched Studies
2002 May 15-2002 August 13
Scope and Contents
Facilities Services Division Communications concerning design and construction of the new Sports Facility Complex at the Los
Angeles Center for Enriched Studies (LACES).
box 1394, folder 1-15
Los Angeles City and County
1930-2006
Scope and Content
Reports and Communications concerning agreements with the City of Los Angeles and the County of Los Angeles. Materials include
correspondence from City Council members, Environmental Impact Reports, City Council District Maps and a copy of Mary B. Murray's
California Stories.
box 1394, folder 16
Los Angeles County Fair
1936 May 22-1953 September 24
Scope and Contents
Schedules of demonstrations by public school students at the Los Angeles County Fair and correspondence concerning student
exhibits at the fair.
box 1394, folder 17
Los Angeles Educational Partnership
2000 April 26-2008 September 9
Scope and Contents
Reports and correspondence concerning the Los Angeles Educational Partnership (LAEP), its Mentor LA Partner Schools and its
publication,
Money Matters, a guide to the LAUSD budget to provide parents and school communities basic information about District finances.
box 1394, folder 18
Los Angeles Technology Center
2003 May 27-2003 June 10
Scope and Contents
Authorization to negotiate and enter into a lease renewal agreement for the Los Angeles Technology Center at 3407 West Sixth
Street, Los Angeles.
box 1394, folder 19
Los Angeles Virtual Academy
2003 June 10-2003 June 24
Scope and Contents
Information Technology Division Board Report proposing that the Board approve the development and implementation of the Los
Angeles Virtual Academy (LAVA) which will allow LAUSD students to access a standards-based content-driven learning experience
via alternative learning opportunities through the Internet.
box 1394, folder 20
Lottery
1985 June-1994 March
Scope and Contents
Reports concerning Lottery activities and its role in providing supplemental funding for public education.
box 1395, folder 1-2
Low Achieving Students
1988 May 5-1992 January 13
Scope and Contents
Reports, Communications and transcripts of presentations concerning improving the academic achievement of low-achieving students.
box 1396, box 1395, folder 3-7
Loyalty
1942-1958
Scope and Contents
Board Rules and Education Code forbidding Communist Party membership of District employees, Bulletin on reasons for Board
Rule 1907 requiring the answering of loyalty questions and correspondence of protest and approval concerning the District's
"Loyalty Check" which required all District employees sign an oath of loyalty to the United States Government.
Materials also include pamphlets on Communism, propaganda against the teachings of United Nations Educational, Scientific
and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), statements of policy on teaching American Ideology in the Los Angeles City Schools, transcripts
of the Senate Investigating Committee on Education, Los Angeles City School Districts Reaffirmation of Loyalty publication
and copies of the Reaffirmation of Loyalty Oath, officially adopted by the Board on September 20, 1948.
box 1397
Mail Service
1929 October 29-1993 March 29
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, Reports and Bulletins concerning District mail delivery.
box 1398, folder 1-2
Management Contracts
1995 June 29-2006 March 23
Scope and Contents
Board of Education Reports concerning proposed management contracts and approved management contracts.
box 1398, folder 3
Mandated Costs
1979 October 15-1986 April 28
Scope and Contents
Report of the Task Force on Mandated Costs, Report of Examination Court and Federal Mandated Programs and Report of Budget
Review Court Mandated Desegregation Program.
box 1398, folder 4
Maps
1939 November 3-1986 June 9
Scope and Contents
Bulletins pertaining to the purchase of maps for classroom use.
box 1398, folder 5
Marathons
1989 December 4-1999 June 8
Scope and Contents
Board resolutions in support of the Los Angeles Marathon, Keep L.A. Running and Students Run L.A..
box 1398, folder 6-7
March of Dimes
1934 January 22-1959 July 23
Scope and Contents
Reports and Communications concerning the District's contributions to March of Dimes annual fundraising drives.
box 1398, folder 8
Marine Animal Care
1988 March 21-1991 September 19
Scope and Contents
Reports on the District's Marine Animal Care Unit, built on District property at Fort MacArthur in San Pedro.
box 1398, folder 9
Mascots
1988 October 17-1997 September 8
Scope and Contents
Board Rules and Resolutions directing that the District not use American Indian mascots and names.
box 1398, folder 10
Master Calendar
1987 December 28-1991 August 5
Scope and Contents
Bulletins and Reports regarding the purpose and procedure of the District Master Calendar.
box 1399, box 1400, box 1401, folder 1-4
Master Plans
1979-2006
Scope and Contents
District Master Plans for English Learners, Limited English Proficient (LEP) Students, Elementary and Senior High School Bilingual
Implementation, The Children Can No Longer Wait, Special Education and K-12 Mathematics.
box 1401, folder 5-8
Mayoral Takeover
2006 March 7-2008 October 23
Scope and Contents
Statement of Intent Mayor of the City of Los Angeles and the Los Angeles Unified School District for collaboration to improve
student achievement in two families of schools and to create a model for collaboration, school reform and community advancement
that can be replicated throughout LAUSD.
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's "The Schoolhouse: A Framework to Give Every Child in LAUSD an Excellent Education," "Taking Back
Our Schools: Improving Opportunities for the Children and Families of Los Angeles: A Proposal to Create a Better Education
System" and "Choosing Our Futures: Improving Opportunities for the Children and Families of Los Angeles: A Plan to Create
a Better Educational System."
Materials also include Board Member correspondence to Mayor Villaraigosa and copies of Mendoza, et al. v. State of California,
et al., Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. BS 105481 concerning Assembly Bill 1381 and Mayor Villaraigosa's takeover of the
LAUSD.
box 1401, folder 9
Medical Trust Account
1982 September 30-1982 October 4
Scope and Content
Business Operations Committee Report establishing the new Health and Welfare Self-Insurance Fund.
box 1403, folder 1, box 1402
Meetings - Miscellaneous
1943 May 29-1970 January 29
Scope and Content
Copies of Board Minutes, schedules of Board meetings and items discussed for miscellaneous regular and special meetings of
the Board.
box 1403, folder 2
Mello-Roos
1998 November 24-2000 May 18
Scope and Contents
Facilities Committee Reports concerning the establishment of a Mello-Roos district in the Mount Washington Area.
box 1403, folder 3-6, box 1404, box 1405, box 1406, box 1407, box 1408, box 1409, folder 1-9
Memberships
1928 November 3-2008 July 1
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and Reports related to Board and District employee membership in various professional bodies such as the California
School Board Association, California Continuation Education Association, California Association of Secondary School Administrators,
California School Employees Association, Institute of Government, National Education Association, the Association of California
Administrators, Association of California Urban School Districts, Council of Great City Schools, Los Angeles County Committee
on School District Organization and the National School Boards Association.
box 1409, folder 10-12
Memorandum of Understanding
1995 August 15-2008 September 9
Scope and Contents
Memoranda of Understanding between the District and various organizations.
box 1410, box 1411
Memorials
1924-1989
Scope and Contents
Photos, maps, scripts, correspondence and publications related to the following memorials and memorial trusts: Fort Moore
Pioneer, Alice G. Harrison, L.A. High School, Claude L. Reeves, Farm Dale School House, Robert Hill Lane, Jesse C. Blair,
Mrs. Mabel Diamond Friedenthal, Dr. Harry M. Howell, Mrs. Alice Freeman Lusk, Mrs. Teneriffe Temple Larrabee, Martin Herman
Trieb and United States Bicentennial.
box 1412, folder 1-6
Mental Health
1950 July 24-1992 September 8
Scope and Contents
California's Rapidly Changing Mental Health Program booklet, Mental Retardation Services Board of Los Angeles County "Highlights
of Activities," surveys, correspondence and reports concerning the District's mental health services.
box 1412, folder 7-8, box 1413, box 1414, box 1415, folder 1
Mentally Retarded
1954 May 3-1985 May 31
Scope and Content
Board rules, bulletins and correspondence concerning the District's special education programs for mentally retarded pupils.
Materials include reports on the District's experimental "Point 2" Program for severely mentally retarded children and its
"Point 1" Program for educable mentally retarded pupils at the elementary and secondary levels.
Materials related to the Myer Simon School at Vista Del Mar include correspondence concerning the assignment of a teacher
for the school under provisions of A.B. 464.
box 1415, folder 2
Mentor Teacher Program
2000 May 23-2000 June 13
Scope and Contents
Curriculum and Instruction Committee Report concerning funding for the Mentor Teacher Program.
box 1415, folder 3-4
Meritorious Service
1938 June 30-1957 March 18
Scope and Contents
Copies of Minutes during which the Board recognized employees who had served the District for 25 years or more with Certificates
of Meritorious Service.
box 1415, folder 5-6
Metropolitan Transportation Authority
1979 January 17-2006 May 23
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and reports concerning the proposed Metropolitan Plan for desegregation and Board resolutions pertaining to
the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA).
box 1415, folder 7-9
Microfilm
1946 July 3-1980 August 5
Scope and Contents
Communications concerning the microfilming of student records and "old records," including the Board's Minutes Books.
box 1415, folder 10
Migrant Education Program
1988 June 2-1997 September 15
Scope and Contents
Communications, Reports and brochures concerning the federally funded Migrant Education Program, designed to enrich and respond
to the educational and health needs of migrant children.
box 2104, box 1417, folder 1-4, box 1416
Mileage
1934 June 29-1999 April 12
Scope and Contents
Board Rules and authorizations pertaining to mileage reimbursements for District employees.
Materials also include records of monthly odometer readings for District owned vehicles issued to Board members.
box 1417, folder 5
Military Service
1937 June 18-1997 August 18
Scope and Contents
Bulletins and correspondence concerning military matters such as student option to withhold name and address information from
distribution to United States Armed Forces Recruiting Agencies, granting of credit and the diploma for members of the armed
forces, requests for Board policy regarding military recruiting and counseling for conscientious objectors, R.O.T.C. training
on college campuses and the cooperative relationship between the Armed Forces and the Los Angeles City School System.
box 1418, folder 1
Milk
1993 November 15
Scope and Contents
Copy of a resolution that the Board urge the City Council and the County Board of Supervisors to issue a moratorium of at
least one year on allowing milk to be produced with Posilac, a recombinant bovine hormone made by Monsanto, until further
studies are done and that dairy products produced with this new hormone be labeled to alert consumers.
box 1418, folder 2
Milk Bowl Football Carnival
1933 October 5-1942 January 16
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and Communications concerning the District's annual football games for the benefit of the Parent-Teacher Association
Milk Fund.
box 1418, folder 3
Mimeograph
1938 June 16-1946 November 4
Scope and Contents
District memoranda regarding mimeograph and multililth equipment and work.
box 1418, folder 4
Mineral and Oil Rights
1957 August 29-1963 June 6
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and Reports concerning the District's oil and mineral rights on properties bought and sold. Materials include
Board discussion of the Paducah and Palo Verde School Sites in Chavez Ravine.
box 1418, folder 5
Minority, Women, Disabled Veteran, Business Enterprise
2000 August 22
Scope and Contents
Board of Education Report proposing that the Board authorize staff to negotiate agreements with specified firms for the purpose
of providing project/construction management, Minority, Women, Disabled Veteran, Business Enterprise and contract compliance
services.
box 1418, folder 6-9
Miscellaneous Material Belonging to B.A. Findlay
1946 August 4-1958 April 14
Scope and Contents
Materials belonging to Associate Superintendent Bruce A. Findlay include evaluation of teaching memoranda and correspondence,
Curriculum Division report, "Chronological Retardation in the Los Angeles City Schools," notes from the Public Education Human
Relations Committee and correspondence from his Chairmanship of the 1958 Music Educators National Conference held in Los Angeles.
box 1419, folder 1-9
Mobile Units
1947-2007
Scope and Contents
Requests for Mobile Unit visits and Reports authorizing the following Mobile Units: X-Ray Equipment, Dairy, California Wildlife,
Food Catering, Livestock and Poultry, Plant and Conservation and Health Clinics.
box 1419, folder 10
Moped Safety Training Project
1980 September 15-1980 September 22
Scope and Contents
Student Life Committee Communication proposing a contract agreement with the California Office of Traffic Safety to conduct
a Moped Safety Training Project which will be administered by the District's Traffic and Safety Education Section.
box 1419, folder 11
Motion Pictures
1946 November 26-1987 March 16
Scope and Contents
Board Rules regarding motion pictures, Report on preview of motion pictures and correspondence concerning screenings of pictures
such as "The God of Creation" at Fremont High School and George Washington High School.
box 1420
Multicultural Education
1972-1992
Scope and Contents
Agreements, correspondence and planning frameworks in support of the District's Multicultural Education Programs.
box 1421, folder 1
Multiple District Plan
2000 January 11
Scope and Contents
Excerpt from Special Board Meeting Minutes regarding the presentation of the "Concept Paper for Changing LAUSD: Multiple District
Plan." Mr. Ramon Cortines, Advisor to the Superintendent, addressed the Board and described that the plan would alter the
current structure of the District into eleven local districts each headed by a superintendent who would report directly to
the Superintendent of Schools.
box 1421, folder 2-5
Murals
1945 March 2-1976 November 8
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and Reports on the City-Wide Mural Project, "The Canticle of the Sun" at Emerson Junior High School, Mr. Kay
Nielsen's "The First Spring" and the controversial mosaic mural at Belmont High School.
box 1423, folder 1-4, box 1422, box 1421, folder 6-10
Music
1945-1997
Scope and Contents
Music program brochures, correspondence urging the continuation of music programs, letters of appreciation for music program
and orchestras, May 1956 photo of Clover Avenue Elementary School Orchestra, Memoranda on field trips to opera performances
and The Music Center of Los Angeles County's "Educational and Community Service Programs for Students" Report to the Board.
box 1423, folder 5
Naming Rights
1999 January 26
Scope and Contents
Board member Mrs. Boudreaux's motion of encouragement for the development of corporate sponsorship for athletic and expanded
instructional facilities which resolves that the staff develop a policy on naming rights and corporate sponsorship.
box 1424
Narcotics
1950 January 5-1999 October 26
Scope and Contents
Presentation from the ACLU on drug arrests, due process and secret police, correspondence pertaining to drug arrests and student
rights, Los Angeles Times article, "City's Schools Called 'Open Marketplace' for Drug Use," correspondence from Ramiro J.
Garcia, Chairman of the Mexican American Education Commission concerning the District's alliance with the Los Angeles Police
Department, undercover officers and violations of student civil rights, "Drug Abuse Control: Policies and Procedures," Narcotics:
The Menace to Children, Youth and Narcotics: A Study of Juvenile Drug Addiction in Los Angeles by the Los Angeles Police Department,
Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Narcotics: Suggestive Guide for Teachers of the Junior High School Program in Science, Information
and Suggestions for the Teaching of Narcotics and Their Effects, Communications, Reports and Newsletters on the Drug Abuse
Resistance (DARE) Program.
box 1431
National Defense
1940 June 28-1947 March 20
Scope and Contents
Memoranda, reports and correspondence concerning national defense training classes, purchase of equipment and supplies, budget,
use of buildings, salaries, defense centers, testing laboratories and meetings.
Materials also include "Partners in Defense," a Los Angeles City Schools publication on "Women's Special Work in National
Defense" and National Defense Training Program Progress Reports and Annual Reports.
For National Defense - Negroes see Race Question subject files.
box 1432, folder 1
National Youth Administration
1936-1942
Scope and Contents
Reports and applications for National Youth Administration projects which include the following areas: Agriculture, building
construction, school cafeterias, clerical, gardening, horticulture, homemaking, motion pictures, sewing, cooking, school ground
beautification and war production.
box 1432, folder 2
Navy Day
1937-1942
Scope and Contents
Bulletins and correspondence concerning the District's observance of Navy Day and involvement with related programs.
box 1432, folder 3-5, box 1433, box 1434, box 1435, box 1436
Negative Declaration
1996-2006
Scope and Contents
Facilities Committee Reports, Board Reports from the Office of Environmental Health and Safety and Initial Studies and Proposals
for the adoption of the Final Mitigated Negative Declaration (MND) for various building projects pursuant to the California
Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and State CEQA Guidelines.
box 1437, folder 1
Neighborhood School Program
2007 October 23
Scope and Contents
Facilities Services Division Board Report proposal to define the New Construction Two-Semester Neighborhood School Program
and reallocate $1.05 Billion in additional Measure Y Bond funds to this Program.
box 1437, folder 2-3
No Child Left Behind
2003 May 27-2006 December 14
Scope and Contents
Copies of presentations, Title I Parent Involvement Policy and the District's Local Agency Education Plan for the No Child
Left Behind Act of 2001, a Federal accountability measure for public schools which established criteria for Adequate Yearly
Progress.
box 1437, folder 4
Noise
1974 June 6-1990 March 19
Scope and Contents
Copies of Board Communications and Reports concerning excessive noise and disturbances in the Board room, airport and freeway
noise, noise abatement programs and measures and a copy of the September 22, 1980 Board Minutes during which State Assemblywoman
Maxine Waters, City Councilman Gilbert W. Lindsay and City Councilman Robert C. Farrell expressed objections to a remark made
by Board President Roberta Weintraub against Board member Rita Walters during a radio interview.
box 1437, folder 5
Non-Compliance
2000 January 11-2000 October 24
Scope and Contents
Reports of Correspondence concerning Receipts of Notifications of Non-Compliance for Compliance Investigation Cases.
box 1437, folder 6
Nondiscrimination
1991-1992
Scope and Contents
Memorandum on Posting and Distribution of Notice of Nondiscrimination and a Human Resources Nondiscrimination Poster containing
compliance language from Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and Title
VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
box 1437, folder 7
Non-Immigrants
1978 September 25-1987 April 6
Scope and Contents
Inter-office correspondence on the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, a Guide to School Personnel on Terms Related
to International Students, a Bulletin on Admission and Attendance of Noncitizen Students in Elementary and Secondary Schools
and a Committee of the Whole Communication regarding Reimbursement for Cost of Education of Noncontract Pupils.
box 1437, folder 8
Non-Management Employees
1980 October 13
Scope and Contents
Committee of the Whole Report proposal that the Board establish an effective date for salary step advancement for certificated
non-management employees.
box 1437, folder 9
Non-Profit Corporation
1986 October 20-1991 February 4
Scope and Contents
Committee Reports concerning the following Board established non-profit corporations: Student Health Services Support Fund
Inc. and the Los Angeles Unified School District Financial Services Corporation.
box 1437, folder 10
Nonpublic Services
2003 July 8
Scope and Contents
Special Education Division Board Report requesting the Board's authorization for the use of the Master Contract Template for
Nonpublic Services for the 2003-2004 Contract Year.
box 1437, folder 11
Non-Resident Students
1982 September 20-1986 January 6
Scope and Contents
Educational Development Committee Report and Communication concerning Board Rules and Administrative Regulations Relative
to Interdistrict Attendance and Proposal to Meet Educational Needs of Non-Resident Students Involved in Receiving Schools
Project.
box 1437, folder 12
Nonresponsible Contractor
1999 August 24-2001 January 9
Scope and Contents
Facilities Committee Reports pertaining to the default to contractors and declarations of nonresponsibility.
box 1437, folder 13
Nonroutine Personnel Actions
1990 October 15-1999 October 26
Scope and Contents
Personnel Division Communications concerning nonroutine personnel actions for the dismissal of classified employees.
box 1438
Notary Public
1944 January 21-1995 November 20
Scope and Contents
Law and Rules Committee Reports and Communications concerning authorizations and agreements for notarial commissions.
box 1439, folder 1
Nuclear Age/War
1985 February 25-1987 June 15
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and resolutions concerning the development of nuclear education curriculum for classroom use.
box 1439, folder 2
Obesity
2003 October 28-2005 February 10
Scope and Contents
Board motion in response to the obesity epidemic and copy of Food Services Branch presentation, The Status Report on Obesity
Presentation Motion.
box 1439, folder 3-6
Occupational Training Centers
1972 March 27-1979 February 20
Scope and Contents
Communications and Reports concerning continuing education, adult education and Regional Occupational Training Centers.
box 1440
Office of Urban Affairs
1963 June 24-1982 May 3
Scope and Contents
Proposal to establish an Office of Urban Affairs in order to meet the new challenges brought on by urbanization problems such
as intergroup relations, dropouts, youth employment, compensatory education and delinquency. On November 7, 1963, the Office
of Urban Affairs was established by the Board to deal with racial issues, dropouts and alleged discrimination against minority
employees and students. According to the Los Angeles Times, "School Board Creates Urban Affairs Office," during the meeting
when the Office was approved, members of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) gathered in corridors to protest alleged de
facto segregation and an "estimated 60 students, parents and clergy planned to conduct an all-night sit-in."
Materials also include the Office's informative reports to the Board, publications such as Nuestra Comunidad, Vandalism Seminar,
Gang Activities, Asian-American Profile, South Central Los Angeles School-Community Profile, San Fernando Valley Profile,
Community Profiles and Orientation to Central Los Angeles and Improving Intergroup Relations: A Handbook for Teachers.
Also included are copies of the Community Network's newsletter, "The Community Networker."
Other materials include Office of Urban Affairs reports to the Board, correspondence
box 1441, folder 1
Olympic Games - 1984
1984 May 24-1985 April 23
Scope and Contents
Articles pertaining to District schools leased as Olympic sites for training, administration and police, Olympic Games surplus
items donated to the LAUSD and an Olympic Youth Activities packet for the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles.
box 1441, folder 2-3
On-the-Job Training
1983 August 29-1992 January 6
Scope and Contents
Agreement Reports for On-the-Job-Training Programs including a program for handicapped high school students.
box 1441, folder 4
Open School
1993 March 25
Scope and Contents
Copy of Board Report concerning the approval of Charter School Petition -- The Open School.
box 1441, folder 5
Opportunity Unit Programs
1982 February 16-1982 February 22
Scope and Contents
Board of Education District maps, Inter-office correspondence and Educational Development Committee Communication on Cities
in Schools, Inc., a non-profit corporation based in Atlanta, Georgia. The program provides a means of coordinating school
district and community resources designed to address specific problems of youth.
box 1441, folder 6
Options Task Force
2000-2005
Scope and Contents
Options Task Force Report pertaining to Educational Options schools in the LAUSD which represent the single largest network
of small learning communities in California.
box 1441, folder 7-10
Ordinances
1935 January 21-1962 January 15
Scope and Contents
Board Reports and Communications concerning or proposing Los Angeles City Council and County Ordinances for removal of temporary
housing, objectionable comic books and street vendors.
Materials include petitions of protest against the proposed construction of the Alcoholic Clinic on the corner of Melrose
Avenue and Alta Vista Boulevard, 100 yards from Melrose Avenue Elementary School.
box 2071, folder 4-5, box 1442, box 1443, box 1444, box 1445, box 1446, box 1447, box 1448, box 1449, box 1450, box 1451, box 1452, box 1453, box 1454, box 1455, box 1456, box 1457, box 1458, box 1459, box 1450, box 1451, box 1452, box 1453, box 1454, box 1455, box 1456, box 1457, box 1458, box 1459, box 1460, box 1461, box 1462, box 1463, box 1464, box 1465, box 1466, box 1467, box 1468, box 1469, box 1470, box 1471, box 1472, box 1473, box 1474, box 1475, box 1476, box 1477, box 1478, box 1479, box 1480, box 1481, box 1482, box 1483, box 1484, box 1485, box 1486, box 1487, box 1488, box 1489, box 1490, box 1491, box 1492, box 1493, box 1494, box 1495, box 1496, box 1497, box 1498, box 1499, box 1500, box 1501, box 1502, box 1503, box 1504, box 1505, box 1506, box 1507, box 1508, box 1509, box 1510, box 1511, box 1512, box 1513, box 1514, box 1515, box 2072, box 2073, box 2074
Organization
1932 July 1-2009 August 5
Scope and Contents
Division and Branch files related to the organization of the District.
Box 1,442: Division of Secondary Education (1955-1969).
Box 1,443: Division of Secondary Education, Secondary Division Decentralization, Zone A, B and C (1946-1971).
Box 1,444: Zone D, Division of Elementary Education (1945-1970).
Box 1,445: Expansion of Elementary Division, Various Elementary Subjects, Division of Career and Continuing Education (1946-1976).
Box 1,446: Occupational Education Branch (see Division of Career and Continuing Education), Division of Adult Education, Organizational
Charts (1946-1972).
Box 1,447: Organizational Charts, Health Education and Health Services Branch (1972-1975).
Box 1,448: Health Education and Health Services Branch, Division of Instructional Planning Services (1945-1972).
Box 1,449: Proposed Division of School Information, Architectural and Building Branch, Maintenance and Operation Branch (1943-1976).
Box 1,450: Physical Education, Safety and Youth Services Branch, Counseling and Guidance Service Branch, Guidance and Counseling
Section (see Pupil Services and Guidance Branch), Personnel - Secretarial Division (1934-1976).
Box 1,451: Personnel - Secretarial Division, Maintenance Branch (1936-1983).
Box 1,452: Architectural and Engineering Branch, Construction Inspection Branch, Purchasing Branch (1945-1983).
Box 1,453: Supplies and Equipment Branch, Deputy Superintendent Business and Education Services, Deputy Superintendent Instruction,
Office of Associate Superintendent Instruction, Acting Assistant Superintendent, Suggested Successors to Assistant Superintendent
(1946-1978).
Box 1,454: Payroll Section, Report of Feasibility of Electronic Computer Installation for L.A. City Schools (1948-1974).
Box 1,455: Cafeteria, Food Services Branch (1944-1968).
Box 1,456: Food Services Branch, Price and Portion Schedule, Lunches (1949-1976).
Box 1,457: Educational Support Services, Advisement Service, Auxiliary Services, Support Services, Special Education Division
(1946-1983).
Box 1,458: Pupil Services and Attendance (Division of Special Services), Pupil Services and Guidance Branch, Division of Planning
and Research (1948-1981).
Box 1,459: Security Section, Stores Operations (1947-1976).
Box 1,460: Security Section, "Racism, Repression and Inefficiency in the Deployment and Practices of School Security" Report
presented to the Board on July 30, 1979, Civic Center Permits, Mail Unit, Board Report Assembly Unit, Pupil Record and Microfilm
Section, Special Assignment Section, Tabulating Machine Services Section, Telephone Unit, Thrift, Conservation and School
Savings (1946-1982).
Box 1,461: Security Section, Statistical Digests (1977-1982).
Box 1,462: Business Division, Maintenance Branch and Business Manager (1945-1972).
Box 1,463: Security Section Annual Reports, Property Protection Annual Reports, Contractual Relations Branch, Contract Insurance
Branch, Inter-District Relations Branch (1945-1984).
Box 1,464: Health Education and Health Services Branch (1972-1977).
Box 1,465: Data Control Unit, Management Information Division (1965-1976).
Box 1,466: Instructional Planning Branch/Division, Instructional Services Branch, Educational Goals (1946-1981).
Box 1,467: Student Auxiliary Services Branch/Division, Educational Communications and Media Branch, School Defense Activities,
Science Center, Radio-TV Section, Library and Textbook Section, Academic Education (1946-1979).
Box 1,468: Administrative Areas (1) A and (2) B (1971-1977).
Box 1,469: Administrative Areas (3) C and (4) D (1971-1977).
Box 1,470: Administrative Areas (5) E and (6) F (1971-1977).
Box 1,471: Administrative Areas (7) G and (8) H (1971-1977).
Box 1,472: Administrative Areas (9) I, (10) J and (12) L (1971-1977).
Box 1,473: Administrative Areas (11) K, Zone Decentralization and Ad Hoc Decentralization Office (1970-1977).
Box 1,474: Field Service Centers - East, West, North, South, Administrative Areas 1-10 (1971-1982).
Box 1,475: Organization Charts for the Classified Service (1957-1964).
Box 1,476: Organization Charts for the Classified Service (1965-1976).
Box 1,477: Educational Housing Branch, Personnel Division, Business and Personnel Services (1946-1986).
Box 1,478: Summer Food Program, Food Services Branch, Operations Branch (1964-1986).
Box 1,479: Special Education Division, Special Education Site Review and Report (1976-1983).
Box 1,480: Reorganization-Handler: District Nursing Services, Student Health Services, Dental Health Services, Student Guidance
Services Division, Counseling and Guidance Services Branch, Mental Health Services, School Traffic and Safety Section and
Health Education and Health Services (1977-1990).
Box 1,481: Student Auxiliary Services Branch, Youth Services Section, Outdoor Education Office, Mobile Emergency Communication
Unit, Pupil Services and Attendance Branch, Special Services Division, Student Attendance and Adjustment Services (1968-1990).
Box 1,482: Student Attendance and Adjustment Services, Counseling and Psychological Services Unit, Office of the Superintendent
- County Counsel, Career Education Services, Instructional Publication, Professional Development, Staff Development/Human
Resources Branch, Data Control Unit, Financial Services Division, Controlling Division (1951-1992).
Box 1,483: Claims Paying Section, Business Office Branch, Job Accounting Section, Accounting Section (1951-1986).
Box 1,484: Management Information Division, Information Services Division, Information Center Branch, Data Processing Operations,
Systems and Programming, Educational Systems Branch, Instructional Technology, Legal Advisor Office, Public Information (1945-1992).
Box 1,485: Elementary District 1/Region C, Elementary District 3/Region H, Elementary District 6/Region F, Region/Division
A-D, Administrative Services Branch (1953-1993).
Box 1,486: Real Estate Branch, Maintenance Branch, Stores Branch (1949-1989).
Box 1,487: Research and Evaluation Branch, School Planning Division, Instructional Services Branch, Purchasing Branch (1953-1990).
Box 1,488: Transportation Branch, School Facilities Services, Building Services Division, Student Body Finance Section (1969-1995).
Box 1,489: Office of the Superintendent, School Facilities Services, Maintenance Areas, Operations Branch, Business Division
- Food Services (1945-1992).
Box 1,490: Office of the Superintendent, Task Force Office, Legislation and Special Projects, Board Secretariat, Educational
Data Services Center, County Counsel, Educational Council and Units or Sections Transferred to Other Divisions (1945-1984).
Box 1,491: Financial Services, Business and Accounting Branch, Personnel Division - Certificated Branch (1948-1993).
Box 1,492: Budget Division, Elementary District 2, 4, 5 and 7, Administrative Regions - Superintendents (1951-1992).
Box 1,493: LAUSD Study - Hard to Staff Schools, Personnel Division, Office of Deputy Superintendent, School Operations, Educational
Planning and Research, Policy Implementation and Evaluation, Special Projects and Reconfiguration, Integration Planning and
Management (1949-1993).
Box 1,494: Adult and Occupational Education, Career and Continuing Education Division, Facilities Services (1962-1996).
Box 1,495: Division of Educational Services, Child Development Division, Educational Innovation and Support - Specially Funded
Programs, Educational Evaluation and Compliance Division, Real Estate Branch, Instructional Media and Resources Branch (1967-1998).
Box 1,496: Instructional Services, Planning and Development Office, Integration Task Force and Resource Office (1974-1998).
Box 1,497: Administrative Organization, Executive and Administrative Reorganization (1932-2008).
Box 1,498: Organization Charts, Office of the Superintendent, List of Superintendents, Innovation Division, School Police,
Office of Legislative and Governmental Relations (1976-2008).
Box 1,499: Office of General Counsel, Office of Communications, Revenue Office, Volunteer and Tutorial Programs, Partnerships
- Adopt-A-School, Human Relations - Education Commission, Environmental Health and Safety Branch, Personnel Commission (1942-2008).
Box 1,500-1,505: Personnel Commission, Formation of the Merit System, Minutes (1936-2009).
Box 1,506: Office of the Inspector General, Executive Officer of the Board, Adult and Career Education, Educational Services
Division, Elementary Instruction, Language Acquisition and Bilingual Development Branch, Office of Multicultural Education,
Educational Services Division, Senior High School Division, Middle School Unit, Beyond the Bell Branch, Office of Emergency
Services (1973-2005).
Box 1,507: School Police, Security Section, Special Education, Indian Education Program, Parent/Community Services (1980-2008).
Box 1,508: Human Resources, Student Integration Services, Early Childhood Education Division, Student Support Services, Program
Evaluation and Assessment Branch (1981-2006).
Box 1,509: Environmental Health and Safety Branch, Human Resources, Personnel Division, Staff Integration Office, Teacher
Integration Unit (1967-2005).
Box 1,510: Facilities Services Division, Maintenance and Operations Branch, Building Services (1991-2006).
Box 1,511: Facilities Support Services, Technology Division, Office of Instructional Media (1954-2004).
Box 1,512: Budget Services, Financial Planning, Accounting, Payroll Services (1960-2007).
Box 1,513: Business Services Division, Food Services Branch, Procurement Services (1954-2002).
Box 1,514: Purchasing Branch, Contract and Insurance Services Branch, Transportation Branch (1979-1997).
Box 1,515: Local District Plan, Local Districts 3, 5, 7-8, Local Districts A-K (2000-2007).
Box 2,071-2,073: Personnel Division, Student Body Finance Branch, Student Activities Branch, Superintendent Bulletins, Educational
Council Proposal, Office of Research and Development, Health Services Branch, (1945-1974).
Box 2,074: Special Education Branch and Security Section. Security Section materials include protest correspondence against
Board Member Hardy and Burke's recommendation to eliminate the Security Section, copies of ALERT: A Journal of Facts and Ideas
to Fight for Freedom which includes articles on alleged Un-American activities in the schools and lists of cited Reds from
the 1951-52 hearings and a transcript of Board Member Burke's comments on the proposed Security Section name change to Property
Protection Section (1945-1974).
box 1516, folder 1
Overtime
1980-1985
Scope and Contents
Overtime Reports.
box 1516, folder 2-3
Pairing of Schools
1977 September 26-1981 March 23
Scope and Contents
Integration proposals for the pairing of schools and "Reports of Racial/Ethnic Ratios and Enrollment and Travel Times for
Pairs/Clusters and Mid-Sites.
box 1516, folder 4
Painting
1951 August 22-1982 August 9
Scope and Content
Inter-Office Correspondence concerning the planned repainting program of all building exteriors and interiors which has been
in effect since 1939.
box 1516, folder 5
Parental Accountability
1999 May 11
Scope and Contents
Copy of a Board motion regarding Parental Accountability for Children Who Possess Firearms.
box 1516, folder 6-7
Parent Community Services Branch
2000-2005
Scope and Contents
Copies of "The Parent Press," the Newsletter for LAUSD Parents and a Parent Involvement Reference Guide produced by the Parent
Community Services Branch.
box 1516, folder 8
Parent In-Service Training Program
1972 January 10-1991 January 14
Scope and Contents
Standing Committee Communications concerning authorizations for Annual Parent In-Service Training Programs. These programs
and inclusion of parental consultation in the design and and implementation of the District's Compensatory Education Programs
was created by the law and regulations of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981.
box 1517, box 1518, box 1519
Parent-Teacher Association
1947 April 29-1994 June 6
Scope and Contents
According to the Board's Administrative Guide, Parent-Teacher Associations (PTAs) are considered auxiliaries to the public
schools and not "outside groups" of persons.
Materials include reports, correspondence, Board presentations, membership campaign policies, Bulletins, Yearbooks, Directories,
Annual Reports and publications of the Los Angeles 10th and 31st District, California Congress of Parents and Teachers, Inc.
and copies of the Board's Annual Reports which trace the PTA's historical origins to the Federation of Child-Study Circles.
box 1520, folder 1
Parent Teacher Conferences
1975 October 30-1975 November 3
Scope and Contents
Copies of Board resolutions authorizing Belvedere Junior High School to schedule a minimum day in order hold parent-teacher
conferences.
box 1520, folder 2
Parent Training
1984 January 9-1995 March 20
Scope and Contents
Committee Reports and Bulletins concerning the District's parent training program designed to increase parental involvement
in the education of their children.
box 1520, folder 3-6
Parking
1929 October 1-2008 April 26
Scope and Contents
Communications and Reports regarding parking facilities at schools, parking on playgrounds, parking fees and parking use agreements.
box 1521, folder 1-3
Parochial Schools
1949-1977
Scope and Contents
Correspondence requesting the Board intercede in the closing of thirty-eight Catholic schools and letters of protest from
William N. Webber regarding the District's budget and requesting reimbursement to cover the cost of educating his children
at a parochial school.
box 1521, folder 4
Partnerships
1991 June 24-2008 May 27
Scope and Contents
Committee Reports authorizing the District to enter partnerships and accept grant funding for the implementation of the resulting
educational programs.
box 1521, folder 5
Patents
1963 May 13-1967 January 16
Scope and Contents
Law and Rules Committee Reports regarding the preparation and filing of a patent application with the United States Patent
Office for the engineering and design of an automatic rubbish container designed by the District's Transportation Branch.
box 1521, folder 6
Payment of Judgement
1992 June 15
Scope and Contents
Excerpts from Committee of the Whole Reports ratifying payment of judgement for various Los Angeles County Municipal Court
Cases.
box 1521, folder 7
Payroll, Personnel, Budget and Accounting System
1980 October 6-1991 March 4
Scope and Contents
Business Operations Committee Reports and Communications related to the District's development of a Payroll, Personnel, Budget
and Accounting System (P.P.B.A.).
box 1521, folder 8
Peer Assistance
2000 May 23-2000 October 10
Scope and Contents
Reports related to the District's Peer Assistance and Review Program established as a part of Assembly Bill IX to retain permanent,
credentialed retired teachers as consulting teachers for experienced teachers in the classroom.
box 1521, folder 9
Penny Kitchens
1912 June 6-1952 April 3
Scope and Content
Penny kitchens were established and maintained by The Los Angeles Civic Association in 1909 to feed needy public school children
hot lunches for a penny or less. The Board took over control of the kitchens in 1914 and in 1918, named them cafeterias. Materials
include correspondence and excerpts from Minutes.
box 1522, box 1523, box 1524, box 1525, box 1526, box 1527, folder 1-2
Permits
1931 May 6-2003 March 14
Scope and Contents
Rules and Communications related to the use of school buildings and the Board granting and refusing permits to organizations
under the Civic Center Act.
Materials include the application of the Payroll Guarantee Association to host Gerald L.K. Smith as a speaker at Polytechnic
High School, correspondence concerning the expulsion of 92 students at Hollenbeck Junior High School who picketed to protest
the Board's granting of this permit, original bound transcripts of remarks made by Christian Nationalist Gerald L.K. Smith
and Phillip M. Connelly at a Board hearing and Smith's address delivered in the Hollywood High School Auditorium which includes
discussion of Communism, Jewish extremists and segregation of the races. Materials also include correspondence from Smith
and letters of protest against the Board granting him permits to speak at the public schools.
Correspondence and affidavits concerning the Board's refusal to grant a Civic Center Permit to the Eastside Defense Committee
based on the presence of members on the speaker list who were on trial for Communism.
Correspondence and newspaper clippings concerning author and foreign correspondent, Anna Louise Strong's "China: Key to Peace
in Asia" speech at a public meeting held at Verdugo Hills High School.
Statistics on the use of school buildings by organization, number of meetings, hours and attendance.
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) materials concerning ACLU v. Board of Education of the City of Los Angeles in which
the California Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the Board's right to reject an application for use of a school
auditorium where the applicant refused to file a statement of information regarding proposed use. ACLU correspondence and
Board presentations pertaining to segregation and the refusal to grant Civic Center Permits to subversive Communist organizations.
Reports on leasing of school property to religious groups and Bible Club meetings on school premises.
Correspondence and reports pertaining to the use of school buildings by Communist organizations and the Socialist Labor Party.
box 1528, folder 1-2, box 1527, folder 3-5
Personal Services
1981 December 1-2000 May 28
Scope and Contents
Committee of the Whole Reports and Communications concerning agreements for personal services.
box 1538, folder 1-22, box 1528, folder 3-4, box 1529, box 1530, box 1531, box 1532, box 1533, box 1534, box 1535, box 1536, box 1537, box 1687, box 1688, box 1689, box 1690, box 1691
Personnel Commission
1944-1999
Scope and Contents
Personnel Commission Rules, Reports and official signed Minutes. Additional Personnel Commission Minutes are located in the
Organization Subject Files.
Box 1,528: Minutes (1974-1975).
Box 1,529: Minutes (1976-1978).
Box 1,530: Minutes (1979) and (1950-1963).
Box 1,531: Rules (1963-1969).
Box 1,532: Rules (1969-1972) and Minutes (1980-1981).
Box 1,533: Minutes (1982-1986).
Box 1,534: Minutes (1987-1991).
Box 1,535: Minutes (1992-1996).
Box 1,536: Minutes (1997-1999) and Rules (1972-1975).
Box 1,537: Rules (1976-1982).
Box 1,538: Functions of the Personnel Commission and Reports (1963-1995).
Box 1,687: Minutes (1950-1954).
Box 1,688: Minutes (1954-1958).
Box 1,689: Minutes (1944-1950).
Box 1,690: Minutes (1968-1969) and Reports (1953, 1956-1960).
Box 1,691: Minutes (1971-1973).
box 1538, folder 23
Personnel Management System
1981 November 9-1982 June 7
Scope and Contents
Committee of the Whole Communications and Business Operations Committee Reports on the Personnel Division's computer system.
box 1538, folder 24
Pesticides and Chemicals
1989 March 27-2002 October 8
Scope and Content
Board memoranda and reports on pest management and pesticides.
box 1538, folder 25
Petitions
1985 November 5-1988 July 11
Scope and Contents
A copy of Assembly Bill 961 introduced by Assembly Member Chacon which pertains to procedures for District initiative petitions.
box 1538, folder 26
Physical Fitness of Students
1990 December 17-1992 April 6
Scope and Contents
Bulletins and resolutions on student physical fitness and health related requirements.
box 1539, box 1540, box 1541
Physically Handicapped
1928 March 24-1999 August 24
Scope and Contents
Reports, policies, Board rules and plans for the education and rehabilitation of physically handicapped pupils. Materials
include Communications on small high schools for special populations such as pregnant minors.
box 2075, folder 2
Pilgrimage Play
1949 June 20-1951 June 15
Scope and Content
Board Bulletins, Memoranda and Inter-Office Correspondence concerning passes for Board members and teachers to attend opening
night of the Pilgrimage Play at the Hollywood Bowl.
box 2075, folder 3
Planetarium
1935-1937
Scope and Content
Correspondence and small black and white screen print from the Griffith Observatory concerning its upcoming schedule, programming
and free admission to demonstrations for public school pupils accompanied by their teachers.
box 1542, box 1543, box 1544, box 1545, box 1546
Playgrounds
1930 February 10-2006 August 22
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and petitions requesting the installation of lighting, additional hours, space, surfacing and equipment for
school playgrounds.
Materials include a transcript of Drew Pearson's broadcast, "Pearson Predicts L.A. Board of Education Will be Indicted for
Manslaughter" concerning two Wilshire Crest Grade School boys who died after falling from playground swings and injuring their
heads on the asphalt, "Analysis of Pupil Accidents" and "Accident Control Survey" reports, the Citizens' Advisory Council
on Playground Surfacing meeting transcripts, newspaper clippings and correspondence from a delegation of Wilshire Crest Grade
School parents and legal documentation concerning former Wilshire Crest Principal, Ione Dresden Swan's playground black top
case, Swan et. al. v. Los Angeles City Board of Education et. al., Superior Court No. 585321.
box 1547, box 1548, box 1549, box 1550, box 1551, box 1552
Policies
1967 October 26-2009 May 28
Scope and Contents
Materials include copies of Committee Reports, memoranda and bulletins on District policies ranging from Criteria for Ethnic
Commissions, the Council of Black Administrators presentation in support of policy implementation for Board policy supporting
Black and Chicano businesses, affirmative action policy, personnel negotiations, the adoption of a Title IX student grievance
procedure, adoption of the eviction policy and relocation benefits grievance policy, procedures for establishing a Junior
Reserve Officers Training Corp (JROTC) in a Senior High School, adoption of the Whistleblower Protection Policy, Zero Tolerance
Weapons Expulsion Policy, Prejudice and Discrimination Statement Policy and authorization of policy to withhold grades, diploma
or transcripts of students.
Supporting documentation includes propaganda from Lincoln High School's student group, STAMP (Students Talk Against Militant
Pressure), a Progressive Labor Party booklet entitled "Los Angeles...WE must rule the Schools!" which documents educational
class and race based educational inequities and includes photos from student unrest in Spanish speaking and Black area schools
and "The East Los Angeles Community" report by the East Los Angeles Communications Task Force on School-Community Relations.
box 1554, folder 1-5, box 1553
Political Matters
1924 August 12-2001 May 18
Scope and Contents
Correspondence urging the prevention of campus distribution of political publications such as La Raza, Inside Eastside, Open
City, Free Press, the East Los Angeles College student newspaper, The Black Guard and the Los Angeles Times based on the contribution
of this literature to student unrest.
Materials also include Bulletins on laws and regulations pertaining to political activities of students and District employees,
County Counsel opinion on the student political clubs, "Ethics in the Teaching Profession" statement from the Research Bulletin
of the National Education Association, a black and white photo of a school bus with a political campaign sticker affixed to
the bumper and a copy of American Federation of Teachers, Local 1021 Chairman of the Human Relations Committee Claude Ware's
address to the Board concerning the events in Selma, Alabama including a request to circulate a petition of protest in the
schools addressed to United States President Lyndon B. Johnson.
box 1554, folder 6
Portable Classrooms
1995 March 6-2006 September 12
Scope and Contents
Committee Reports concerning the installation of portable classrooms at various school sites.
box 1555, folder 1-2, box 1554, folder 7-8
Pre-School
1965-1999
Scope and Contents
Reports, press releases and correspondence concerning the District's pre-kindergarten program, Follow Through Centers, Parent-Child
preschool classes, experimental pre-kindergarten projects,
box 1555, folder 3
Press
1972 January 17-1994 September 7
Scope and Contents
Board Rules concerning Official School Publications and Student Newspapers, correspondence objecting to the District Guidelines
for High School Publications with enclosure, "Manual for Student Expression: The First Amendment Rights of the High School
Press," correspondence objecting to censorship of student newspapers, two volumes of University High School student newspaper,
"The Red Tide" with articles on campus police sweeps, censorship of the first issue, the Women's Liberation Movement, the
Los Angeles Black Panthers on trial and Angela Davis.
box 1555, folder 4
Printing
1939 March 13-1977 June 20
Scope and Contents
Letterpress and offset limited edition "A Brief History of the Printing Department of Los Angeles Trade-Technical Junior College,
Formerly the Frank Wiggins Trade School" and Communications concerning District printing equipment.
box 1556, box 1557
Priority Housing Program
1985-1990
Scope and Contents
Priority Housing Program Reports regarding plans and procedures to increase capacity of schools at all levels, copies of proposals
for additional year-round schools, memoranda on the Capacity Adjustment Program (CAP) for overcrowding relief, Reports to
the Committee of the Whole and Special Committee of the Whole meetings on year-round education and the need for additional
classroom space, plans for overcrowding relief, "Historical Overview, Operational Data and Summary of the Research on Year-Round
Education" and proposals to reopen closed school sites.
box 1558, folder 1-4
Priority Staffing Program
1984 July 9-1990 January 16
Scope and Contents
The Priority Staffing Program (PSP) represents Superintendent Handler's response to facilitate hiring of teachers for 55 of
the District's schools with the greatest staffing shortages.
Materials include Building Committee Reports concerning site improvements at PSP Schools, a summary of the PSP's year end
reports, a study of the District's "Hard to Staff Schools" and Committee of the Whole Communications on the District's Priority
Instruction Program.
box 1558, folder 5-7, box 1559, box 1560, box 1686, folder 3
Prizes and Awards
1929 April 17-1995 September 18
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, press releases and programs honoring student and staff achievement with prizes and awards.
box 1561, box 1562, box 1563
Procedures
1939-2006
Scope and Contents
Bulletins and Committee Reports concerning District procedures including those for emergencies, the inspection of public records,
juvenile court orders for sealing pupil records and the destruction of records.
Materials also include a copy of Jackie Goldberg's carried motion directing the Superintendent to end the practice of providing
lists of students' names and addresses to military recruiters and any other outside groups or individuals.
box 1564, folder 1
Procurement
2004 March 16
Scope and Contents
Inter-office correspondence concerning the Board's adoption of the "No Sweat" Procurement Policy Motion in January 2003 which
directed staff to review and revise its procurement policies to ensure that District contractors and subcontractors do not
employ child or sweatshop labor.
box 1564, folder 2-3
Professional Development Plan
1988-2003
Scope and Contents
Reports and Communications regarding the District's Professional Development Center, Plan and Programs
box 1565, box 1564, folder 4-7
Professional Services
1980 July 28-2008 April 7
Scope and Contents
Committee Reports concerning District agreements for professional services.
box 1566, folder 2
Program Improvement Funding
2002 January 12-2005 September 1
Scope and Contents
Title I Program Improvement Status Report and Curriculum and Instruction Committee Communication on Program Improvement Funding
Grant.
box 1566, folder 3
Program Materials
1992 September 21-1992 October 5
Scope and Content
Superintendent Communication on establishing revolving cash accounts for income received from the sale of program materials
and publications.
box 1566, folder 1
Programs
1991 February 4-2008 November 25
Scope and Contents
Board of Education Division Reports on programs such as Pre-Internship, A World of Difference and Save-At-School.
box 1566, folder 4
Project/Construction Management
2000 August 22-2000 September 12
Scope and Contents
Board of Education Report Authorizations to negotiate agreements for Project/Construction Management.
box 1566, folder 5
Project Stabilization Agreement
1998 February 26-2008 September 23
Scope and Contents
Proposals for Project Stabilization Agreements between the District and Building and Construction Trade Councils.
box 1566, folder 6-51
Projects
1993-1998
Scope and Contents
Board of Education Reports regarding approvals of Negative Declarations, approvals of projects and authorizations for the
acceptance of grants for projects.
box 1567, folder 1-2
Promotion/Retention Policy
1979 June 4-2001 November 27
Scope and Contents
Reports, plans and memoranda concerning the District's Policy on Standards-Based Promotion.
box 1567, folder 3
Propositions
2003-2008
Scope and Contents
Progress Reports on the following Propositions: 55, 39, 47, 49 and an informative leaflet on Proposition 187.
box 1567, folder 4
Provisional Internship Permits
2005-2008
Scope and Contents
Board of Education Reports concerning the employment of teachers with Provisional Internship Permits.
box 2591, folder 1, box 1567, folder 5-8, box 1568, box 1569, box 1570, box 1571, box 1572, box 1573, box 1574, box 1575, box 1576, box 1577, box 1578, box 1579, box 1580, box 1581, box 1582, box 1583, box 1584, box 1585
Publications
1936-2004
Scope and Contents
Bulk of materials consist of publications created by the District which includes books, reports, newsletters, booklets, catalogs,
magazines, guides, pamphlets, instructional bulletins, programs, newspapers, news magazines, handbooks, surveys, plans, annotated
bibliographies, course outlines and posters.
Box 1,567: Together We Work: Report of a Conference of Administrative and Supervisory Staff, School Today: The American Way,
Report on Preservice Teacher Education in the Los Angeles City Schools and Spotlight: A Newsletter on Activities of the Los
Angeles City Schools (1940-1973).
Box 1,568: Spotlight (1953-1977).
Box 1,569: A Statement of Goals: Los Angeles Unified School District, Los Angeles Junior College Chronicles: Current Literature
in Vocational Guidance, Graduation Requirements and Curricula, Pages of My Mind: Anthology of Senior student writing, The
Superintendent/Board Relationship and Employer/Certificated Employee Relationship (1942-1969).
Box 1,570: Schooletter from the Los Angeles City Schools, Short Waves (later Spotlight) newsletter, Communi-ty-cations newsletter
and News & Views: A sampling of news about the Los Angeles school district (1936-1977).
Box 1,571: The Superintendent, The Board and The Press, Principal's P.R. Guide: Helping to Get Out the Good News, LIFE!!!
illustrated Eagle Rock High School student poetry collection, America, America stories and illustrations by Bungalow 8 fifth
grade class at Glenfeliz Blvd School, Just For Me, Please! and What You See Is Me poetry and prose by students in Zone B schools
(1946-1982).
Box 1,572: Spotlight, Observance of Special Annual Events, A K-12 Guide to Instructional Activities, In Celebration of Cultural
Diversity, Senior High Schools Division News, Los Angeles School Observer: The School-Community News Magazine including a
special series on integration and Crawford vs. Board of Education, The Reflector and Publications Procedures Handbooks (1958-2004).
Box 1,573: Point of View: Purposes, Policies, Practices (multiple revisions), Your Schools: Review of Education in Los Angeles
and District Highlights (1959-1998).
Box 1,574: Attitudes and Opinions of Educators The Los Angeles City School System Survey Report, Charts of Survey Results
and Summary of Major Findings by the Science Research Associates, Inc. (1953).
Box 1,575: The Teaching of Values: An Instructional Guide, Bibliography to Accompany the Teaching of Values, Elementary School
Curriculum: Guidelines for Instruction, Senior High School Handbook, Catalog of Authorized Subjects: Adult Schools, Catalog
of Authorized Subjects: Junior and Senior High Schools, Supplement to Catalog of Authorized Subjects: Junior and Senior High
Schools, Handbook of Information for Elementary Teachers and It Worked for Us: Ideas for Creating a Positive Climate for Learning
(1956-1977).
Box 1,576: LAUSD Administrative Area D Special Education Division Comprehensive Plan for Special Education, Organizing for
Tomorrow's Educational Needs: A Survey of Administration and Supervision Within the Los Angeles City School System, Teaching
Guide in Health Education, Oral Language published by Area F and Area G Preferred Reading Program Report (1943-1976).
Box 1,577: Reading Management System: Hoover Street School - Area F, Area J Reading Program Report, Area I School Preferred
Reading Program: A Presentation to the Educational Development Committee, Area F Reading Comprehension Diagnostic Kit, Area
F Self Concept Packet and Learning to Read is Reading: Area A Reading Report to Educational Development Committee (1970-1976).
Box 1,578: Bibliography of Jewish Literature, World History and Geography Instructional Guide, Modern Science Instructional
Guide for Senior High School, American Ideas and Institutions: Foundations of Freedom, Superintendent's Conference Minutes,
Sequenced Instructional Programs in Physical Education for the Handicapped, Aircraft Noise Problems in Los Angeles City Schools,
School District Organization in Los Angeles County and Report to the Board of Education on Textbooks (1936-1976).
Box 1,579: Report to the Board of Education on Elementary Supplementary Books, Standards for Senior High School Buildings:
Example - San Fernando High School, Standards for Junior High School Buildings: Example - Westchester Junior High School,
Standards for Elementary School Buildings: Example - Castle Heights Elementary School, Programs and Projects in the Schools,
Los Angeles City Schools Meet An Educational Crisis, Report to the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, Los Angeles City Schools
Present Cavalcade of Youth: Building a Better Tomorrow - Hollywood Bowl Program, Promising Practices for Expanding Educational
Opportunities: A Handbook of Current Effective Programs and Safety Rules for Machine Shop (1950-1976).
Box 1,580: Education and Training for Technical Occupations, Executive Abstracts: Summary of the Title I Evaluation, A Study
of the Needs of Higher Education in Los Angeles, Adult School Principal's Handbook, Accident Control Survey and Analysis,
Technical Reports: Evaluation of ESEA Title I Programs in Los Angeles, Composition/Rhetoric Textbooks Grades 10-12 Annotated
Bibliography, On the Ball-Point: Classroom Practices in Teaching Composition, Compose Yourself: A Plan for Instruction in
Written Composition Grades 7-12 and Contemporary Composition: A Course Outline for Grade 10 or 11 (1947-1976).
Box 1,581: Los Angeles City Schools Review, Handbook for Career and Continuing Education Personnel, Title I General Education
Code Provisions and Title 2 Elementary and Secondary Education Code Provisions (1947-1978).
Box 1,582: Los Angeles City School Districts Committee on Research Studies Reports and Certificated Salary Survey (1954-1965).
Box 1,583: Policies Governing Student Body Finance: Elementary Schools, School Tax Limit Information Program and Annual Report
In-Service Education Program (1964-1976).
Box 1,584: North East West South (NEWS) and NEWS Operating Divisions (1959).
Box 1,585: 1966 Los Angeles Unified School District School Bond Information Program (1966).
Box 2,591: Nine Council of Black Administrators (C.O.B.A.) antiviolence posters.
Non-District publications include The Ingrams pamphlet about Rosa Lee Ingram, Instructional Materials to Meet the Needs of
Urban Youth, A Trilogy of Political Reflections, Picking Pockets Electrically: An Authentic Expose of all Telephone Rackets
(Box 1,570), advertisements and correspondence concerning prohibited book, The American Thesaurus of Slang, Freedom's Need
for the Trained Man, How Have Our Schools Developed? Perspective: A Background for Action, Retail Meat Percentage: Meat Cost
and Sales Accounting, Permit Communist-Conspirators To Be Teachers?, If Called Into Service pamphlet, Shoreline Development:
County of Los Angeles, Aviation Center of the West, There's Nothing Sentimental About Your Cash Register (1,571), Pizarra:
Suplemento Educativo de La Opinion (1,573), New Education in Japan and Its Problems, Home and School Work Together for Young
Children, Problems Confronting Boards of Education (1,578), Guidelines for School Planning and Construction: A Handbook for
School Business Officials (1,579), Rules of the Board of Education District of Columbia, The Review of Politics (1,581), Operation
School Burning, Service '65 KABC-TV Los Angeles (1,582) and Americans All: The American Negro, Americans All: Our Oriental
Americans and American Traveler's Guide to Negro History (1,585).
box 1587, folder 1-2, box 1586
Public Hearing
1978 May 22 -2004 January 27
Scope and Contents
Reports, inter-office correspondence and Board Minutes from Special Meetings for Public Hearings.
box 1587, folder 3-4
Public Relations
1934 November 26-1964 March 10
Scope and Contents
Press releases, reports and correspondence pertaining to the District's Public Relations Program.
box 1588, box 1589, box 1590, folder 1
Pupil Integration Plan
1977 July 18-1984 May 7
Scope and Contents
Pupil integration proposals and plans for desegregation of the District under court order pursuant to the Crawford v. Board
of Education lawsuit. Materials also include the State Controller's final report of examination of the LAUSD for the Court
Mandated Desegregation Program Costs, correspondence concerning the termination of the Crawford lawsuit and Integration Evaluation
Reports: Predominantly Hispanic, Black, Asian and Other Non-Anglo (PHBAO) Programs.
box 1591, box 1590, folder 2-5
Pupil Trips
1970 January 12-1983 June 27
Scope and Contents
Board Communications concerning requests for approval for educational field trips.
box 1592, folder 1
Purchase Orders
1981 December 14-2000 February 22
Scope and Contents
Reports which include lists of purchase orders of more than $53,900.
box 1592, folder 2
PUSH
1977 August 15-1979 March 19
Scope and Contents
Reports and Communications concerning the District's implementation of Reverend Jesse Jackson's People United To Save Humanity
(PUSH) for Excellence Program. This program supports both the educational platform of Jackson's Chicago based organization,
Operation PUSH and the District's school desegregation/integration plans.
box 1592, folder 3
Quality Education Design Collaborative
1993 September 24-1993 November 24
Scope and Content
Spotlight newsletters featuring articles on the District's Quality Education Design Collaborative (QED-C), formed out of labor
negotiations as a teacher, administrator and staff reform effort.
box 1592, folder 4
Qualified Zone Academy Bond
1999-2007
Scope and Contents
Reports concerning the Qualified Zone Academy Bond (QZAB), created by Congress in 1997 to help schools raise funds to enhance
curriculum and provide career technical skills.
box 1592, folder 5-10
Questionnaire
1934 May 8-1976 October 11
Scope and Contents
Copies of various educational questionnaires and related correspondence including copies of the Board's questionnaire to sit-in
participants. This questionnaire asks civil disobedience participants to state their reasons for participating in sit-in demonstrations,
asks for specific Board actions to solve the problems which led to the vigils, sit-ins, study-ins and fasts in the halls of
the Board of Education headquarters. Respondent reasons for protest include equal educational opportunities, the existence
of de facto segregation in the Los Angeles City Schools, the "Alameda Wall" boundary between Jordan and South Gate High Schools,
poor conditions in ghetto schools, discrimination in hiring and placement of minority teachers and the Board's obligation
to meet the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) demands concerning desegregation and educational justice for all students.
box 1593, box 1594, box 1595, box 1596, box 1597, box 1598, box 1599, box 1600, box 1601, box 1602, box 1603, box 1604, box 1605, box 1606, box 1607, box 1608, box 1609, box 1610, box 1611, box 1612, box 1613, box 1614, box 1615, box 1616, box 1617, box 1618, box 1619, box 1620, box 1621
Race Question
1934-1987
Scope and Content
Box 1593-1595: Reports from the Ad Hoc Committee on Educational Opportunity. The Ad Hoc Committee was appointed shortly after
Mary Tinglof was elected President of the Board of Education on July 1, 1962 and consisted of Arthur F. Gardner, Hugh C. Willett
and Georgiana Hardy as President. This Committee was charged with the evaluation of Board policies and practices as they relate
to educational opportunities for all students and invited seven community leaders to serve as resources in its deliberations.
These materials also include correspondence for and against segregated schools, the Statement of the American Civil Liberties
Union of Southern California, Congress of Racial Equality and National Association for the Advancement of Colored People on
Integration in the Los Angeles City Schools presented to the Board on June 7, 1962, speaker cards and photos that show Alameda
school boundary area that would have to be crossed from South Gate to Jordan High School (1962-1967).
Box 1596: Requests for the appointment of Negro teachers, Personnel Division report on a study of employment of Negroes in
certificated and classified service, thesis excerpt regarding laws prohibiting and later segregating public school education
for colored and Mongolian children, requests for more colored teachers at Jefferson High School and for the establishment
of war emergency and defense training classes in Negro and Mexican areas, a copy of George S. Schuyler's "The Phantom American
Negro," correspondence concerning segregation at Jefferson High School and the Board's refusal to hire Negro teachers, petitions
authorized by the League of Struggle protesting the Board's refusal to employ Negro secondary school teachers and letters
and petitions requesting the appointment of Senola Maxwell Reeves as a counselor at Jefferson High School. These protest materials
from Jefferson High School include a letter to the Board from Senola Maxwell Reeves wherein she describes how she was blocked
from this counseling position at Jefferson High School (1934-1960).
Box 1597-1598: Board policies and procedures regarding tolerance, racial discrimination, segregation and not recording the
race of pupils, Supreme Court of the United States Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka opinion, Resolution on Inter-Racial
Democracy in the Schools, Report of California Supreme Court Case of Arthur Wysinger by his Guardian, Edmund Wysinger, Appellant
v. S.A. Crookshank, Respondent, correspondence protesting the boundary changes between Jordan and South Gate High Schools,
Minutes concerning police presence and lockdown at Jordan High School, Inter-office correspondence report on CORE sit-in demonstration,
County Counsel's opinion on de facto school segregation (1934-1965).
Box 1599-1601: Personnel and Schools Committee Report on the emergency closing of schools during the Watts Riots, press releases
on the results of two racial and ethnic surveys of the LA City Schools mandated by the State Board of Education, Watts Teachers
Pilot Project Report, correspondence and petitions opposing bussing children out of neighborhood schools, correspondence from
Superintendent Crowther regarding the distribution of pupils by race, propaganda from the National Congress of Parents and
Teachers AGAINST Bussing, First Informative Report on District Integration Policy, "The Dynamics of a Black Caucus" by Homer
A. Jack, Administrator's In Depth Seminars in Problems of Desegregation as They Relate to Large City Schools (1965-1968).
Box 1602-1605: Voluntary Bussing Program Progress Report, Adult Education Committee Report on the establishment of the Adult
Bilingual Experimental School, Press Releases on Minority Enrollment and Ethnic Studies, Los Angeles Goals Council Report
ont Goals for Ghettos and Barrios, Mexican American Education Commission programs and recommendations, list of racially imbalanced
schools, correspondence and motions concerning the Crawford case, recommendations for the Community Ad Hoc Committee on Integration,
Educational Development Committee Report on the East L.A. Dropout Prevention Project (1968-1977).
Box 1606-1608: Addenda to Progress Report on Development of Planning Efforts for Staff Integration, Personnel and Schools
Committee Report adopting Equal Opportunity Policy and Affirmative Action Policy for District Personnel, Progress Report on
Plans to Balance Certificated Staff, list of organizations and groups represented on the Citizens' Advisory Committee on School
Integration, Mexican Culture and Heritage Teacher Guide, Staff Integration Proposal, Reverend Jesse L. Jackson's press statement
on PUSH/WEST Los Angeles and integration in the Los Angeles public schools, Committee of the Whole Communication on the Superintendent's
Staff Unit for Integration, Dr. Ernest H. Smith and Dr. Ernie A. Smith's Board presentation statements entitled Pupil Teacher
Integration - Is There a Hidden Agenda? and A Case for Bilingual and Bicultural Education for United States Slave Descendents
of African Origin (1974-1976).
Box 1609-1614: Citizens' Advisory Committee On Student Integration (CASCI) Reports and Board responses, correspondence and
petitions against mandatory bussing, student letters for and against bussing, Racial and Ethnic Survey, Staff Response to
Guidelines and Directions for the Development of an Integration Plan, School Observer newsletters with special integration
reports, Court Reports on the Crawford integration hearings, city map showing businesses and building looted, damaged and/or
burned and destroyed and deaths during the Watts Riot, Fiscal Summary of McCone Commission Recommendations (1965-1977).
Box 1615: School Segregation on Our Doorstep: The Los Angeles Story by John and Laree Caughey, Segregation Blights Our Schools
by John W. Caughey, Violence in the City -- An End or a Beginning?: A Report by the Governor's Commission on the Los Angeles
Riots (McCone Commission), Summary Report of the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders, U.S. Riot Commission Report:
What Happened? Why Did It Happen? What Can Be Done?, Schools Are For Going To/Las Escuelas Son Para Ir A booklets, The Negro
Family: The Case for National Action, Headway: A Report by the Economic and Youth Opportunities Agency of Greater Los Angeles,
Community Profiles and Orientation to Central Los Angeles, East Los Angeles: Nuestra Comunidad, Orientation to South Los Angeles
Communities: Florence, Green Meadows, Watts, The View From Watts: A Series of Articles Reprinted from the Los Angeles Times,
de facto segregation newspaper clippings (1964-1977).
Box 1616-1617: Approach to a Human Relations Program for Junior and Senior High Schools, copies of Rumford Act AB 1963 statements
to the Board, Office of Urban Affairs, Urban News newsletters, status memoranda regarding Crawford v. Board of Education,
Petitions from residents of the Watts District to end all forms of segregation in schools, specifically in the Jordan and
South Gate High School Districts, Crawford v. Board of Education Summons and Complaint, Model Cities Evaluation Report and
curricular materials (1963-1977).
Box 1618-1621: Citizens Compensatory Education Advisory Committee Minutes, Compensatory Education Reports (1964-1987).
box 1622, folder 1
Radiation
2000 June 27-2006 June 29
Scope and Contents
Copy of a motion concerning the effects of non-ionizing radiation and Board Report regarding the approval of an agreement
with the Los Angeles Police Department to install a wireless antenna on the roof of Jordan High School in conjunction with
the Jordan Downs Public Safety Initiative.
box 1622, folder 2-10
Radio
1938-2008
Scope and Contents
Materials include California State FM Radio System Plan, contracts, Radio Committee Reports, correspondence concerning programs,
texts of broadcasts and communications on two-way radio systems in busses.
box 1623, folder 1
Rainy Day
1944 November 15-1960 January 7
Scope and Contents
Bulletins on emergency and inclement weather procedures.
box 1623, folder 2-4, box 1684, box 1685
Rapid Learners
1955-1975
Scope and Contents
Committee Reports and Communications, materials presented to the Board and Progress Reports concerning Rapid Learners and
the Gifted Program.
box 1623, folder 5
Reading Plan
1999-2003
Scope and Contents
Reports, Policies and Evaluations of the District Reading Plan and Reading First Initiative.
box 1722, folder 3-4, box 1624, folder unknown container, box 1625, folder unknown container, box 2076, box 2077
Recreation
1946 February 11-2000 February 16
Scope and Contents
Reports and Communications regarding recreation services provided by the District, policies for the use of school facilities
for recreation, use of busses for recreation program, camping program, Recreation and Youth Services Planning Council, Metropolitan
Recreation and Youth Services Council and Bell Community Recreation Program.
Materials also include Recreation Policies and Practices of the Youth Services Division, In the Next Ten Years . . . Factors
Influencing Recreation in Los Angeles County, Manual on Use of School Facilities, Leisure Time Activities for Girls in Los
Angeles County, Get High On Life: In-Service Training Manual, Our Schools and Recreation: The Youth Services Program of the
Los Angeles City Schools, A Comparative Analysis of the Guiding Principles of the Youth Services Program of the Los Angeles
City Schools with the Principles Emerging from Recent Recreation Literature and School-City Cooperation and Coordination of
Recreation and Youth Services in Los Angeles.
box 1626, folder 1
Receiving Schools Project
1982 September 30
Scope and Contents
Educational Development Committee proposal to meet the needs of non-resident students involved in Receiving Schools Project.
box 1626, folder 2
Recruitment
1981 March 2-1986 November 3
Scope and Contents
Personnel and Schools Committee Communications concerning payment of expenses for teacher-recruiters.
box 1626, folder 3
Recycling
1980 June 2-1995 January 3
Scope and Contents
Committee Reports and Communications regarding the District's recycling program.
box 1626, folder 4-7
Red Cross
1936-1971
Scope and Contents
Reports and correspondence regarding Red Cross annual drives, contributions and subscriptions to the "Red Cross News."
box 1627, folder 1-2
Redistricting
1983 January 10-2002 February 13
Scope and Contents
Redistricting proposals created by the LA Redistricting Commission for the LAUSD public hearings and City Council action.
box 1627, folder 3
Reduction In Force
2002 March 12-2008 June 10
Scope and Contents
Board of Education Reports authorizing the Human Resources Division to send Reduction-In-Force notices to employees.
box 1627, folder 4
Refugees
1980 June 23-1990 November 19
Scope and Contents
Committee Reports and Communications concerning assistance for refugee students.
box 1627, folder 5-7
Regional Occupational Centers and Programs
1978-2008
Scope and Contents
Reports and Communications regarding Regional Occupational Centers and programs such as Work-Study, designed to support career
technical education.
box 1628, folder 1-3
Reimbursement
1981 June 1-2001 February 13
Scope and Contents
Committee Reports concerning agreements for reimbursements.
box 1628, folder 4
Reinstatement
1991 September 3-2000 November 28
Scope and Contents
Board of Education Reports regarding student reinstatements after periods of expulsion.
box 1629, folder 1-3, box 1628, folder 5-6
Religious Education
1942-2003
Scope and Contents
Correspondence concerning religious instruction, prayer in school and bulletins on released-time classes in religious or moral
instruction.
box 1630, folder 1-3, box 1629, folder 4-5
Relocation Assistance
1990-2007
Scope and Contents
Relocation Assistance Program informational brochures to assist residents with the relocation process in the event the District
decides to purchase their property for school construction projects, Relocation Plans and guidelines.
box 1630, folder 4
Repair and General Maintenance Fund
1988-1989
Scope and Contents
Committee Reports regarding the District's Repair and General Maintenance Fund.
box 1630, folder 5-9
Report Cards
1952-1993
Scope and Contents
Samples of the District's report cards and progress reports for student assessment marks.
box 2078, folder 1-2, box 1631, box 1632, box 1633, box 1634, box 1635, box 1636, box 1637, box 1638, box 1639, box 1640, box 1641, box 1642, box 1643, box 1644, box 1645, box 1646, box 1647, box 1648, box 1649, box 1650, box 1651, box 1652, box 1653, box 1654, box 1655, box 1656, box 1657, box 1658, box 1659, box 1660, box 1661, box 1662, box 1663, box 1664, box 1665, box 1666, box 1667
Reports
1880-2008
Scope and Content
Materials include reports created by the District, the bulk of which are Controller's Financial Reports.
On July 1, 1986, the Controller position named changed to Chief Business and Financial Officer.
Box 1,631-1,647: Annual Reports of the Board to the Los Angeles County Superintendent of Schools, District Superintendent's
Reports to the Board, memos and correspondence regarding distribution of the Board Reports and Minutes, Calendar of Reports,
Expenditures Classified by Schools, Controller's Semiannual, Annual and Summary of Monthly Financial Reports (1929-1986).
Box 1,648-1,654: Controller's Monthly Financial Reports, Summaries of Monthly Financial Reports, Semiannual Reports, Third
Quarter Reports and Annual Reports, Chief Business and Financial Officer's Monthly Financial Reports, Summaries of Monthly
Financial Reports, Semiannual Reports and Third Quarter Reports, District's Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (1978-1989).
Box 1,655-1,660: Controller's Annual Report of Expenditures Classified by Schools, School Expenditures and Facilities Annual
Report, Chief Business and Financial Officer's Monthly Financial Reports and Semiannual Reports, First, Second and Third Period
Interim Financial Reports, Capsule Reports, Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports, Child Welfare and Attendance Reports,
Health Education and Health Services Branch Annual Reports, Business Division Annual Reports (1945-1998).
Box 1,661-1,663: Transiency and Stability in the LAUSD Evaluation Reports, Report of Plans of the 1986 Graduates, Language
Development Program for African American Students: Implementation Evaluation, Survey of Instructional Programs, Integration
Program Reports, Integration Evaluation Reports, Financial Implications of Andersen Recommendations, National Defense Training
Report, Annual Reports of the Board of Education for 1880-1881, 1895-1896 and 1907-1908, Copy of Board of Education Annual
Report for 1883-1884, District Annual Progress Reports and Superintendent's Annual Reports (1880-1995).
Box 1,664-1,667: Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports, First, Second and Third Period Interim Financial Reports (1995-2008).
Box 2,078: Weekly Reports of School Depredations (1946-1953).
box 1728
Research
1930 February 20-1987 June 29
Scope and Contents
Materials include Superintendent Bruce A. Findlay's "Cooperative Procedures for Research Studies," an agreement with the Martin
Luther King Legacy Association to conduct a home education and development program, an Informative Report from the Personnel
Commission on Residence Requirements for Classified Employees and a series approved by the Committee on Research Studies including
"Activities of General Elementary Supervisors in Cities of Over 200,000," "Objectives of Education for Gifted Children in
California Elementary Schools" and "Public Marking Practices in Los Angeles City Senior High Schools."
box 1729, folder 1
Reserve Funds
1986 November 3-1994 November 21
Scope and Contents
Reports and Communications concerning the following Reserve Funds: Attendance Incentive, Undistributed - Economic Uncertainties,
Undistributed - District Operations, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Special, Regular Program and Lottery.
box 1729, folder 2-8
Reserve Officers' Training Corps
1935 July 18-2000 January 11
Scope and Content
The Junior Division of the Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps (R.O.T.C.) Program was established under the provisions of
the National Defense Act of 1916 as a military training program to teach students practical skills in subjects such as map
reading, military history, organization of the Army, use of small arms and rifle marksmanship.
The Board authorized the Program's initial presence at the following high schools: Belmont, Fairfax, Franklin, Garfield, Hamilton,
Hollywood, Lincoln, Los Angeles, Manual Arts, North Hollywood, Roosevelt, San Pedro, University, Van Nuys and expanded units
at additional secondary school sites.
Materials include Reports concerning inventories of U.S. Government issued equipment at high school sites with Reserve Officers'
Training Corps (R.O.T.C.) programs, bills for stolen rifles and other lost government property, booklet on the Department
of Army created curriculum and extra-curricular activities such as rifle range practice by student teams at school site rifle
ranges, correspondence regarding incidents of illegal hazing and initiation carried out by student members of the Franklin
High School ROTC unit and a statement of opposition to school funding for the ROTC by Esther Lewin of Women Strike for Peace
.
box 1730, folder 1
Retention Patterns
1983 December 12-1992 March 30
Scope and Contents
Retention Patterns in the LAUSD Reports prepared by Program Evaluation and Assessment Branch staff that present retention
rates broken down by sex, grade and ethnicity.
box 1730, folder 2-10, box 1731, box 1732, box 1733, box 1734, box 1735, box 1736, box 1737, box 1738, box 1739, box 1740, box 1741, box 1742, box 1743, box 1744, box 1745, box 1746, box 1747, box 1748, box 1749, box 1750, box 1751, box 1752, box 1753, box 1754, box 1755
Retirement
1936 November 30-2008 March 25
Scope and Contents
The Los Angeles City School District Retirement System, the Los Angeles City High School District Retirement System and the
Los Angeles City Junior College District Retirement System were established as of September 1, 1937.
Materials include District Retirement Election Plans, Procedures, Rules, Regulations, Proposals and Retirement Board Meeting
Minutes as well as records pertaining to the State Employees' Retirement System.
Box 1,730-1,733: District Retirement Election Plans, Elementary and High School Retirement Board Consolidation Meeting Minutes,
Retirement Handbook of Information, State Employees' Retirement System, Retired Certificated Transfers to State System, Teacher
Union Retirement Proposals, Retirement Board Election Procedures, Certificated Retirement Elections (1937-1972).
Box 1,734-1,737: Investment Counsel, Interest Rates, Legal Opinions, Medical Board Personnel, Membership, State Employees'
Retirement System Payments, District Retirement Board Oath of Office, Termination of Employee Service, List of Retiring Employees,
Congratulations on Promotions, Actuarial Services, Conventions (1937-1973).
Box 1,738-1,740: Budget, Annual Reports, "District Retirement Act, Other Pertinent Legal Extracts, Rules and Regulations,"
Retirement Rules, Disability Rules, Retirement Age Limit, Insurance Plan Deductions, Legislation, Recommendation Report of
Mortality and Service Tables for Adoption and Rates of Contribution for Certification by the Board, Contributions, District
Retirement Discontinuance (1937-1972).
Box 1,741-1,743: LAUSD and Los Angeles City Junior College District Retirement System Meeting Minutes, Unified District Retirement
Board Minutes (1962-1972).
Box 1,744-1,751: District Retirement Board Election results, Lists of Eligible Voters, Tally Sheets and State Employees' Retirement
System Survivor Benefits Election materials and lists of employees, Dissolution or Disposition of District Retirement System
Election, Earned Salary Allowance Poll (1945-1966).
Box 1,752-1,755: Retirement System History, District Sponsored Hospital-Medical Program History, Benefits, Retirement Age
Limit, Health and Welfare Coverage for Retired Board Members, Classified Retirement System and Election, Social Security,
State Teachers Retirement System (STRS) for Certificated Personnel, STRS Bulletin, California Public Employees Retirement
System (PERS) Newsletters, Maxicare Health Plan, A Review of Domestic Partners Coverage, Investments (1936-2008).
box 1756, folder 1
Revolving Appropriations/Cash Account
1992 September 21-1992 October 5
Scope and Content
Communication from the Superintendent concerning the establishment of revolving cash accounts.
box 1756, folder 2
Rewards
1973-1999
Scope and Contents
Standing Committee Reports, Board Resolutions and flyers offering rewards for information leading to the apprehension and
conviction of persons who committed crimes of arson, vandalism, burglary, battery, assault with a deadly weapon, rape or homicide
against students, employees, volunteers or school properties.
box 1756, folder 3
Rideshare Program
1979-1995
Scope and Contents
Reports and newsletters regarding the District's support and incentives for the employee Rideshare Program.
box 1756, folder 4
Royalties
1953-1996
Scope and Contents
District receipts of oil royalties received from properties and reports regarding royalties for the use of District created
instructional materials.
box 1756, folder 5-8, box 1757, box 1758, box 1759, box 1760, box 1761, box 1762, box 1763, box 1764, box 1765
Rules (Board)
1935-2004
Scope and Contents
Materials relate to the Board's adoption and processing of Board Rules and include proposals, modifications, amendments and
revisions to Board Rules and Administrative Regulations governing the Board and the District.
Box 1,756-1,761: Rules (1935-1975).
Box 1,762: Correspondence between the Board, UTLA and other employee organizations following the April 13, 1970 to May 13,
1970 teacher strike concerning the adoption, legality according to the Winton Act and dismissal of proposed Board Rule 3700
which sought to recognize UTLA as the sole bargaining unit for the District's teachers. Board Rule 3700 was 53 pages in length,
affected every teacher's contract and was determined illegal by the courts. The Board voted to drop its appeal on November
1, 1971 (1970-1971).
Box 1,763-1,764: Rules including a savings and costs review of proposed Board Rule 1971 which requires the District to make
a contribution for each State Teachers' Retirement System (STRS) member who retires between ages 55 and 60 (1975-2004).
Box 1,765: Board Rule 1276 - Circulation of Petitions, History of Rules and Regulations, Education Code Sections and State
Board of Education Rules and Regulations for Secondary Schools (1938-1972).
box 1766, folder 1
Safes
1948 January 28-1962 July 31
Scope and Contents
Correspondence from Board Secretariat James R. Edwards concerning access to the vault, Communications on the installation
of safes at secondary schools and Law and Rules Committee Communication authorizing the installation of combination tear gas
protective system and relocking device for safes at the following schools: Venice, Theodore Roosevelt, Belmont and John Adams
Junior High.
box 1766, folder 2-9, box 1767, box 1768, box 1769
Safety
1930-2006
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, Reports and petitions concerning safety concerns on and near school sites, environmental safety hazards, campus
security improvements, school crossings and safety rules.
Materials also include Handbook of Safety Rules and Regulations From The Administrative Guide, Report on Safety Conditions
at Baldwin Hills Elementary School which includes school site black and white photographs, Accident Control Survey and Analysis
Report, Toward the Development of a Campus and Community Safety Indicator System: Understanding Students' Perception of Safety
Report and Safe Drinking Water Program: Lead Level Determination Report.
box 1770, folder 1-2
Safety and Technology Program
2002 December 10-2004 June 22
Scope and Contents
Facilities Division authorization for the use of a design/build procurement contract for approximately 480 Safety and Technology
projects and "Hazard Communication and Your Right-To-Know" binder prepared by the Environmental Health and Safety Branch.
box 1770, folder 3-4
Salvage
1942-2003
Scope and Contents
Bulletin regarding the Salvage for Victory Campaign in the Los Angeles City Schools, correspondence concerning Scrap Metal
and Rubber Drives and Facilities Division Report on auctions for recycled and salvaged items.
box 1970, folder 6-8, box 1771
Scholarships
1935-1999
Scope and Contents
Reports and Communications concerning scholarship funds and the manual, "Scholarships: A Guidance Tool for Scholarship Advisers."
box 1772, box 1773, box 1774, box 1775, box 1776, box 1777, box 1778, box 1779, box 1780, box 1781, box 1782, box 1783, box 1784, box 1785, box 1786, box 1787, box 1788, box 1789, box 1790, box 1791, box 1792, box 1793, box 1794, box 1795, box 1796, box 1797
Schools
1933-2009
Scope and Contents
Board of Education Reports and correspondence concerning school personnel, programs, legislation, proposals, calendars and
programs.
Box 1,772-1,774: Accelerated School, Accountability Act, Accreditation, Ad-Hoc Committee to Coordinate School Development
Projects, Administrative Personnel, Adopt-A-School Program, Adult Education, Age Requirements, Alphabetical List, Alternative
School, Assistance and Intervention, School-Based Administrator Compensation Study, School-Based Health Clinic, School-Based
Pupil Motivation and Maintenance Program, School-Based Educational Technology Program (1956-2008).
Box 1,775-1,779: The LAUSD Class of 2000: Framework for a Longitudinal Profile Report, Hard to Staff Schools Vol. II: The
Study of the LAUSD, Clusters, Community Adult Schools, Adult Learning Centers, Community Day Schools, Continuation High Schools,
School Days, School Day History, Dedication Ceremonies, District Reorganizations, Palos Verdes School District Unification,
L.A. City School District Unification, Educationally Impacted Schools, Elementary, Establishment of New Schools, Emergency
Closures, Facility Program, Green Dot Public Schools, High Priority Schools, Senior High Schools History (1947-2008).
Box 1,780-1,784: Schools of Choice, High Priority Schools, iDivision Study, School Improvement, Independent Study Center,
Innovation Schools, Junior High School History including historical index cards for individual schools, Necessary Small High
Schools, Learning Center, Low Performing Schools, Magnet Program, Marking, Middle College High School Project, Middle Schools,
Naming Schools and Buildings - Procedures and Policies, Proposal packet for name change of Garden Gate High School to Dorothy
Vena Johnson High School in honor of the first Black woman secondary principal includes Johnson's poetry, photo and biography,
LAUSD History of Schools Chronology, National Student Clearinghouse, Necessary Small High School, Newcomer Center, Nonpublic
Schools, Aguilar v. Felton Supreme Court Decision and Compensatory Education (1949-2009).
Box 1,785-1,790: Open Enrollment, Opening and Closing of Schools, Operation Stay In School, Opportunity Elementary and High
Schools, Senior High School Options, Overcrowded Schools, Performance Accountability, Pregnant Minors Programs, School Presentations,
Primary Centers, School Property Policy, Pupil Free Day, Purchase Orders, Racially Isolated Schools (RIMS), RIMS Initial Response
to the Minute Order of August 21, 1979, Title I Rankings, Resource Center, Schools Within A School Program, Safety Policy
Review Board, School Savings, Small School Initiative (1960-2008).
Box 1,791-1,797: School Sites, Small Learning Communities (SLCs), Special Education, Summer School, Teacher Training,Temporary
Housing, Ten Schools Program (TSP), School-To-Career Academy, Tri-C Program (Community Centered Classrooms), Underachieving
Schools, Underperforming Schools Program, Urban Impact Schools (1980-2009).
box 1798, box 1799, box 1800, box 1801, box 1802, box 1803, box 1804, box 1805, box 1806, box 1807, box 1808, box 1809, box 1810
Schools - Calendar
1933-2008
Scope and Contents
Materials pertaining to the Board's research and adoption of various school calendars including holidays, summer vacation,
pupil free days, opening and closing dates.
Box 1,798-1,804: School Calendars, Jewish Holidays, Opening and Closing Dates, Summer Vacation, Pupil Free Day, Easter Vacation,
Christmas Vacation, Summary of School Calendars, Calendar of Special Days, Weeks and Events, Common Calendars, Community College
Calendar (1933-2008).
Box 1,805-1,809: Policies and Procedures Manual for Multitrack Secondary 90/30 and Concept 6 Intersession Program, Phase I
and II Studies of the Concept 6 Calendar, Elementary and Secondary Year Round Schools Supplemental Information, Single Track
180 Days School Calendars, Single Track (LEARN) Calendars, Three Track Concept 6 Calendars, Four Track 90/30 Calendars, Unique
Calendars, Multitrack Year-Round Calendars, letters from LACES pupils and community members opposing Year-Round Schools, Integration
Evaluation Reports: Magnets, Permits with Transportation and Continued Integration and Year-Round Schools Programs, School
Year Extensions, Year-Round School Incentive Program, Presentation Summary on Year-Round Schools and Common Calendar, All
Year Use of School Facilities, 1954 All Year Plan (1954-2008).
Box 1,810: Memoranda, charts, preliminary reports and correspondence concerning All-Year Schools. Materials also include The
All-Year School Report and a copy of "School Management: Practical Solutions to School Management Problems" magazine with
articles on 12-month contracts for teachers and Florida's rejection of the four quarter plan (1934-1958).
box 1811, folder 1
Schools - Classroom and School Interruptions
1952-1959
Scope and Contents
Progress Reports concerning common classroom and school interruptions.
box 1811, folder 2
Schools - Cooperative Program
1959-1960
Scope and Contents
Los Angeles City Schools Report of Cooperative Programs with business and industry professions.
box 1811, folder 3-6, box 1812, folder 1-2
Schools - Day
1942-1973
Scope and Contents
Reports and Correspondence concerning the elimination of electives, minimum days and the retention of the six period day.
box 1812, folder 3-8, box 1813
Schools - Defense
1948-1972
Scope and Contents
Reports, bulletins, memoranda, pamphlets, protest correspondence and posters regarding the use of school facilities for Civil
Defense activities and programs. Materials include the following booklets: Civil Defense and Disaster Planning for School
Officials, Civil Defense in California Schools, City of Los Angeles Civil Defense and Disaster Corps, Atomic Energy and You,
Interim Civil Defense Instructions for Schools and Colleges, City of Los Angeles Office of Civil Defense Annual Report and
United States Civil Defense: Civil Defense in Schools.
box 1814, box 1815, box 1816
Schools - District Reorganization and Decentralization
1969-1975
Scope and Contents
Progress Reports, proposals and press releases concerning District reorganization and decentralization plans.
box 1817, folder 1
Schools - Finance
1971 May 24-1971 July 23
Scope and Contents
Inter-office correspondence and the L.A. Chamber of Commerce's Task Force on Educational Finance's progress report, "Commentary
on School Finance Analysis."
box 1817, folder 2-14, box 1818, box 1819, box 1820, box 1821
Schools - History
1881-2005
Scope and Content
Copies of Annual Reports and Board Minutes, publications, statistics, studies, theses and notes on the history of the District.
Box 1,817-1,819: Chronology of Los Angeles City Schools, District Birthday, Los Angeles City School Districts School Registry,
La Reina: Los Angeles in Three Centuries, Bird's Eye View of the Los Angeles City Schools, Los Angeles School Journals, one
sheets on early African American teachers: Senola Maxwell Reeves and Iva Washington, Metropolitan High School Report, The
History of Secondary Education in the City of Los Angeles, Susan Dorsey's thesis: "History of Schools and Education in Los
Angeles," M.C. Bettinger's "Sketch of the Los Angeles City Schools," copies of Board Minutes from the City Clerk Office, Elementary
School History, Los Angeles High School History, Racial Characteristics of the Los Angeles School District, Tabulations of
School Population According to Nationalities, 100 Years of Public Education in Los Angeles, California: Yesterday, Today and
Tomorrow, Centennial Anniversary of the Los Angeles City Schools, copies of Common Council Minutes in English and Spanish
concerning the establishment of a City School District, The City of Los Angeles: The First 100 Years, Twenty-five Years of
Community Service: A History of Los Angeles City College, Hard to Staff Schools Volume I and II, Copies of Board Minutes pertaining
to Census Marshal's Statistics for pupils (1929-2005).
Box 1,820-1,821: A History of Integration, Genesis of the Board, History of the Junior High Schools in L.A., copies of Board
and Superintendent's Annual Reports, Educational Accomplishment . . . A Progress Report, copies of Los Angeles School Journal,
Los Angeles 1975: A Forecast, 100 Years of Public Education in Los Angeles: A Study of the Development of Elementary Education
in the City of Los Angeles, The History of Secondary Education in the City of Los Angeles, copy of Census Marshal Report and
memoranda on historical documents, copies of Board Minutes on Student Unrest, Alphabetical Lists of Elementary Schools, Shifting
of Population Within the School District, Annual Financial Report, Options for Youth Charter School Proposal, The Open School:
Center for Individualization, petitions for Charter Schools (1881-1993).
box 1822, folder 1
Schools - Limited Number
1974 September 16-1974 September 30
Scope and Contents
Copies of Board Minutes regarding location budgeting for an experimental program with a limited number of schools for the
spring 1974 semester.
box 1822, folder 2-3
Schools - Magnet
1976 September 27-1980 June 9
Scope and Contents
Committee Reports, progress reports, proposals, policies and memoranda concerning the District's magnet schools.
box 1823, box 1824
Schools - Names Of
1936-1957
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and Committee Reports concerning the naming of schools.
box 1825, box 1826, box 1827
Schools - Open/Close
1960 January 18-1981 December 14
Scope and Contents
Committee Communications and correspondence concerning the establishment and termination of additional adult school branch
locations, elementary and secondary school openings and closings.
box 2078, folder 3-4, box 1828, box 1829, box 1830
Schools - Overcrowded
1978 July 31-1987 March 9
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, timelines, status reports, applications for state aid and master plans for the relief of overcrowded schools.
box 1831, box 2667, box 2668, box 2669, box 2670, box 2671
Schools - Police
1940 May 2-1988
Processing Information
A Vocational Teacher Education application, Application For Credential Authorizing Public School Service, and an Application
for Character and Identification Clearance contained personally identifiable information and were shredded to protect the
privacy of the applicants.
Scope and Content
Box 1,831: Correspondence from the Board of Police Commissioners concerning uniforms, titles and badges and a copy of the
City Council Resolution requesting that police department personnel be referred to as "Police Officers" and not "Cops."
Materials also include Board Minutes in which Los Angeles Police Department Chief Gates describes the ten year undercover
program at the schools, protest correspondence against undercover agents on high school campuses, a copy of an American Civil
Liberties Union presentation, "The Recent Drug Arrests, Due Process and Secret Police," a copy of a presentation from the
Children's Rights Organization protesting the arrests and investigations of junior and senior high school students as violations
of civil rights, inter-office correspondence on the Los Angeles High School Police Sweep, copy of a Resolution that the Board
endorse a Grant High School forum involving members of the Los Angeles Police Department and the Black Panther Party, student
unrest newsclipping "School Close At Jefferson" and a copy of an American Federation of Teachers, Local 1021 address to the
Board entitled, "Occupation of Locke High School by the Police Department."
Box: 2,667: Handwritten Los Angeles School Police Department (LASPD) history, Report of Off-Hour Activity forms, death case
procedures, describing jewelry visual handout, personnel complaints, weekly activity reports, crime scene logs, incident reports,
officer logs, roll-call training records, memos to and from Supervising Officer Jeffrey E. Burgess, performance evaluations,
patrol deployment plan, and school patrol officer job postings.
Box 2,668: Canine program files, K-9 manual, Disguised Weapons handbook, Information Bulletins, How To Complete A Juvenile
Arrest Report, Supervisor's notebook, and a Schools, Violence and Youth handbook.
Box 2,669: Southwest Regional Training Center binder, Searching and Handcuffing Suspects handouts, Firearms Training course
outline, Driver Training manual, Firearms - Explosives manuals, Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) Citation Guide, Voice
Alerting Radio Detection Alarm (VARDA) manual, California Specialized Training Institute Street Gangs Seminar report, Spanish
for Law Enforcement textbook, Juvenile Procedures school course outline, crime codes, firearms proposals, Drug Abuse Resistance
Education (DARE) binder, and Peace Officer's Guide To The Implied Consent Law from Arrest to Suspension and Hearing.
Box 2,670: Arrest Report Forms, Work Schedule Study, Crime Scene Management handouts, Keys Issued to Patrol Officers forms,
Security Section Equipment Checklists, Journal of California Law Enforcement, California Peace Officers' Association (CPOA)
booklet, Arrest Report Field Book Divider, Hoyt Holster instructions, Los Angeles County Security Officer and Sheriff patches,
and Employee's Reports.
Box 2,671: A "B.A.R.F.ER'S" Creed, Canine Operations procedures, LASPD Arson Checklist, Patrol Guidelines, and weekly activity
reports.
box 1832, box 1833, box 1834, box 1835, box 1836, box 1837
Schools - Requests For
1944-1979
Scope and Contents
Applications for real estate purchase, correspondence, maps, petitions, reports and sketches concerning the District's building
program and needs for school facilities.
Boxes are arranged alphabetically by school name.
Box 1,832: A-G (1947-1958).
Box 1,833: H-PAC (1944-1958).
Box 1,834: PAL-W (1946-1961).
Box 1,835: Annandale and Birmingham (1952-1979).
Box 1,836: A-P (1945-1967).
Box 1,837: S-W (1946-1959).
box 1838, box 1839, box 1840, box 1841, box 1842, box 1843
Schools - Sites
1933-1987
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, petitions, policies, procedures and provisions concerning selections of school sites, fire inspections, building
and land Rules and Regulations, the Pacific Palisades High School site, James J. McBride School for the Handicapped, Birmingham
High School, Rinaldi Street school site and various other school sites.
box 1844, box 1845, box 1846, box 1847, box 1848
Schools - Summer
1941-1980
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, guidelines, reports and petitions concerning summer school and vacation school.
box 1849, box 1850, box 1851, box 1852
Schools - Teacher Training
1939-1985
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and Committee Reports related to the Board's agreements with educational institutions that offer teacher training
services and programs.
box 1853
Schools - Year Round
1936-1997
Scope and Content
Correspondence, plans, reports and studies concerning Year Round or All Year Schools.
box 1854, folder 1
Science Center
1980 January 7-1989 January 30
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and Committee Reports concerning the opening and closing of Elementary School Science Centers.
box 1854, folder 2-3
Seats
2003-2005
Scope and Contents
Communications concerning provision of seats for high school students and a Facilities Division Proposal for seat allocations
which comply with the Williams Settlement Implementation Agreement. The Williams Settlement refers to the agreement in Williams
v. State of California in which the District was an intervenor and co-defendant. These terms involve addressing numerous educational
inequities including: instructional materials, uniform complaint process, school facilities, teacher training and credentials,
and the Concept-6 three-track, year-round calendar.
box 1854, folder 4-7, box 1855, box 1856, box 1857, box 1858, box 1859, box 1860, box 1861, box 1862
Secretarial Division (Board Secretariat)
1932-2009
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and reports concerning the functions, activities and procedures of the Secretarial Division, the Executive
Officer of the Board and the various Board Secretariat Units including: Assembly, File, Office, Rule, Sergeant at Arms and
Minutes.
The Executive Officer of the Board's former title was Clerk of the Board of Education. The Executive Officer of the Board
of Education is a District employee, not a member of the Governing Board.
Materials include financial data, informal Committee of the Whole meeting notes, lists of employees, organization charts,
photos of former Clerks of the Board, studies, a 1984 "Spotlight" profile on Dr. Helen Patricia Reid, the first woman to hold
the Clerk of the Board position as a permanent assignment, copy of the Committee of Whole Report which changed the name of
"Office of Administrative Services of the Board" to "Office of Board Services," reports related to records management and
the destruction of records, a study of file room activities, Board Report Minutes and indexing procedures, research requests
for file room records, county counsel opinions, inventory of records stored in the tunnel vaults and records pertaining to
microfilmed Board Minutes and wire recordings.
box 1863, folder 1
Section 5 Reserve Account
1987 June 22-1989 June 26
Scope and Contents
Committee of the Whole Reports concerning appropriating and transferring funds to Section 5 Reserves.
box 1863, folder 2
Security Grilles
2000-2006
Scope and Contents
Reports regarding increased security staffing and the installation of security grilles at school sites.
box 1863, folder 3
Self Study Program
1993 October 18
Scope and Contents
Committee of the Whole Report which proposes that the Board accept and ratify the National Science Foundation's grant award
for the planning grant, "Urban Initiative - Self-Study Proposal for Los Angeles."
box 1863, folder 4
Senate Bill 65
2003 May 13-2003 May 27
Scope and Contents
Adopted proposal for the approval of grant applications for the 2003-2004 Senate Bill 65, School-Based Pupil Motivation and
Maintenance Program.
box 1863, folder 5
Senior Citizens
1977 June 6-1990 October 1
Scope and Contents
Committee Communications concerning Project Dialogue: An Intergenerational Education Program, the Senior Citizens' Nutrition
and Health Program and related programs for elders.
box 1863, folder 6
Senior Management Position
2000 March 14-2006 August 22
Scope and Contents
Requests for Board Designation of Senior Management Positions.
box 1863, folder 7-10
Settlement Agreement
1979-2008
Scope and Contents
Copies of Closed Session Board Minutes excerpts and Board Reports concerning the Board's authorizations of litigation settlement
agreements.
box 1863, folder 11
Sewers
1945 November 21-2005 September 13
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and reports concerning the construction of sanitary sewers on school sites.
box 1863, folder 12
Sex Equity
1978-1986
Scope and Contents
Bulletins, memoranda, correspondence, newsletters and reports pertaining to the District's Affirmative Action Program, Title
IX Employment Discrimination Grievance Procedures, Commission for Sex Equity and sexual harassment policies.
box 1864, folder 1
Sexual Harassment
1984-2003
Scope and Contents
Copies of the District's sexual harassment policy and complaint procedures, training bulletins concerning the prevention of
sexual harassment and copies of employment discrimination complaint forms.
box 1864, folder 2
Shared Decision Making
1989-1991
Scope and Contents
Articles and reports concerning the District's local restructuring processes known as School Based Management and Shared Decision
Making.
box 1864, folder 3
Sheltered Workshops
1981-1990
Scope and Contents
Agreements for sheltered workshops pertaining with various organizations to provide occupational training of handicapped students.
box 1864, folder 4
Short Term Improvement Program
2002 April 9-2002 April 23
Scope and Content
Communication from the Office of the Superintendent recommending implementation of the Short Term Improvement Plan as part
of the Integrated Student Information Systems Project (ISIS). The ISIS project was mandated in the Chanda Smith Consent Decree
plans in order to replace "at risk" technology and enhance data delivery to school level decision makers.
box 1864, folder 5
Sidewalks
1949-2008
Scope and Contents
Agreements and reports related to street and public sidewalk improvement projects for student safety.
box 1865
Signatures
1946 July 1-2007 December 11
Scope and Contents
Communications and reports related to the certification of signatures, signature policies on official Board of Education documents
and other District records.
box 1866, folder 1
Signs
1954 May 21-1960 October 27
Scope and Contents
Bulletins concerning the posting of signs and markings on school sites.
box 1866, folder 2
Single Plan for Student Achievement
2007 November 13
Scope and Contents
Specially Funded Programs Division Report regarding the Single Plan for Student Achievement for all categorical programs operated
at a school site.
box 1866, folder 3
Site Selection Procedures
1987 August 31-2000 February 22
Scope and Contents
Facilities Division Reports regarding the Site Selection Procedure and Community Participation Program designed to provide
a means for community involvement in school construction projects.
box 1866, folder 4-7
Skills Centers
1978 December 11-2007 October 23
Scope and Contents
Reports concerning job training vocational education opportunities at Skills Centers such as the Watts Skills Center, later
named the Maxine Waters Employment Preparation Center, the Pacoima Skills Center facilities and the East Los Angeles Skills
Center project.
box 1866, folder 8
Small Claims Court
1978-1991
Scope and Contents
Committee Communications authorizing action in small claims court.
box 1866, folder 9
Smoking
1983 June 13-1999 May 25
Scope and Contents
Board Resolutions and Rules concerning the prohibition of smoking in District offices and facilities with the exception of
designated employee smoking areas.
box 1866, folder 10
Soliciting
1953-1961
Scope and Contents
Bulletins and guidelines regarding public appeals for funds by student bodies, unauthorized soliciting and the use of children
in soliciting funds.
box 1866, folder 11
Southern California Superintendent's Research Council
1978 February 14-1981 March 16
Scope and Contents
Superintendent Communications concerning the establishment and support of the Southern California Superintendent's Research
Council. The Council was established to coordinate research and to share data in order to improve the operation of school
districts.
box 1866, folder 12-13
Spastics
1949-1950
Scope and Contents
Inter-office correspondence concerning the Valley League for Spastic Children, petitions of support from San Fernando Valley
parents for the Saticoy school for crippled and delicate children, later named Dr. Charles LeRoy Lowman School and Educational
Housing Section Communication naming the San Pedro elementary school for handicapped children, the Harlan Shoemaker School.
box 1866, folder 14
Special Edition
1997-2000
Scope and Contents
Copies of "Special Edition," a bilingual English and Spanish newsletter published by the LAUSD, Division of Special Education.
box 1867, box 1868, box 1869, box 1870, box 1871, folder 1-4
Special Education
1976 November 8-2007 September 11
Scope and Contents
Authorizations for agreements, legislative proposals, approvals of class descriptions, annual budget plans, eligibility and
placement guidelines for Special Education programs.
Materials include "We Serve the Exceptional Child: Schools, Classes, Programs, and Services for Children with Special Physical
and Educational Needs" publication, Division of Special Education Superintendent's Annual Reports to the Board, Special Education
Bilingual Master Plan Implementation Report and Special Education Student Placement in the Least Restrictive Environment (LRE):
Studies of Current and Potential Practices.
Additional materials pertain to the Chanda Smith Consent Decree which was ordered by Judge Laughlin Waters on April 15, 1996
as the result of a negotiated settlement to the Chanda Smith v. Los Angeles Unified School District class action lawsuit.
In November of 1993 this class action lawsuit was filed against the District on behalf of students with disabilities who alleged
that the District failed to serve their educational needs in violation of federal law. The Consent Decree Administrators found
that the District was systematically out of compliance with the Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA).
The Chanda Smith Consent Decree records include the following: Individualized Education Program Implementation Plan and Budget
Report from the Consent Decree Administrators, Elimination of Hostile Environments, Coordinated Implementation Plan for Students
With Disabilities No. 13: Busing and Transportation, a copy of the new LAUSD Mission Statement, Louis S. Barber and Mary Margaret
Kerr's Consultants' Report and a copy of the Consent Decree proposal.
box 1871, folder 5
Specially Funded Program
2002 December 10-2005 April 26
Scope and Contents
Budget Services and Financial Planning Division Proposals for increases in specially funded program revenues.
box 1871, folder 6
Special Projects
1979 May 21-1979 June 4
Scope and Contents
Board of Education (Integration) Report regarding the submission of a Special Projects application to meet three desegregation
goals of the Emergency School Aid Act (ESAA).
box 1871, folder 7
Special Reports
2000 February 8-2001 February 27
Scope and Contents
Copies of Special Reports from Board Minutes that cover topics such as labor negotiations, lifelong readers, Stanford 9 test
scores, ethics and the conditions at South Gate High School.
box 1871, folder 8-9
Special Reserve Funds
1979 January 15-2007 June 28
Scope and Contents
Committee of the Whole and Building Committee Communications concerning the use of Special Reserve Funds.
box 1872, box 1873
Specific Drives
1942-1975
Scope and Content
Correspondence and Committee Communications concerning the District's involvement in fundraising campaigns and charity drives.
Materials include Board policy on drives and inter-office correspondence entitled "History of Fund-Raising and Other Collections
in Los Angeles City Schools."
box 1874, folder 1
Sports Camp Program
1991 May 6
Scope and Contents
Committee of the Whole Report authorizing the Superintendent to implement the University of Southern California Sports Camp
Program to provide approximately 1,500 secondary students with field trips to the USC campus.
box 1874, folder 2
Sports Facilities Complex
2002 May 14-2002 May 28
Scope and Contents
Facilities Committee Report proposing that the Board approve an increase in the project budget for the design and construction
of the Sports Facility Complex at the Los Angeles Center for Enriched Studies (LACES).
box 1874, folder 3
SportsFund Inc.
1981 April 21-1982 March 25
Scope and Contents
Inter-Office Correspondence from Superintendent Handler to the Board concerning SportsFund Incorporated's request that the
District participate in the Summer SportsFund activities.
box 1874, folder 4-8
Spotlight
1982-1999
Scope and Contents
Copies of Spotlight, an employee newsletter published weekly by the LAUSD Internal Communications Unit.
Copies of this publication show up as supporting documentation for numerous subject files and may also be accessed in bulk
within the Publications subject files.
See Publications Box 1,568: Spotlight (1953-1977).
box 1875, folder 1
Stabilization Agreement
2001 December 11
Scope and Contents
Superintendent Romer's proposal that the Board amend its Project Stabilization Agreement (PSA) with the Los Angeles and Orange
Counties Building and Trades Council to extend the period of Agreement through June 30, 2002.
box 1875, folder 2
Stadiums
1950 July 10-1962 January 24
Scope and Contents
Plans for management, operation and maintenance of District stadiums.
box 1875, folder 3-6, box 1876
Staff Development
1970 February 26-2000 November 14
Scope and Contents
Proposals, programs, plans and policies pertaining to District staff professional development.
box 1877, folder 1-4
Staff In-Service Training
1979 October 8-1995 February 21
Scope and Contents
Committee of the Whole Communications concerning agreements for staff in-service training programs.
box 1877, folder 5
Standardized Account Code Structure
1998 March 23-1998 April 13
Scope and Content
Business and Operations/Personnel Committee Communication concerning implementation of the Standardized Account Code Structure
(SACS) for all K-12 school districts.
box 1877, folder 6-7
Standards-Based Promotion
1998-2002
Scope and Contents
Guides for parents concerning California learning standards for mastery of each grade level, Standards-Based Promotion reports
and policies.
box 1877, folder 8-9, box 1878, box 1879, box 1880, box 1881, box 1882
State Aid
1966 November 11-2006 June 13
Scope and Contents
Committee Reports concerning state aid applications and agreements for educational programs and projects, correspondence urging
the Board to secure state funds for the District and copies of applications.
Box 1,877: (1966-1968).
Box 1,878: (1969-1971).
Box 1,879: (1971-1976).
Box 1,880: (1976-1984).
Box 1,881: (1985-1990).
Box 1,882: (1990-2006).
box 1883, box 1884, box 1885, box 1886
Statistics
1932-1996
Scope and Contents
Annual Statistical Reports of the LAUSD, Tabulations of Schools and Grades Showing Schools According to Classification and
Enrollment and Enrollment by Grades, Expenditures Classified by Schools, Enrollment Statistics including Private and Parochial
Schools, School Sites Located Outside the Limits of Los Angeles City but Within Los Angeles City School District list and
Financial, Statistical and Personnel Data booklets.
box 1887, folder 1
Stay at Work
2003 August 26-2003 September 9
Scope and Contents
Office of Risk Management and Insurance Services Communication proposal that the Board approve the "Stay at Work" policy to
keep injured and ill employees employed, productive and at work rather than off work.
box 1887, folder 2
Stolen Goods
1944 June 12-1975 February 18
Scope and Contents
Communications concerning theft and burglaries on campuses and summaries of illegal school entries and collections for damaged
property.
box 1887, folder 3-7, box 1888
Strategic Execution Plans
2003-2009
Scope and Contents
Strategic Execution Plans from the Planning and Development Branch that outline the budget, scope and schedule for existing
facilities and new construction projects.
box 1889, folder 1-2
Student Achievement
1990-2000
Scope and Contents
Proposals concerning raising student achievement and a copy of Superintendent Thompson's five-year plan, Superintendent's
Call to Action - Student Achievement CTBS/U and Aprenda Test Results, 1995-1996.
box 1889, folder 3
Student Advocate Program
1985 September 9-1988 January 4
Scope and Contents
Committee Communications concerning the continued operations and development of the Student Advocate Program at Roosevelt
High School which addresses problems of absenteeism in order to reduce early dropout rates.
box 1889, folder 4
Student Application for Admission
1996 January 22-1999 May 25
Scope and Contents
Student Application for Admission Reports calling for admission of students based on the findings of the Expulsion Review
Committee.
box 1889, folder 5
Student Athletic Fund
1980 October 16-1980 November 24
Scope and Contents
Business Operations Committee Communications authorizing the Controller to accept public donations for the LAUSD Student Athletic
Fund.
box 1889, folder 6-7, box 1890, box 1891, box 1892, box 1893
Student Body
1936-2009
Scope and Contents
Materials concerning the activities of the LAUSD student body organizations.
Box 1,889: Student Body Finance Branch Bulletins, Policies Guiding Student Body Finance publications (1936-1964).
Box 1,890: County Counsel opinion on student grooming standards, dress code correspondence, Outline for Student Human Relations
Workshop, Bulletin on the destruction of student records, Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO statement on academic
freedom, press release announcing student body presidents' presentation of a "Student Bill of Rights" to the Board (1965-1970).
Box 1,891: Board Rules for Student Body Activities, Social Security Number Memorandum, newspaper articles on the censorship
of student journalism, Student Rights and Responsibilities Handbook, Policies and Programs for Pregnant Students Bulletin,
Policies and Accounting Procedures for Student Body Funds, Student Board Member transcripts of Student Concerns presented
at Board Meetings (1957-2009).
Box 1,892: Districtwide Association of Student Councils bylaws, constitution, advisory votes, Student Board Members and Student
Life Committee Report on Student In-Service for Student Integration Plan.
City-Wide Student Affairs Council material pertaining to expulsion and suspension guidelines and procedures, lists of representatives
and Board Rule on Official School Publications.
California Association of Student Councils materials include Leadership Training Seminar programs, constitution, correspondence
and letters (1968-1992).
Box 1,893: Committee Reports concerning the Student Auxiliary Services Trust Fund, Minutes from Student Conferences, City-Wide
Student Affairs Council Program and Annual Report, Board Rules pertaining to Use of Bulletin Boards, Official School Publications,
Student Newspapers, Student Expression on Campus and Search of Lockers and Students. Materials include Reports on the East
Los Angeles Community, Student Walkouts: Requests and Demands, Action Outline for Walkout Demands and Requests and Staff Response
to Student Demands and Requests (1968-1992).
box 1894, folder 1
Student Data System
1979 October 22-1999 October 26
Scope and Contents
Memoranda, Bulletins and Committee Reports concerning procedures, development and operations of the District's Student Data
System.
box 1894, folder 2
Student Dress Code
1999 July 29
Scope and Content
Bulletin addressing guidelines for student dress codes and uniforms.
box 1894, folder 3
Student Exchange Program
1981 November 2-1994 July 13
Scope and Content
Board Minutes discussion of the Youth for Understanding Student Exchange Program and Inter-Office Correspondence concerning
the District's sponsorship of a student-exchange program between sixth graders from the United States and China.
box 1894, folder 4
Student Grievance Procedure
Scope and Content
Bulletins, pamphlets and Committee Reports regarding grievance procedures for students alleging discrimination on the basis
of sex per Title IX or handicap.
box 1894, folder 5
Student Guidance Placement Center
1988 April 7-1988 August 1
Scope and Content
Bulletin and inter-office correspondence concerning the implementation of the Student Guidance, Assessment and Placement Center
to provide support services for foreign students new to the District.
box 1894, folder 6
Student Health Center
2006 January 10-2006 January 24
Scope and Content
Facilities Services Division proposal that the Board enter into a joint-use agreement with the County of Los Angeles for the
construction of a health center on the Sun Valley Middle School campus.
box 1894, folder 7
Student Health Services Support Fund
1990 March 5-2006 May 10
Scope and Content
Committee Reports regarding the LAUSD's Student Health Services Support Fund, Inc., a non-profit benefit corporation established
by the Board to provide funding for school-based health clinics and related student health services.
box 1894, folder 8
Student Information System
2003 February 11-2003 May 27
Scope and Contents
Information Technology Division Proposals regarding the implementation of the Integrated Student Information Systems (ISIS)
Program as required by the Chanda Smith Consent Degree.
box 1894, folder 9-10, box 1895
Student Integration
1977 February 22-1995 June 5
Scope and Contents
School Handbook for Student Integration, Preliminary Response of Staff to Guidelines and Directions for the Development of
a Proposed Plan for the Integration of Students, Student Integration Plan Proposals, Board Communications pertaining to the
Integration Program Budget and news articles concerning the Crawford desegregation lawsuit and U.S. District Judge A. Wallace
Tashima's refusal to dismiss the case.
box 1896, folder 1
Student Learning Standards
1996 June 17-1999 June 8
Scope and Content
Instruction and Student Achievement Committee Reports on the LAUSD's Student Learning Standards and the adoption of an Assessment
Policy Statement.
box 1896, folder 2
Student Medications
1986 September 15
Scope and Contents
Bulletin providing background, procedure and forms for permitting students to bring prescribed medication to school.
box 1896, folder 3
Student Representatives to the Board of Education
1969 April 24-1981 October 26
Scope and Contents
List of student representatives to the Board of Education, Board Rules concerning Student members, copy of Board Resolution
which established a student member to the Board with an advisory vote and lists of City-Wide Student Affairs Council members.
box 1896, folder 4
Student Rights and Responsibilities
1996-2006
Scope and Contents
Copies of the LAUSD's Parent Student Handbooks and a Student Rights and Responsibilities handbook which informs students of
their fundamental rights and responsibilities as they apply to public education and attendance at a public school.
box 1896, folder 5
Student Substitutes - Clerical/Custodial
1982 January 11-1982 August 26
Scope and Contents
Bulletins and Personnel and Schools Committee Communications concerning procedures for secondary schools to use students in
situations where substitutes are not available to cover for clerical or custodial absences or vacancies.
box 1896, folder 6
Student Suspensions
1985 July 1-1991 February 4
Scope and Contents
Bulletins, Committee Reports and Memoranda concerning student suspension orders, policy changes and guidelines.
box 1896, folder 7
Student Threats
1999 May 11
Scope and Contents
Copy of a Board Resolution on District Policy Regarding Threats of Any Kind by Students adopted by general consent following
the Columbine High School massacre.
box 1896, folder 8-9, box 1897
Student Trips
1983 July 18-1997 February 10
Scope and Contents
Committee of the Whole Communications concerning approvals of student body and educational field trips.
box 1898, box 1899, box 1900, box 1901
Student Unrest
1968 March 7-2008 March 9
Scope and Contents
Bulk of materials pertain to the 1968 East Los Angeles Blowouts or Walkouts for educational equity at Lincoln, Wilson, Garfield
and Roosevelt High Schools and staff responses to student demands and requests.
Box 1,898: Correspondence from Roosevelt High School teachers and staff urging the Board to find solutions to the conditions
that prompted student unrest on campus, supporting the rights of students to peacefully demonstrate and opposing police suppression
of demonstrations.
Garfield High School Newsletter concerning the "English-speaking oriented" school system's indifference to Mexican-American
students with the attached leaflet: Notice to Students and Parents About SWATS in Our Schools which provides Board Rules and
California Education Code concerning Corporal Punishment and lists Reverend Vahac Mardirosian as a contact.
Correspondence and statements from Garfield and Lincoln High School staff and faculty, Roosevelt High School student petitions
in support of faculty, Board member Julian Nava and Georgiana Hardy's responses to student demands, signed Request to Address
the Board speaker cards for Sal Castro, Blow-out Committee advisor, members of the Educational Issues Coordinating Committee,
staff and students and a transcript of the Broadway-Central Coordinating Council's presentation to the Board regarding the
student and faculty unrest at Jefferson High School which led to the school's emergency closure.
Box 1,899: Educational Issues Coordinating Committee demonstration flyers, correspondence concerning open campuses, free press,
elimination of grade requirements for student body offices and elimination of police on school grounds, Bibliography of Books
in Spanish compiled from secondary library titles, We Must Rule the School and Students and Revolution pamphlets and copies
of Underground newspapers "Inside Eastside" and "Open City" with Contributing Editor Charles Bukowski.
Final Report from Task Force Assigned to East Los Angeles, District publications on mental tests and scholastic achievement,
Intelligence and Intelligence Testing Report, California State Testing Program Lorge-Thorndike Intelligence Tests and Ability
Measurement of Pupils Who Are Members of Racial or Ethnic Minorities Report from the District's Measurement and Evaluation
Section.
Correspondence concerning the Board's removal of Blow-out advisor, Sal Castro from his Lincoln High School classroom, Interim
Report of Board's Action on Demands and Requests of Student Walkouts, list of persons arrested on October 2, 1968 and annotated
copies of Citizen's News editorial "Kick Out Riot Breeders."
Box 1,900: Chronology of student demonstrations at Hamilton High School, correspondence in support of the Board's reinstatement
of Lincoln High School teacher Sal Castro, John C. Fremont High School faculty petitions concerning student uprisings, list
of racist Fremont High School teachers and administrators distributed to mail boxes, Emergency Closure of Fremont High School
Board Communication and a list of the Los Angeles Southwest College's Black Student Union demands.
Correspondence concerning overnight sit-ins at the Board of Education Administration Offices and expressing opposition to
racism, Inter-Office Correspondence regarding extra costs attendant to Board Chambers sit-ins, copy of Board motion for the
reinstatement of Lincoln High School teacher Sal Castro and Los Angeles . . . We Must Rule the Schools pamphlet on the educational
inequities within the L.A. School District.
Press Release for District's adoption of "Get Tough" policy against student disruptions, Student Unrest Memoranda and Progress
Reports, Inter-Office Correspondence on Concerns of Some Carver Junior High School Teachers, Business Division's Recap of
School Damages, partial copy of a Jefferson High School teacher's diary documenting student unrest, petitions supporting Southwest
Junior College students and their demands for a Black Studies Department and curriculum relevant to the Black community.
Box 1,901: Lists of Student Unrest Board meetings and Staff Responses to Student Demands and Requests, copy of Policy of the
Los Angeles Police Department Regarding Regulation of Conduct at School Campuses, Considerations for Board Meeting with College
Negotiating Council, American Civil Liberties Union pamphlet, Academic Freedom in the Secondary Schools, correspondence and
petitions concerning the Huntington Park High School walkout and the LAPD arrests of over 100 Mexican Americans demonstrating
for a better education and the restoration of order on campuses.
Copy of "A Curriculum for Mexican-American High School Students" created by Lincoln High School Advisory Council and Parents
Group, copy of Woodland Hills Chamber of Commerce Resolution regarding a student rally at William Howard Taft High School,
Summary of Student Unrest Events at Jefferson High School on September 23, 1969 including incident reports, Inter-Office Correspondence
on Conditions at Manual Arts and Jefferson High School, San Fernando High School Faculty Association correspondence and resolution
for campus closure due to student unrest and racial tensions and a copy of Los Angeles Times Article, "Thousands Honor '68
Walkouts by Mexican American Students: Thousands Gather in L.A. to Commemorate the Blowouts that Helped Launch the Chicano
Movement."
box 1902
Studies
1934-1971
Scope and Contents
District studies including the following subjects: Certificated Personnel Salary, Building, School Utilities, Reimbursement
for Board Employee Transportation and Personnel Payroll Systems.
box 1903
Subpoena
1939 February 9-1990 November 19
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, copies of subpoenas served on the Board of Education and a Bulletin on subpoenas seeking records of students.
box 1904, folder 1
Subways and Tunnels
1936 January 16-1978 November 6
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and Building Committee Reports concerning pedestrian tunnels and subways near school sites.
box 1904, folder 2
Summer Sports Camp
1981 April 21-1981 May 4
Scope and Contents
Committee of the Whole Report authorizing the implementation of the Summer Sports Camp and the LAS PEP (Los Angeles Spirit
Performers Entertainment Program) which would allow students to participate in specialized recreational programs.
box 1904, folder 3
Summer Workshop
1939-1941
Scope and Contents
Summer Workshop for teacher and administrator training announcements, bulletins, registration forms and report featuring reactions
of participants, interest area activities, statistical summaries and black and white photos of participants engaged in specialized
workshops.
box 1905, box 1906, box 1907, box 1908, box 1909, box 1910, box 1911, box 1912
Summons and Complaints
1963-2009
Scope and Contents
Reports of Correspondence and copies of Summons and Complaints served on the Board of Education and the Los Angeles Unified
School District.
Box 1,905: Includes a substitution sheet for the August 5, 1963 Summons and Complaint from 6 attorneys v. Board to correct
racial imbalance at Jordan High School which indicates the documents were moved to Race Question subject files under Jordan
High School. See also: Crawford Case subject files (1963-1975).
Box 1,906: (1963-1978).
Box 1,907: (1978-1981).
Box 1,908: (1978-1983).
Box 1,909: (1979-1985).
Box 1,910: (1984-1987).
Box 1,911: (1987-2009).
Box 1,912: (2005-2009).
box 1913, box 1914, box 1915, box 1916, box 1917, box 1918, box 1919, box 1920, box 1921, box 1922, box 1923, box 1924, box 1925, box 1926, box 1927, box 1928, box 1929, box 1930, box 1931, box 1932, box 1933, box 1934, box 1935, box 1936, box 1937, box 1938, box 1939, box 1940, box 1941, box 1942, box 1943, box 1944, box 1945, box 1946, box 1947, box 1948, box 1949
Superintendents
1930-2009
Scope and Contents
Biographical sketches, correspondence, photos, resumes, salary schedules, transcripts of speeches, educational philosophies,
signed employment contracts and community correspondence concerning appointments of Superintendents and Acting Superintendents
including Assistant, Deputy, Associate, Area, Associate Deputy and Zone Superintendents.
The Superintendent of Schools is appointed by the Board for a four-year term and serves as the chief executive officer of
the Board and the school system. Joseph Lancaster Brent served as the Board's first Chairman and Superintendent in 1853. The
following year, Los Angeles Mayor Stephen C. Foster was the first specifically appointed Superintendent and served from 1854-1855.
Mrs. C.B. Jones served as the first female Superintendent from 1880-1881 and Susan M. Dorsey served as the second female Superintendent
from 1920-1929. Since the end of Dorsey's term, no women have been appointed as the LAUSD Chief Superintendent.
Box 1,913-1,915: Superintendents Claude Lamar Reeves, Frank A. Bouelle, Vierling Kersey, Alexander J. Stoddard and Jack P.
Crowther (1932-1980).
These materials include a transcript of a Division Heads meeting with President Toll and Mr. Elliott concerning the Board's
critique of Superintendent Kersey and refusal to renew his contract, Citizens Schools Committee correspondence of protest
against the dismissal of Principal Ione Swan from the Wilshire Crest School for criticizing the Board and charges that Superintendent
Stoddard's service as Superintendent of Philadelphia public schools included support of "automatic or mass promotion on age"
and correspondence requesting access to the Board's "unofficial" or executive session Minutes (1932-2005).
Box 1,916-1,918: Superintendents - Robert Ellis Kelly, Ellis Adams Jarvis and Claude L. Reeves (1931-1970).
Chief Assistant Superintendent Louis B. Travers, Chief Deputy Superintendent Willard S. Ford, Deputy Superintendent Vincent
Paul Maher, Deputy Superintendent Arthur L. Gould and Deputy Superintendent Emeritus John B. Monlux, (1931-1976).
Box 1,919-1,920: Superintendent search letters sent to State Superintendents and College Presidents from Board President H.C.
Willett, Minutes from the Special Committee for the Selection of a Superintendent, list of Superintendent candidates with
personal comments including President Willett's list of eliminated candidates on account of age and out of state, support
correspondence for candidate Claude L. Reeves, copies of Board Minutes concerning new Superintendent selection and Desirable
Characteristics and Qualifications for the Superintendency of the Los Angeles City Schools list (1948-1954).
Box 1,921-1,922: Louise Wood Seyler, Assistant Superintendent, Central Elementary District and later, Deputy Superintendent,
Instruction and J. Graham Sullivan, Deputy Superintendent, Instructional Services (1947-1998).
Box 1,923-1,924: Assistant Superintendents - Elizabeth Bates, Katharine Lee Carey who taught Ralph Bunche at Jefferson High
School, Warren Cross Conrad, Luke Lundquist Gallup, Robert Hill Lane, Charles Barclay Moore, Helen S. Watson Pierce, Burt
Warren Reed, William L. Richer, Harry M. Shafer, Jessie Amelia Tritt, Paul Edward Webb, Frances Grinnell, Dorothy Van Noy
Harsin, Gertrude W. Peddie, Elizabeth Sands, John Leslie Abbott, Edith M. Clark, Grace M. Mogle Dreier, Edward Manfred Evans,
John G. Fox (1931-1972).
Box 1,925-1,926: Associate Superintendents - Maurice G. Blair, Howard A. Campion, Bruce A. Findlay, Harry Morganroth Howell,
Guy Marsh Hoyt, Montgomery G. Millage, Myra E. Banta Nelson, Raymond E. Pollich, Paul Francis Shafer, Otto Earl Buss, Stuart
Stengel (1933-2000).
Box 1,927-1,929: Assistant Superintendents - Louise Braas Pierce, Otto Earl Buss, Sam Hamerman, John Lombardi, Lowell M. McGinnis,
Walter Thomas Coultas, Everett Barker Chaffee, Roy L. Arnheim, Frederick G. Fox, Kenneth Nathan Knight, Donald J. Kincaid,
Leonard C. Pacheco, Dave Schwartz, Allen A. Sebastian, Earnestyne W. Mannatt, Isaac H. McClelland, Gilbert S. Moore, Frank
M. Hodgson, Herbert Milton Cadwell, Jack R. McClellan, Joseph Richard Smith (1945-1988).
Box 1,930: Associate Superintendents - William B. Brown, Dwight Edmond Lyons, Robert Jerome Purdy, Myra E. Banta Nelson, Virgil
Volla (1949-1973).
Box 1,931-1,932: Deputy Superintendents - Everett Barker Chaffee, Arthur George Andresen, Schuyler C. Joyner, Stanley T. Warburton
(1956-1972).
Box 1,933: Associate Deputy Superintendents - Ralph Walter Lanz and Robert J. Purdy, Area Superintendents - Robert W. Lamson
and Thomas Edward Reece (1955-2003).
Box 1,934: Superintendents - William J. Johnston, Harry Handler and Leonard M. Britton (1966-2005).
Box 1,935: Associate Superintendents - Josie G. Bain, Associate Deputy Wilson Kline Jordan, James B. Taylor, John Leon, Jerry
F. Halverson, Paul M. Possemato, Lorna L. Round (1968-2005).
Box 1,936-1,937: Assistant Superintendents - Thomas O. Lawson, Ernest P. Willenberg, Abram Friedman, Robert A.M. Duron, Pat
E. Turner, Alfonso B. Perez, Robert R. Rangel, Raoul J. Freeman, Richard H. Lawrence, William J. Sharp, Phillip B. Jordan,
Robert W. Rupert, William L. Lucas, Owen L. Knox, Shizuko Akasaki, Richard A. Ragus, Ramiro Garcia, Tony E. Rivas, Rosalyn
S. Heyman, Marc Robert, Beverly J. Martin, Alfred S. Moore, Norman H. Rossell, Mildred P. Naslund, Joseph P. Linscomb, John
J. Lingel, Kathryn S. Lee, Othella E. Daniels (1965-1998).
Box 1,938: Area Superintendents - Frank Armendariz, Richard T. Cooper, Warren L. Juhnke, Sidney Brickman, Frederick J. Dumas,
Eugenia D. Scott and Norman Schachter. Special Education Administrator Alfred A. Casler and Director of School Building Planning
Theopolis D. Kimbrough (1969-1989).
Box 1,939: General files include the following: Assistant, Associate, Deputy and Zone Superintendents (1936-1998).
Box 1,940-1,942: Deputy Superintendents - Francis Nakano and Dan Austin (1989-2000).
Box 1,943: Assistant Superintendents - Patricia Marshall, Santiago Jackson, Shirley C. Woo, Renee Jackson, Manuel Ponce, Daniel
M. Isaacs, James Figueroa, Richard Vladovic, Robert Barner, Carmen Schroeder, Evangelina Stockwell, Sara Coughlin, Maria Casillas,
Andrew A. Cazares, Gabriel Cortina, Jessie G. Franco, John Liechty, Eugene F. McAdoo, John Nagata, Phillip T. Callison, Amelia
McKenna, Robert L. Martin and Pauline S. Hopper. Materials also include Board Reports concerning the approval of Superintendents'
contracts (1980-2000).
Box 1,944: Chief Administrative Officers David Koch and Hugh Jones, Associate Superintendent Ronald Prescott, Assistant Superintendent
Barbara Smith, Consultant to the Superintendent John B. Mockler, Assistant to the Superintendent - Policy Implementation,
Special Counsel to the Superintendent Richard K. Mason, Senior Deputy Superintendent Maria Guiterrez and Associate Superintendent
Theodore Alexander (1980-2004).
Box 1,945-1,949: Superintendents - William R. Anton, David L. Brewer III, Ramon C. Cortines, Leonard M. Britton, Frank A.
Bouelle, Jack P. Crowther, Susan Miller Dorsey, Harry Handler, Ellis Jarvis, William J. Johnston, Robert Ellis Kelly, Vierling
Kersey, Claude L. Reeves, Alexander J. Stoddard, Roy Romer, Sidney A. Thompson and Ruben Zacarias (1930-2009).
box 1950, folder 1
Supplemental Educational Services Providers Contracts
1981 March 2-2007 June 28
Scope and Contents
Educational Services Division proposals that the Board authorize the Superintendent to execute Supplemental Educational Service
contracts. A Supplemental Educational Service provider must be approved by the State and can be a non-profit, for profit,
faith-based, community-based organization or a school district.
box 1950, folder 2-6, box 1951, folder 1-5
Supplies
1939-1992
Scope and Contents
Board authorizations, Committee Communications, Standard Equipment Lists and Board Rules pertaining to sales and purchase
orders for District supplies.
box 1951, folder 6
Surplus Property
1986 March 10-2002 June 25
Scope and Contents
Board of Education Reports prepared by the Facilities Service Division that propose the Board's purchase, sale and acceptance
of surplus property.
box 2075, folder 4, box 1952, box 1953, box 1954, box 1955, box 1956, box 1957, box 1958, box 1959, box 1960, box 1961, box 1962, box 1963, box 1964, box 1965
Surveys
1913-2005
Scope and Contents
School system surveys, studies and reports authorized by the Board for the purpose of District examination, analysis and improved
operations. Surveys include analysis with recommendations and plans of action for change.
Materials include the following areas of study: Administrative Organization, Teachers' Salaries, School Problems, Business
Department, Financial, Educators Opinion, Employee Attitude, Historic Resources, language census of limited-English-proficient
(LEP) students and Racial and Ethnic.
Box 1,955-1,957: Educators Opinion Inventory. The Summary of the Educators Opinion Inventory found that the lowest favorable
response to any category was made to statements on relations with Board members. Seventy-five percent of educator respondents
expressed a lack of confidence in the Board.
Box 1,960: Language Census of LEP Students.
Box 1,962-1965: Racial and Ethnic Inventories and Survey Reports (1966-2002).
Box 2,075: Housing Authority of Los Angeles correspondence, map, list of general tables, dwelling schedule and low income
housing survey for a W.P.A. project (1939-1940).
box 1966, box 1967, box 1968
Swimming Pools
1948-2000
Scope and Contents
Building Committee Communications concerning leases and permits for swimming pool use and correspondence of appreciation for
the Summer Swim Program and the Portable Swimming Pool Program.
box 1970, folder 1-5, box 1969
Task Force
1989-2000
Scope and Contents
District Task Force Reports including the following: Behavior Intervention, Accountability for Student Achievement, AIDS,
Elementary Grades and the Board's Independent Analysis Unit's "An Analysis of LAUSD General Fund Income and Estimates of Allocation
of These Funds to K-12 Services" response to questions from Gray Davis on behalf of the Governor's Task Force.
box 1971, box 1972, box 1973, box 1974, box 1975, box 1976, box 1977, box 1978, box 1979, box 1980, box 1981, box 1982
Taxes
1932-2008
Scope and Contents
Receipts, booklets, correspondence and Resolutions related to gasoline and lawsuit tax refunds, State Income Tax, Admissions
Tax, College Tax Election, School Tax Rate Limit Elections, Board of Education, et al., v. Philip E. Watson, Assessor of Los
Angeles County Petition for Hearing, public school financing, Tax Payers' Guides, Tax Rates by Code Areas, Tax Facts, Tax
Deeds, Tax Rate Increase Elections, Medicare, Social Security, Tax and Revenue Association Notes (TRANs), property taxes,
sales taxes, Tax Shelter Annuity Program, Federal Income Tax and State Disability Insurance.
Informative communications and propaganda concerning Proposition 9 - the Watson "Tax Trap" Initiative, Proposition 1, Proposition
14 - the Watson Amendment, Proposition 9 or Jaws II and Proposition 13 - the Jarvis-Gann Initiative.
Materials also include fiscal reviews and reports, including an Environmental Impact Report for the Hollywood Redevelopment
Project.
box 1983, folder 1
Teacher Center
1981 March 9-1984 February 21
Scope and Contents
Press release and Educational Development Committee Communications concerning the establishment of a Teacher Center under
provisions of the Higher Education Act. The program statute defines this site as place where public and nonpublic school teachers
and consultants may develop and produce curricula, utilize research findings, and provide training for the professional development
of teachers.
box 1983, folder 2
Teacher Quality Strategic Plan
2002-2003
Scope and Contents
Board of Education Report from the Human Resources Division concerning strengthening teacher quality while also meeting the
requirements of the No Child Left Behind Elementary and Secondary Education Act and a copy of "Making LAUSD the District of
First Resort: A Teacher Quality Strategic Plan."
box 1983, folder 3
Tear Gas Weapons
1981-1990
Scope and Contents
Bulletins concerning procedures and guidelines for the possession of self-defense tear gas.
box 1983, folder 4-10
Telegrams
1937-1990
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, procedural guides, billing statements and a Western Union Electronic Mail Terminal Operator's Guide pertaining
to sending and charging telegrams.
box 1984, folder 1-7
Telephones
1945-1995
Scope and Contents
Committee Reports, bulletins, memoranda, surveys and directories pertaining to the District's Telephone Unit and related policies
and procedures.
box 1984, folder 8
Telethon
1980 October 13-1981 January 5
Scope and Contents
Committee Reports and correspondence concerning the District's use of a Telethon and Radiothon to raise money for its athletic
program.
box 1989, folder 1-13, box 1985, box 1986, box 1987, box 1988
Television
1948-1991
Scope and Contents
Committee Reports and Progress Reports concerning closed circuit instructional television programs in the colleges, District
produced programming for KLCS-TV (Channel 58), use of KCET-TV (Channel 28) for educational programs, Board discussions on
elementary and secondary T.V. lessons, American Federation of Teachers letter opposing educational television as second-class
education, copies of FCC Regulations and policies for California's use of television channels for educational programs.
Materials also include the following publications: An Experiment in Instructional TV in the Los Angeles Junior Colleges, An
Evaluation of Closed Circuit Television for Teaching Junior College Courses, Chicago Schools Journal with article, "TV Teaching
Evaluated," The Governor's Conference on Educational Television, Coca Cola's "Pause Prints" with cover feature on the District's
"Spotlight on Youth" program, Rules and Regulations Governing the Employment of Minors in the Production of Motion Pictures,
KLCS-TV: A Convergence of Technologies Catalog of Instructional Television Programs, KLCS-TV: The Education Station for All
Generations historical report, educational T.V. directories, KLCS Television Broadcast Schedules and An Evaluation of the
Guidepost Telecasts of the Los Angeles City Schools.
box 1989, folder 14
Temporary Personnel Account Program
1981-1990
Scope and Contents
Business Operations Committee Reports concerning the establishment and use of the Temporary Personnel Account for any short-term
personnel purpose, including: professional experts, relief, overtime, staff training allowances, community representatives
and day-to-day substitutes for non-illness purposes.
box 1989, folder 15
Terrorism
2003 March-2003 May 21
Scope and Contents
Inter-office correspondence which includes a Fact Sheet on Chemical Terrorism and District Office of Environmental Health
& Safety Bulletins concerning Homeland Security Advisory System Recommendations and response procedures to serious incidents
and elevated terrorism threat levels.
box 1990, box 1991
Testing
1979-2006
Scope and Contents
Materials include Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR) results, Scholastic Aptitude (SAT) scores, American College Testing
(ACT) results, Bulletins on school responsibilities for handling test results and testing guidelines, proposals for testing
Limited English Proficient (LEP) students, What Do Test Scores Really Mean? publication, Superintendent Britton's letter addressing
CAP testing program score discrepancies, Handbooks of Testing Programs in the LAUSD, Student Guidance Services Memorandum
on the California High School Proficiency Examination (CHSPE), Test-Taking Procedures and Techniques for Elementary Schools
Memorandum, Comprehensive Tests of Basic Skills (CTBS) Report and Norm Referenced Test Results, Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude
Test/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT) Examination Procedures Memorandum, Report on the District Testing
Programs, CTSBS Form U Matched Scores by Language Classification Reports publications and Aprenda Scores for LEP Students
by Master Plan Bilingual Program Models and by Category of Staff publication.
box 1992, box 1993, box 1994, box 1995, box 1996, box 1997, box 1998
Textbooks
1925-2008
Scope and Contents
District and State lists of authorized textbooks and critical correspondence concerning these titles. Policies and reports
regarding obsolete, damaged and lost textbooks, California State Textbook Requisitions, textbook surveys and studies.
Box 1,993 and 1,995-1,996 include protest and approval correspondence concerning screening and censorship of textbooks and
correspondence from the Subcommittee to Investigate Alleged Un-American Influences in Our Schools to the Los Angeles Citizens'
Committee on Education regarding review procedures for textbook evaluation which includes a glossary of the following terms:
Capitalism, Collectivism, Communism, Fascism and Socialism.
Materials in Box 1,996 also include Board discussions, newspaper clippings, records of telephone calls and Board correspondence
concerning community complaints and Board member criticisms of the following history textbooks "likely to stir racial antagonism
and abet communism" which were recommended for adoption: Negro American Heritage, The American Negro and Our Oriental Americans.
Copies of Americans All: The American Negro and Americans All: Our Oriental Americans may be accessed within the Subject Files
series, Publications - Box 1,585.
box 1999, folder 1
Theft
1973-1979
Scope and Contents
Correspondence from students and parents concerning loss of property on school premises.
box 1999, folder 2-5
Three R's
1940-1955
Scope and Contents
The Three R's : Readin', 'Ritin' and 'Rithmetic are described in the spirit of Theodore Roosevelt's embrace of American educational
idealism by Superintendent Vierling Kersey as fundamental skills for life long learning. Kersey explains this program in the
District publication, "The 3 R's and Readiness For Life . . .".
Materials include principles of this educational program, petitions from parents demanding the District's compliance with
educational code for an improved curriculum which prepares students for life and leadership, correspondence from parents and
the Citizens Schools Committee concerning the District's over-emphasis of progressive education, copies of Board Minutes wherein
President Elliott defends the District's "middle of the road" policy intended to safeguard the schools from "extremists" in
any field of educational philosophy and newspaper clippings including the Herald and Express' series of articles exposing
parent criticisms of the District's alleged embrace of "progressive education" and abandonment of the three R's.
box 2000, folder 1-2
Title VII and XI
1995-1996
Scope and Content
Division of Instruction Communications concerning Title VII and Title XI of the Improving America's Schools Act (IASA).
box 2000, folder 3-6
Tobacco
1948-2000
Scope and Contents
Correspondence regarding smoking rooms at schools and teachers smoking on school premises, copies of Bulletins and Resolutions
designating smoking areas and Board policies on the establishment of the smoke-free workplace.
box 2000, folder 7
Toxic Substance Control
1999-2000
Scope and Contents
Copy of the Board adopted motion entitled "New Schools - Safe Schools" concerning the Belmont Learning Complex, environmental
assessment standards and an immediate investigation into this project. Materials also include related required documents of
the State of California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) regarding its oversight of remedial investigations and
cleanup activities at Jefferson Middle School.
box 2000, folder 8
Tracking College Admission
2006 June 13-2006 June 29
Scope and Contents
Secondary Instructional Support Services Division proposal that the Board designate the National Student Clearinghouse as
a recipient of directory information in order to track college enrollment of LAUSD graduates. The Division describes this
information as critical to the implementation of the A-G initiative and targeting resources to address low "college going"
rates.
box 2000, folder 9
Transiency and Stability
1978-1989
Scope and Contents
Reports on Transiency and Stability in the LAUSD.
box 2001, box 2002, box 2003, box 2004, folder 1-2
Transfer of Pupils
1937-1998
Scope and Contents
Press releases on transfer permits, District permit and open enrollment policies related to deliberations on school integration,
maps of neighborhood school boundaries, correspondence concerning transfer of pupils from various schools and redrawing boundaries
for student integration, bulletins on open school permit applications which include definitions of open and closed schools,
copies of permit applications and petitions of protest to any changes of the District's First Come, First Served Open Permit
Policy which reiterate that this system is aligned with the Board's policy of "Equal Educational Opportunity for All."
Materials also include Opportunity Transfer Reports and Bulletins which explain this policy as a carefully planned transfer
from one District school to another with the intention of assisting pupils whose achievement, attendance or behavior may be
positively affected by a change of social and educational environment. An assignment to an Opportunity, Continuation or Adult
School is not an Opportunity Transfer. These Reports chart student ethnicity, sex and reasons for transfer. Some examples
of reasons for transfer include the following: alcohol, drugs, expulsion, gang activity, protection of student, stealing,
truancy and weapons.
Additional materials include handbooks and reports concerning the District's Permits With Transportation (PWT) Program which
was initiated in 1968 by the Voluntary Transportation Program to assist with moving students out of their neighborhood schools
for integration purposes. In 1972, Board action initiated the use of PWT to transport students who faced overcrowded home
schools to schools with empty classrooms.
box 2004, folder 3
Transition Partnership Program
1989 October 30-2007 May 22
Scope and Contents
Division of Special Education proposals for the continuation of the Transition Partnership Program, designed to serve students
with disabilities as they prepare to transition to post secondary activities. This program provides students with transition
services, case management, work based assessment and job placement services.
box 2079, box 2078, folder 5-7, box 2005, box 2006, box 2007, box 2008, box 2009, box 2010, box 2011, box 2012, box 2013, box 2014, box 2015, box 2016, box 2017
Transportation
1934-2006
Scope and Contents
Bulk of materials related to bus transportation including Standing Committee Reports, petitions, correspondence and integration
busing program plans such as Transport-A-Child and Permits With Transportation.
Box 2,005-2,007: Bus transportation bids, leases, charges, Grand Jury Report on transportation irregularities, pupil transportation
rules, reports of special bus trips and petitions and correspondence for transportation services (1934-1961).
Box 2,008-2,010: Board Minutes on bus transportation contracts, correspondence against transportation budget cuts, petitions
for bus service and Superintendent's Memorandum on the Exact Fare Bus Plan (1935-1973).
Box 2,011-2,013: Correspondence in favor of busing, President Gardner's statement on City license fees for school buses, Survey
and Report of District Transportation Operations and District Integration Unit's Transport-A-Child Program Reports (1936-1976).
Box 2,014-2,015: Correspondence from Chairman Ramiro Joaquin Garcia of the Mexican American Education Commission concerning
the Permits With Transportation (PWT) Program, PWT Program Overview and Guidelines, PWT Participating School Data Books and
contracts and counsel correspondence concerning Los Angeles City School District v. Landier Management Co. (1951-1977).
Box 2,016-2,017: Transportation Policies and Procedures, PWT Program: An Evaluation and Board Rules regarding transportation.
(1935-2006).
Box 2,078-2,079: Transportation Requests (1961-1967).
box 2018, folder 1
Travel - Non-District Personnel
2000 January 25-2000 February 8
Scope and Contents
Curriculum and Instruction Committee Report concerning travel expenses for non-District personnel.
box 2018, folder 2
Treasure Hunt
1959 March 26-1969 August 2
Scope and Contents
Building Committee Reports regarding permits to dig for gold or other treasures at McDonnell Avenue School and Malabar Street
School.
box 2018, folder 3
Treaties
1955
Scope and Contents
A copy of Treaty of Peace, Friendship, Limits and Settlement (Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo), the peace treaty between the United
States and Mexico that ended the Mexican-American War and a copy of Pioneer and Early Public Schools of California and Los
Angeles. This publication traces the history of Pioneer Schools of the State and in Los Angeles, Schools in Los Angeles during
American Occupation and Pioneer Schools of Los Angeles County.
box 2018, folder 4
Trees
1935-1976
Scope and Contents
Reports and correspondence concerning the use of Christmas trees, "Plant-a-Tree Week," Arbor Day and a copy of the Conservation
Association of Southern California's "Conservation Activities" booklet.
box 2018, folder 5
Trust Account
2002 February 12-2002 February 26
Scope and Contents
Accounting and Disbursements Division Communications concerning the establishment of a Trust Account for Property Management
Companies for the purpose of depositing collections and disbursing funds in connection with management of properties acquired
by the District.
box 2018, folder 6-7
Trust Fund
1978-1984
Scope and Contents
Committee of the Whole Communication regarding the establishment of a LAUSD Trust Fund in the County Treasury for the Southern
California Superintendent's Research Council and a copy of Deputy Superintendent Anton's statement regarding the tragic shooting
of children at Forty-Ninth Street School that killed ten-year-old Shala Eubanks. Mr. Anton announced the establishment of
a trust fund at Forty-Ninth Street School in the name of Shala Eubanks to aid the other victims of this tragedy.
box 2018, folder 8
Tuberculosis
1979-1987
Scope and Content
Bulletins and memoranda informing parents and staff about the tuberculosis examination requirement for all new students.
box 2018, folder 9-11
Tuition
1945 April 30-1984 January 4
Scope and Contents
Committee of the Whole Reports concerning assignments of tuition money to parents for the education of exceptional children
in private schools, inter-office correspondence on fees for foreign students, Adult Education Committee Communication pertaining
to the Adult Education Tuition Fee Policy, Superintendent Handler's correspondence on tuition tax credits and a Career and
Continuing Education Committee Communication on Tuition Fee Exemption for handicapped adults.
box 2019, box 2020
Tutors
1965 June 10-2006 June 13
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and Committee Reports regarding the School Volunteer Program's after-school tutoring and the Reinforcement
Tutorial Program.
Materials also include a press release on the Student Tutorial Education Project, Special Report on Experimental Volunteer
Programs in Elementary Schools, A Guide to Tutorial Programs in the Greater Los Angeles Area, UCLA's Tutorial Project's "How
to Start a Tutorial Project" report, Los Angeles City Schools Office of Urban Affairs List of Tutorial Projects and Tutoring
Tips and The Los Angeles City Schools Volunteer and Tutorial Section's resource materials presented to the Board and Superintendent
Johnston.
box 2021, box 2022, box 2023, box 2024, box 2025, box 2026
Un-American Activities
1947-1963
Scope and Contents
Materials document individuals, events and situations connected with alleged "Un-American" activities in the schools.
Box 2,021: Investigation of Un-American Propaganda Activities in the United States Report on Youth for Democracy, League of
Women Voters of Los Angeles Education Kit, Informal Committee of the Whole Notes regarding Fremont High School's district
transitioning from white to colored, Daily News article on Superintendent Stoddard's cooperation with the state investigation
into suspected student Communists, Lucinda E. Benge's correspondence statements to the Board concerning the use of subversive
textbooks, integration of Negro and white children and Emily C. Philips' Board statement on integration, "Blacky Tests" or
student psychological tests and funding for ghetto schools.
The Fremont High School folder includes a Pittsburgh Courier article with a photo of Board member Mrs. Fay Allen at a Board
meeting discussing the effigy lynching of Negro students at Fremont High School on February 14, 1941, including a response
from the police captain at the 77th Street Station who told students and concerned citizens that he did not have time "to
settle problems of Negroes and poor white trash" and signed letters from the Los Angeles County Council of the Democratic
Youth Federation of California concerning the Fremont Principal's advice that the Negro students in attendance who were hung
in effigy should transfer to another school. Also included is notarized testimony of a dummy hanging by a rope on the bleachers,
protest correspondence from the Workers School of Los Angeles and informal notes from the March 6, 1941 Board Meeting concerning
investigations of violence against Negro students.
Materials also include Photostats of Board Minutes, President Elliott's statement and Fremont High School correspondence and
announcements given to Nellie Parr concerning the March 17, 1947 "Un-American" demonstration and walk out staged by white
students across the street from the school. The students staged this demonstration to protest the presence of colored girls
at the school and hung an effigy on school grounds. President Elliott remarked on allegations of "Jim Crow" schools in Los
Angeles and cited the presence of Negro and white students from the South together at Fremont as contributing to this situation.
In a letter to President Elliott, Fremont Principal Herbert S. Wood discussed anti-Negro resentment from white Southern parents
and from property owners in the District who thought that California schools were segregated and that no Negroes could live
here. Wood also mentioned an influx of correspondence from people all over the country and across the world about this incident
due to a Time magazine article published on March 31, 1947 and mentioned that one of the Negro girls who caused the most trouble
on March 17th had been "eliminated" and is possibly going to work. Original copies of these materials are housed in the Situation
at Fremont folder (1947-1963).
Box 2,022: Statements from Mrs. Lucinda E. Benge concerning a Board Resolution to eliminate "de facto segregation," allegations
that Resolution author Georgiana Hardy has a record of multiple Communist-front activities and transcription of Board meeting
concerning Benge's statements. Publications include Un-American Activities in California Reports 3-8 (1947-1963).
Box 2,023: Copy of the Dilworth Act, "Red" correspondence from the Academic Freedom Committee of the Los Angeles Federation
of Teachers protesting Communist investigations of teachers, copies of Board litigation against teachers to test the constitutionality
of the Dilworth Act, Committee of the Whole Minutes concerning Loyalty Check of Employees, newspaper articles on the Dilworth
Investigations, transcriptions of Board meetings on Loyalty, Committee Reports which include loyalty questions and signed
correspondence from Senator Dilworth to Superintendent Findlay regarding the photo of Mrs. Nell Haas, Twenty-eighth Street
Elementary School Principal used for the frontspiece of the Sixth Report of the Senate Investigating Committee on Education
(1953-1956).
Box 2,024-2,025: Affidavits, transcripts of Board Hearings, copies of Superior Court proceedings for individual teachers targeted
during the Dilworth Investigations, Board dismissal correspondence and newspaper clippings pertaining to the Board's "Red
Quizzes." Folders are organized alphabetically by teacher's last name (1952-1959).
Box 2,026: Superintendent Stoddard's statement on Loyalty, correspondence from Keep America Committee concerning the subversive
interests of Friendship Day Camp, Inc., Point of View on Teaching Controversial Subjects Report, correspondence from American
Anti-Communist Association Inc. Director, Gene Hageberg regarding its proposed nation-wide educational program and belief
that the Fremont School strike against Negro pupils was inspired by the Communist Party.
Publications include the Sixth, Eleventh and Fourteenth Reports of the Senate Investigating Committee on Education and copies
of the Constitution of the State of California and of the United States and Other Documents (1947-1962).
box 2027, box 2028, box 2029
Unclassified Employees
1947-2008
Scope and Contents
Committee of the Whole Reports concerning salary recommendations and schedules for unclassified employees or professional
experts who are neither in classified nor certificated service. Materials also include Personnel and Schools Committee Communications
recommending the approval of independent contractor elections and Board Rules concerning employee requirements to meet and
maintain health standards.
box 2030, box 2031, box 2032, box 2033, box 2034
UNESCO
1943-1959
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and petitions regarding the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) program
and use of the publication, The "E" in UNESCO. Those opposed to the use of this curriculum in the schools describe it as "Un-American"
corruption "designed to destroy the love of American as a sovereign nation" while those in favor argue that its removal sets
a "dangerous precedent for future attacks on public education and academic freedom."
Materials also include Board Minutes and transcriptions of wire recordings from Board meeting discussions of the UNESCO Program,
Curriculum Division teaching guides, UNESCO Bulletins and requests for information on the the UNESCO Program.
Publications include: Education and the People's Peace by the National Education Association of the United States, Preamble
to the UNESCO Constitution, The "E" in UNESCO, Collier's article, "I Was Called Subversive" by Dorothy Frank, Los Angeles
housewife and advocate for the program, Superintendent's Bulletins, The "S" in UNESCO, The UNESCO Story Resource and Action
Booklet, UNESCO pamphlets and fact sheets, Practicing the Democratic Way in School, The UNESCO Courier and The World at Work.
box 2035, folder 1
Uniform Complaint Procedure
1993 February 16-2000 October 27
Scope and Contents
Committee of the Whole Report adopted by the Board concerning Title 5 Uniform Complaint Procedure to assist those who wish
to make formal complaints about federal and state funded District programs such as adult basic education, migrant education,
vocational education, child nutrition and special education.
box 2035, folder 2-3
Uniforms
1936-1995
Scope and Contents
Personnel Commission Communication to the Committee of the Whole concerning amended uniform rules, inter-office correspondence
regarding uniforms for bus drivers, notes from the Superintendent's Advisory Council on uniform policies, adopted Committee
of the Whole proposal that security agents be required to wear uniforms and adopted Superintendent's Communication to the
Committee of the Whole authorizing the Board to furnish firearms for each employee of the Security Section for their own protection
and proper performance of their duties.
box 2035, folder 4
United Service Organizations
1941-1955
Scope and Content
Building Committee Report granting the United Service Organizations (U.S.O.) a license to construct a dormitory on the Hollywood
High School site for transient military service men and District Bulletins regarding U.S.O. Campaigns and Drives for funds.
box 2035, folder 5
United States - Seal of U.S.
1955
Scope and Content
Materials include the following publications: The Great Seal of the United States for the Audio Visual Aids Section of the
Los Angeles City Schools by The Los Angeles Times and Our Great Seal: Its Reverse Face Our New Roof or Headstone by Jeannette
Robertson.
box 2035, folder 6
Unlawful Detainer
1994 December 5
Scope and Contents
Board of Education Report authorizing staff to proceed with unlawful detainer actions necessary to evict tenants from District
property for non-payment of rent.
box 2035, folder 7
Urban Education Research Fellows Program
2000 December 12-2001 January 9
Scope and Contents
Planning, Assessment and Research Communication authorizing funding for the Program Evaluation and Research Branch (PERB)
Urban Education Research Fellows Program. The PERB will recruit graduate student researchers who will work for part-time while
completing their degrees and then join the staff of full-time Research Analysts. Topics of systematic data collection and
analysis include instructional practices, outcomes of District programs and factors related to student achievement.
box 2035, folder 8
Urban Initiative
1993 October 18
Scope and Contents
Committee of the Whole Report authorizing the Superintendent to accept $100,000 grant from the National Science Foundation
to implement "Urban Initiative - Self Study Proposal for Los Angeles" to initiate or accelerate reform which will lead to
a system in which all children will have the opportunity to learn quality mathematics and science.
box 2035, folder 9
Vacation Accrual
1992-1996
Scope and Contents
Board Rules, Bulletins, inter-office correspondence and Committee Reports concerning vacation policies and rules.
box 2035, folder 10
Values
1976-1996
Scope and Contents
Reports of Correspondence, Motions and Resolutions concerning Values Education.
Correspondence includes a copy of L. Ron Hubbard's booklet, "The Way to Happiness."
box 2036, box 2037
Vandalism
1949-1993
Scope and Contents
Security Section Bulletins and Annual Reports, Informal Committee of the Whole Notes, Committee Reports, transcriptions of
Board recordings, Committee of the Whole and Committee on Vandalism meetings, Los Angeles Police Department Annual Reports,
City of Los Angeles juvenile arrest data, correspondence from students at Cienega Elementary School and community correspondence
concerning illegal entries to schools, vandalism, malicious mischief insurance, school depredations, canine patrol units and
fingerprinting students to prevent crime.
box 2038, folder 1
Vehicles
1998-2004
Scope and Contents
Business Operations Committee Reports on the replacement of school police vehicles, vests, hand-held radios, firearms and
laptops and Communications concerning the purchase of buses for the Student Integration Program.
box 2038, folder 2
Venereal Disease
1945 September 12-1945 November 1
Scope and Contents
Correspondence concerning the increase in venereal disease in Los Angeles among teen boys and girls and materials from the
Board meeting with a committee of the Venereal Disease Control Council to find ways to extend the sex education and venereal
disease control programs in the schools.
box 2038, folder 3-6, box 2039, folder 1-3
Veterans' Education
1944-1979
Scope and Contents
Enrollment Reports, Correspondence regarding the David Starr Jordan Adult School, Communications authorizing reimbursements
for supplies and books and Reports on the Veterans' Educational Counseling Service.
box 2039, folder 4-6, box 2040, folder 1
Violence
1978-1998
Scope and Contents
Memoranda on Board policy regarding violence on campus, copies of anti-violence resolutions, correspondence concerning incidents
on school grounds and Reports including the following: A Lawsuit to Restore Safety in the Schools, A Start to Stopping School
Weapons and Violence: Recommendations by the School Safety and Security Task Force and Gang Involvement: Secondary Schools
which includes lists of gangs by campus, approximate numbers, ethnic breakdowns, identifying graffiti, rival and compatible
gangs and crimes perpetrated by gang members on campus.
box 2040, folder 2
Visiting Days
1948 January 15-1956 April 16
Scope and Contents
Correspondence concerning former pupils visiting their Alma Mater and a Communication to the Committee of the Whole pertaining
to the right of a teacher to take a partial visiting day to another school site once a year for professional development purposes.
box 2041, box 2042
Visitors
1953 July 9-1972 May 22
Scope and Contents
Copies of Board Minutes which report on the presence of visitors at Board meetings and school sites such as first ladies of
United States and Mexico, Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson and Mrs. Adolfo Lopez Mateos' visit to Abraham Lincoln High School on February
21, 1964 and inter-office correspondence concerning Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy's talk at Roosevelt High School on
June 8, 1964.
box 2043, box 2044
Vocational Education
1935 June 26-1993 August 16
Scope and Contents
Vocational Education guidelines, Report on Apportionment of Federal and State Vocational Education Funds to School Districts,
A Study of the District's Vocational and Practical Arts Program, Graduation Requirements and Curricula handbook for junior
and senior high schools, Catalog of Authorized Courses for Junior and Senior High Schools, Continuation Classes, Metropolitan
School of Business and Frank Wiggins Trade School, charts of vocational education course offerings at senior high schools,
Committee Reports concerning funding, agreements and authorizations and copies of the Board's Annual Reports concerning industrial
training, manual training and Schools of Trades.
box 2045, folder 1-3
Volunteers
1980-2005
Scope and Contents
Flyers, memoranda, and Committee Communications concerning events of recognition to honor the work of school volunteers and
Reports on the District's School Volunteer Program.
box 2045, folder 4
Voter Registration
1974 August 15-1990 April 16
Scope and Contents
Memoranda pertaining to the distribution of voter registration materials on high school campuses.
box 2045, folder 5
Voucher Initiative
1993-2000
Scope and Contents
Copies of school voucher initiative proposals including Proposition 174 also known as the Parental Choice in Education Amendment
and a copy of the Board's Motion in opposition to this initiative on the Statewide Ballot of November 2, 1993.
box 2046
Waiver
1982 June 7-2008 December 9
Scope and Contents
Bulk of materials include Board of Education Reports and Communications regarding requests for teaching credential waivers
and credential waiver authorizations for special education teachers.
box 2047, box 2048, box 2049, folder 1-4
War
1935-1947
Scope and Contents
War Bulletins on the Schools-At-War Thrift Program, War Stamps and Bond Purchases, the "Name-Your-Weapon" Campaign and films
for assemblies such as "Loaded for War" and "New Soldiers Are Tough."
Special War Bulletins include Civilian Defense Insignia and What They Mean and Your Place in the War Program: A War Activities
Program for Elementary Schools.
Black and white photos of school grounds after the May 1942 drive for salvage material, Personnel and Schools Committee Communications
concerning the Army Service Training Program (A.S.T.P.), Personnel Commission Communications concerning Public Works Administration
force accounts, Emergency Communications regarding gasoline, sugar and food rationing, United China Relief "Esteemed Grandparent"
campaign correspondence, War Chest Bulletins and Teachers' Information Manual: Los Angeles Area War Chest, WHAT Can I Do:
The Citizen's Handbook for War and requests and proposals for Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.) projects.
Other materials include Inter-Office Correspondence lists of community agencies to assist families during the Middle East
Crisis, "Operation Desert Storm," Selective Service and You... brochures, Memorandum concerning Selective Service Information
and Students' Rights, Draft Counseling and Educational Centers booklet and inter-office correspondence from Superintendent
in response to critical inquiries about Senior High School Military Panel Presentations.
box 2049, folder 5-7, box 2050, folder 1-2
Warrants
1939 June 27-1988 October 28
Scope and Contents
Bulk of materials consist of Financial Services Division Communications authorizing the Controller to draw warrants for payroll
purposes.
box 2050, folder 3
Watchdog
2004 January 5
Scope and Contents
One copy of the Watchdog: The Official Newsletter of the Office of the Inspector General (OIG). According to its Mission Statement,
the OIG promotes integrity and credibility in the District by conducting audits, investigations and reviews.
box 2050, folder 4-5
Weapons
1959-2001
Scope and Contents
Bulletins concerning random metal detector searches and firearms policy, Superintendent Communications on the Venice High
School and University High School Canine Detection Programs, the "Weapons" section of the District's Emergency Legal Procedures
Handbook and A Start on Stopping School Weapons and Violence: Recommendations by the School Safety and Security Task Force.
box 2051, box 2052, box 2053, box 2054
Weeks
1930-2006
Scope and Contents
Board Resolutions, calendars and an instructional guide pertaining to District observance of special days, weeks and months
to honor, recognize, appreciate and educate students, families and communities about select individuals, groups, cultures,
epidemics, organizations, institutions and ideas.
Some examples are the following: Armed Forces Day, Women's Equality Day, Boys' Week, Know Your America Week, set up by an
organization known as the The All-American Conference to Combat Communism, AIDS Education Month and African American History
Month.
Boys' Week materials include a copies of Board Minutes and Superintendent's Advisory Council Notes that document an official
communication concerning participation in Boys' Week which was sent out to administrators in the public schools with the following
statement: "OFFICIALS MAKE THIS REQUEST: Do not send Colored, Japanese, or Chinese boys. Please assign real Americans."
box 2055, folder 1
Weighted Student Formula
2003 December 1-2004 January 20
Scope and Contents
Special Board meeting materials on the Weighted Student Formula (WSF). The WSF is a method of distributing resources to schools
that allows school sites more flexibility than the previous system, called the staffing ratios model.
box 2056, box 2055, folder 2-8
Welfare
1948-1997
Scope and Contents
Board Communications concerning agreements with the Welfare Council of Metropolitan Los Angeles, correspondence regarding
requests for a Health Education program, Welfare Planning Council, Los Angeles Region Minutes, correspondence regarding the
Welfare Planning Council's Conference on Childhood and Youth, California Department of Education working document on The Personal
Responsibility and Work Reconciliation Act of 1996.
Publications include the following: Recommendations from the Assembly Conference on "Jobs for Youth in Los Angeles Area,"
Annual Report of the LAUSD Child Welfare and Attendance Branch, Divergent Youth, Suspensions, Referral Rooms and Social Adjustment
Transfers, Third Annual Seminar Superior Court of California County of Los Angeles Juvenile Departments and The One Who Doesn't
Fit: A Survey of the Problems of the "A" Pupil and Conditions Surrounding Him.
box 2057, folder 1
Whistleblower Protection Policy
2002 January 22-2002 February 12
Scope and Contents
Office of the Inspector General Communication proposal that the Board adopt the attached Whistleblower Protection Policy designed
to protect employees and others who report improper governmental activities from retaliation, reprisal or intimidation.
box 2057, folder 2
Winton Act
1974-1989
Scope and Contents
Copies of Board Minutes and Committee Reports that cite requirements of the Winton Act which refers to employer-employee negotiations
as "meet and confer" with no binding written agreements.
box 2057, folder 3
Wire Recordings
1955 August 15
Scope and Contents
Transcription of Recording of Portion of Committee of the Whole Meeting on the Subject: Policies For the Administrative Organization
and the Establishment of Elementary Schools, Centers, and Classes for Handicapped Children.
box 2057, folder 4
World Friendship
1946-1947
Scope and Contents
Curriculum Division Bulletins and correspondence concerning the District's World Friendship Clubs. The World Friendship Committee
was organized in January, 1926 by Superintendent Susan M. Dorsey to plan ways of increasing international understanding and
good will on the part of boys and girls in the Los Angeles schools.
box 2057, folder 5
Work Experience Program
1980 June 9-1993 October 18
Scope and Contents
Committee Reports and Communications concerning the District's contract with the County of Los Angeles for a Work Experience
Program for disadvantaged youth who attend schools in the District and who reside outside the city limits of Los Angeles.
box 2057, folder 6
WorkForce Investment Act
2001 March 13
Scope and Contents
Board of Education Report proposal that the Board approve revision to the attached delegation of authority concerning federal
funding for various employment training programs. The Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) was the federal program which acted
as the funding force. The program name changed to the WorkForce Investment Act (WIA).
box 2057, folder 7
Workforce LA School-To-Work Youth Academy
1990 November 5-1990 November 19
Scope and Contents
Career and Continuing Education Report proposal that the District enter into a contract with the U.S. Department of Labor
to develop and coordinate the Workforce LA School-To-Work Academy, a program combining academic and vocational experiences.
box 2057, folder 8
Work Permits
1983 September 6
Scope and Contents
Bulletin regarding Entertainment Work Permits for pupils and independent study requirements for credit and attendance purposes.
box 2057, folder 9
Work Stoppage
1989 May 5-1989 June 7
Scope and Contents
Memoranda and Inter-Office Correspondence on topics such as health benefits for striking employees, time-reporting instructions
and questions and answers that may arise during work stoppages.
box 2057, folder 10
Year 2000 Steering Committee
1997 December 1
Scope and Contents
Copy of a Board Resolution that delegates authority to a Year 2000 Steering Committee to set project direction, maintain project
oversight and monitor progress for Year 2000 compliance, the District's top systems and programming priority.
box 2057, folder 11
YMCA
2007 October 23
Scope and Contents
Board of Education Report from the Facilities Division which proposes that the Board authorize District staff to execute a
Joint Use Lease Agreement with the YMCA of Metropolitan Los Angeles for the development of mutually beneficial facilities
on the University High School campus.
box 2058
Youth Activities
1935-1983
Scope and Contents
Excerpts of letters and a program from the District's Cavalcade of Youth program at the Hollywood Bowl and Bulletins on Defense
Training Programs for National Youth Administration (N.Y.A.).
Materials also include Youth Services Program calendars, brochures and reports, correspondence, proposal and brochure for
Sugar Ray Robinson's Youth Foundation, Advantages of Youth Services booklet and summary sheets for Groups Using Board of Education
Athletic and Recreational Facilities on a Permit Basis.
box 2059, folder 1
Youth Centers
2007 October 23
Scope and Contents
Facilities Services Division Board of Education Report proposal regarding the establishment of a Youth Center to facilitate
after-school, evening and weekend services to "at risk" youth at Markham Middle School.
box 2059, folder 2
Youth Education
1949 August 5-1959 July 17
Scope and Contents
Emergency Communication to the Committee of the Whole from Superintendent Stoddard regarding the establishment of a Youth
Education Clinic at the Custer Avenue School to provide remedial services for junior and senior high school boys who require
special services due to attendance issues and other "maladjustments" with school and community.
box 2059, folder 3
Youth Opportunities Unlimited
1993 July 19
Scope and Content
Committee of the Whole Report concerning the establishment of alternative high school, Youth Opportunities Unlimited (YOU).
box 2059, folder 4
Youth Suicide Prevention Program
1983-1991
Scope and Contents
Bulletins, Committee Communications and Suicide Prevention Unit Updates concerning the District's Youth Suicide Prevention
Program.
box 2059, folder 5-8
Zoning
1927-2001
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, Committee Reports and maps pertaining to city and county zoning ordinances and rezoning of District land and
school sites.
Materials include an Official Atlas District Zoning Map of the City of Los Angeles as authorized by City Council and correspondence
opposing the location of a mental hospital on Sepulveda Boulevard near Van Nuys High School.
Personnel
1921-2000
Scope and Content
The personnel records include documents generated by the Board and the Personnel Division that concern certificated and classified
employees. Certificated employees are those for whom state educational credentials are prescribed by law. Classified employees
are those for whom no definite educational credentials are required. Materials include copies of Board minutes, standing committee
reports and correspondence pertaining to matters such as staff integration, salary, investigations, grievance procedures,
reduction in force, employee organizations and collective bargaining.
box 2199, folder 1, box 2149
Absence
1935-1973
Scope and Contents
Personnel Division Memoranda and Controlling Division Bulletins pertaining to policies for involuntary and excused absences.
Box 2,149: (1935-1962).
Box 2,199: (1969-1973).
box 2199, folder 4-5, box 2119, folder 3-4
Adjustment Procedures
1947 February 24-1985 June 17
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and excerpts from Minutes concerning grievances, transfers, reduction in force and Board Rules related to adjustment
procedures involving plans for the adjustment of personal and professional problems.
Box 2,119: (1947-1970).
Box 2,199: (1971-1985).
box 2190, folder 1-2, box 2200, folder 1, box 2119, folder 5, box 2120, folder 1-2, box 2212, folder 5-6
Administrators
1954 May 28-1996 July 15
Scope and Contents
Board Rules and policies related to the selection process, criteria and qualifications for administrative positions.
Box 2,119-2,120: (1954-1971).
Box 2,190: (1971-1979).
Box 2,200: (1980-1996).
Box 2,212: (1977-1989).
box 2199, folder 2-3
Adult Education
1939 May 15-1982 August 2
Scope and Content
Personnel Division Communications concerning Adult Education teachers.
box 2200, folder 2-6
Advisers
1965 July 18-1992 April 20
Scope and Content
Standing Committee Reports and Communications concerning Adviser positions.
box 2200, folder 7
Affirmative Action
1974 February 28-1976 December 9
Scope and Content
Correspondence from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), Watts Branch concerning the District's
Publication #354 Racial and Ethnic Survey, Fall 1975 which it considered in violation of the 1964 Civil Rights Act and its
amendment of 1972. The NAACP recommended that the District adopt an affirmative action policy to balance employment between
the ethnic minority and majority personnel. Materials also include a Superintendent's Communication presented to the Committee
of the While regarding the proposed adoption of the attached Equal Opportunity Policy and Affirmative Action Program and correspondence
of commendation from Women Educators (WE).
box 2206, folder 6
Age Limits
1979 January 15-1986 June 23
Scope and Content
Personnel and Schools Committee Communications concerning Board Rules regarding employment age and continuance of employment.
box 2120, folder 5-6, box 2121, folder 1-4, box 2201, box 2150
Assignments
1934 July 19-2000 June 13
Scope and Contents
Assignment policies and rules regarding the election, promotion and placement of employees such as principals, vice-principals,
secondary teachers and junior college instructors.
Box 2,120-2,121: (1934-1972).
Box 2,150: (1939-1975).
Box 2,201: (1934-2000).
box 2202, folder 4
Board Permit
1989 August 11
Scope and Content
Board Bulletin regarding the application and renewal of Board Permits which are granted by the Board to authorize teachers
to teach subjects not included as part of their regular credential.
box 2202, folder 5
Career Increment
1981 August 10-1981 August 24
Scope and Content
Personnel and Schools Committee Report approving new Board Rule 4725, Establishment of Career Increment. Report includes this
Board Rule as an attachment.
box 2206, folder 7
Citizenship
1935 July 31-1970 June 4
Scope and Content
Law and Rules Committee Communications updating Administrative Guide section which includes Citizenship of Certificated Employees.
box 2121, folder 5-6, box 2202, folder 6-7, box 2188, box 2151, box 2152, folder 1-3, box 2122, box 2123
Classification
1939 May 15-1998 January 7
Scope and Contents
Personnel Division and Standing Committee Reports and Communications concerning the classification and reclassification of
certificated personnel.
Box 2,121-2,123: (1939-1976).
Box 2,151: (1976-1980).
Box 2,152: (1980-1983).
Box 2,188: (1983-1989).
Box 2,202: (1989-1998).
box 2202, folder 8
Coaches
1999 February 9-1999 February 23
Scope and Content
Budget Services and Financial Planning Division Communication concerning District matching funds for Assembly Bill (AB) 2741
- Coaching Education.
box 2202, folder 9
Code
1939 May 4-1961 July 3
Scope and Content
Bulletins concerning new position class codes and Standing Committee Communications pertaining to modifications to assignment
code bases. Assignment bases describe the different working periods during the year required for the performance of District
work.
box 2202, folder 10
Code of Ethics
1954-1962
Scope and Content
Copies of the National Education Association's Proposed Basic Code of Ethics for the Education Profession, Code of Ethics
for Government Service and Tentative Code of Ethics for the Association of Elementary School Administrators of Los Angeles.
box 2203, folder 1
Collective Bargaining
1989-1995
Scope and Content
Board of Education Reports concerning Memorandum of Understanding between the District and Associated Administrators of Los
Angeles (AALA) and Policy Position Related to the District's Organizational Security Arrangement Proposal to United Teachers
Los Angeles (UTLA).
box 2203, folder 2
Committee on Assignments
1989 September 11
Scope and Content
Personnel Division Bulletin concerning Committee on Assignments Authorization which provides additional instructional options
and increases the flexibility in the assignment of teachers to meet either instructional needs or to enrich the instructional
program.
box 2124, folder 1
C.P.R. Committee
1921-1950
Scope and Contents
Reports and correspondence concerning the Compensation, Policies and Regulations (C.P.R.) Committee for certificated personnel.
box 2203, folder 3-4
Consultants
1945 October 22-1989 August 3
Scope and Content
Standing Committee Reports and Communications concerning consultant services.
box 2203, folder 5-6
Contracts
1946 May13-1996 December 16
Scope and Content
Correspondence, petitions and Board Rules concerning teacher contracts.
box 2148, folder 1-3, box 2203, folder 7-11, box 2190, folder 3-4, box 2199, folder 6
Coordinators
1953 August 24-1996 October 21
Scope and Contents
Personnel Division Communications prepared for the Personnel and Schools Committee concerning approval on personnel action
for Coordinator positions and Statements of Duties for various Coordinator positions.
Box 2,148: (1953-1978).
Box 2,190: (1979-1984).
Box 2,199: (1977-1989).
Box 2,203: (1984-1996).
box 2154, folder 3, box 2124, folder 2-3, box 2204, folder 1, box 2191, folder 1-2, box 2152, folder 3-4, box 2153, folder 1-3
Counselors
1958 June 23-1992 March 9
Scope and Contents
Box 2,124: Committee Communications and Board Rules concerning counselor positions (1959-1974).
Box 2,152: Correspondence concerning the noon-duty aide program, Committee on Research Studies Non Duty-Aides Program Report
and copies of the Los Angeles Elementary Teachers Club Board Presentation on Noon Time Activities (1958-1969).
Box 2,153 and 2,191: Personnel Division Communications recommending that actions be approved for counselor positions and Bulletins
and Board Minutes describing the selection, assignment and responsibilities of counselors (1960-1985).
Box 2,154: Materials include the Personnel and Schools Committee Report which established the Counselor Aide Class and Committee
Reports and Communications concerning the Counselor Aide Program (1973-1977).
Box 2,204: Committee of the Whole Reports concerning the election of counselors (1986-1992).
box 2192, box 2204, folder 2-4
Credentials
1934 October 18-2000 July 25
Scope and Content
Administrative Guide Rules concerning county certificates, teaching credential requirements and specializations. Materials
include eligibility lists of certificated employees available for assignments, proposals for credential waiver authorizations
and reports of teacher assignments and credential authorizations.
Box 2,192: (1934-1986).
Box 2,204: (1972-2000).
box 2153, folder 4-5, box 2204, folder 5-6
Deans
1972 August 24-1990 September 10
Scope and Contents
Communications prepared by the Personnel Division pertaining to approvals of Dean position elections at various school sites.
Box 2,153: (1972-1980).
Box 2,204: (1980-1990).
box 2124, folder 5, box 2205, folder 1-2
Degree Requirement
1953 September 22-1975 October 23
Scope and Contents
Box 2,124: Correspondence of protest against the Board's new salary schedule which requires advanced degrees in order to attain
the maximum teaching salary (1953-1954).
Box 2,205: Board Rules and Personnel Division Communications concerning degree requirements for certificated positions (1953-1975).
box 2205, folder 3
Demotions
1972 February 24-1991 June 24
Scope and Content
Committee of the Whole Reports authorizing demotions, and excerpts from Board Minutes concerning Closed Session demotion actions.
box 2124, folder 4, box 2205, folder 4
Department Heads
1936 August 12-1983 October 27
Scope and Contents
Box 2,124: Correspondence and excerpts from Minutes concerning the responsibility for the appointment of Department Chairmen
at secondary schools (1936-1969).
Box 2,205: Suggested Responsibilities of Department Chairpersons Bulletin (1983).
box 2205, folder 5
Differentials
1980 September 9-1992 March 6
Scope and Content
Bulletins and Standing Committee Communications concerning salary differentials.
box 2154, folder 1-2, box 2205, folder 6
Directors & Presidents
1946 June 27-1991 September 4
Scope and Contents
Box 2,154: Communications prepared by the Personnel Division pertaining to approvals of Director position elections at various
school sites and Committee Reports concerning College Presidents (1946-1983).
Box 2,205: Communications prepared by the Personnel Division pertaining to approvals of Director position elections (1983-1991).
box 2191, folder 3-5, box 2205, folder 7, box 2115, box 2116, box 2117
Dismissals
1934-1999
Scope and Contents
Board correspondence to employees concerning dismissals of certificated personnel at high schools and junior colleges for
reasons such as reduction in enrollment, a male teacher impersonating a woman and "conditions beyond its control."
Materials include signed protest correspondence.
Box 2,115-2,117: (1934-1947).
Box 2,191: (1935-1985).
Box 2,205: (1985-1999).
box 2120, folder 3
Elementary Administrator Development Program
1964 September 1-1964 September 21
Scope and Contents
A description of the Elementary School Administrator Development Program and copies of applications for this professional
development training program.
box 2206, folder 1
Eligible List
1985 August 19-1990 June 15
Scope and Content
Copies of unranked eligible lists of certificated employees.
box 2206, folder 2
Emergency Permits
1996 August 5-1996 August 19
Scope and Content
Personnel Division Communication proposal for Declaration of Need for Fully Qualified Educators in order to utilize emergency
teaching and services permits.
box 2206, folder 3
Emergency Teachers
1996 August 5-1996 August 19
Scope and Content
Personnel Division Communication proposal to request a waiver to exceed the 5% of emergency licensed teachers in any school.
box 2172, box 2173, box 2174, box 2175
Employee Organizations
1946-1982
Scope and Contents
Box 2,172: Employee Relations Council Operating Guide, correspondence from Los Angeles Teachers Association (LATA) and Affiliated
Teacher Organizations of Los Angeles (ATOLA), LATA Articles of Incorporation and By-Laws, lists of certificated employee organizations
and The Crisis in Elementary Education: An Introduction to a Master Plan for Education by the Association of Elementary School
Administrators (1946-1967).
Box 2,173: Correspondence related organizational records from the Council of Administrators and Supervisors of Los Angeles
(CASLA), Professional Educators Los Angeles (PELA), Association of Classroom Teachers Los Angeles (ACT-LA), Secondary Teachers
Organization of Los Angeles, Inc. (SeTO), Los Angeles Association of Secondary School Administrators (LASSA) and the California
School Employees Association (CSEA) representing Unit A: Security (1962-1982).
Box 2,174: Summary of Joint Recommendations Los Angeles City Schools and The Certificated Employee Council, Special Reports
from the Office of Staff Relations, correspondence from the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), Local 1021 and Negotiating
Proposals of the Certificated Employee Council (1969-1976).
Box 2,175: Unified Negotiating Council and Certificated Employee Council Membership Audits (1966-1976).
box 2206, folder 4
Employees' Personal Property
1974 June 13-1974 June 17
Scope and Content
Committee of the Whole Report regarding changes to Board Rule 1672, Replacement or Repair of Employees' Personal Property.
box 2156, box 2206, folder 5, box 2131
Employment
1936 March 30-1992 April 22
Scope and Contents
Box 2,131: Inter-Office Correspondence concerning reduction in force of certificated employees, policies and procedures, chart
of types of classes and teachers, transcripts of grievance hearings and correspondence of protest and approval regarding the
recommended demotion of Dr. Edwin Baldwin Angier, Director of the Clarence W. Pierce School of Agriculture (1939-1972).
Box 2,156: Materials include applications for positions, Personnel Division Communications concerning age limits, court cases
involving the Dilworth Act, Board Rules requiring loyalty questions and the oath of allegiance and Teachers and Schools Committee
Reports on residence requirements (1936-1978).
Box 2,206: Personnel and Schools Committee Communication regarding revisions to the District's Affirmative Action Program
and Equal Opportunity Policy and Committee of the Whole Communications concerning Board Rule revisions (1972-1992).
box 2206, folder 8
Evaluations
1981 April 1-1990 November 2
Scope and Content
Bulletins regarding Guidelines for Stull Evaluation of Certificated Personnel.
box 2133, folder 1-3, box 2206, folder 9-12, box 2207, folder 1-3
Examinations
1936 January 8-1995 January 23
Scope and Contents
Box 2,133: Committee Communications and Board Rules, policies and procedures concerning examination procedures for employees
seeking promotion. Materials also include records for individual cases (1936-1968).
Box 2,206: Transcripts of wire recordings of Board meeting discussions of teacher examination procedures and copies of Board
Resolutions and Standing Committee Communications concerning examination procedures (1953-1995).
Box 2,207: Personnel Division Communications concerning fees, fingerprints, photographs and experience portions of teacher
examinations (1936-1972).
box 2207, folder 4
Fringe Benefits
1967 May 15-1997 June 2
Scope and Content
Standing Committee Communications and correspondence concerning fringe benefits for teachers.
box 2207, folder 5
Grievance Procedure
1984 November 9-1991 November 4
Scope and Content
Committee of the Whole Report and Bulletin concerning grievance procedures.
box 2207, folder 6
Hardship Appeal
1977 May 26-1977 June 20
Scope and Content
Committee of the Whole Report with attached Teacher Integration Program. This Program includes a hardship appeal procedure
for teachers who wish to file a written declaration of hardship to request exemption from a mandatory transfer.
box 2207, folder 7, box 2193, folder 1-2
Health Exams
1935 August 7-1983 April 25
Scope and Content
Personnel and Schools Committee Reports and Board Rules concerning health standards and physician exams regarding approval
of applicants for District employment and Bulletins concerning students and employees with AIDS/HIV infection.
box 2148, folder 8
Hillman's Proposed Reorganization
1953-1971
Scope and Contents
Materials include a transcript of a wire recording from the Committee of the Whole meeting presentation by Mr. Hillman on
his proposed reorganization of the District's administration, Survey Proposal of the District's Organization and Management,
Organization Charts, Report of Certificated Salary Survey and a copy of a salary schedule survey which compares maximum salaries
of administration positions in twenty large California school districts.
box 2207, folder 8
Holiday
1979 October 15-1991 September 4
Scope and Content
Board Rules and Memoranda regarding holidays.
box 2207, folder 9-10
Hours
1937-1990
Scope and Content
Committee Reports and Memoranda pertaining to work hours, assignments and time off.
box 2120, folder 4
Informals and Wire Recordings
1952 September 25-1953 September 24
Scope and Contents
Tentative Communication to Committee of the Whole regarding Elementary Teacher Recruitment and Selection Policies, Personnel
Division correspondence related to the dismissal of probationary certificated employees, Inter-Office correspondence on policies
and practices relative to the probationary period for new teachers and adjustment procedures and transcripts of wire recordings
from Board meetings and Committee of the Whole meeting notes concerning grievance procedures.
box 2208, folder 1-4
In-Service Training
1979-1992
Scope and Content
Districtwide In-Service Education Classes catalogs and Committee of the Whole Communications concerning agreements for in-service
training programs.
box 2132, box 2133, folder 4-5
Institute
1936-1972
Scope and Contents
Box 2,132: Bulletins, announcements and Committee Communications concerning the Institute for Certificated Personnel, an annual
professional development program for teachers.
Box 2,133: Protest correspondence concerning the discontinuance of the Teachers' Institute and the addition of five days to
the school year. Memos, Committee Reports and transcripts of Board Minutes concerning the finality of these decisions by Board
action.
box 2207, folder 12
Internship
1968 January 20-1994 June 20
Scope and Content
Standing Committee Communications and District correspondence concerning the District Internship Program for teacher training,
Administrative Interns and UCLA Interns.
box 2157, box 2193, folder 3-4
Investigations
1953 May 7-1987 March 30
Scope and Contents
Box 2,157: Case files on individual employees which include the following: legal action against the Board on behalf of an
employee alleging racial discrimination, charge for dismissal of an employee for striking her pupils over the course of three
years at Berendo, Gage and Stevenson Junior High Schools and settlement of claim for back salary and benefits for a secondary
teacher suspended and given notice of dismissal for violation of the Levering and Dilworth Acts (1953-1975).
Box 2,193: Investigations of certificated employees and Personnel and Schools Committee Communications concerning dismissals.
Materials include a copy of Claim of Abraham Minkus vs. Los Angeles Board of Education and Claim of Serril Gerber vs. Los
Angeles Board of Education, tenured teachers who were fired by the Board as a result of the House Un-American Activities Committee
hearings. Materials also include a full page advertisement in favor of Sal Castro, "The Brown Socrates" remaining at Lincoln
High School (1968-1987).
box 2208, folder 5
Ladder
1996 October 7
Scope and Content
The Ladder: Information For and About Paraeducators Pursuing Teaching Degrees newsletter.
box 2208, folder 6
Layoffs
1975 June 12-1982 May 24
Scope and Content
Committee of the Whole Reports and correspondence concerning certificated personnel layoffs.
box 2154, folder 4-5, box 2162, box 2155, box 2197, folder 1-2, box 2118, box 2134, box 2268, box 2208, folder 7-10, box 2209, folder 1-11
Leave of Absence
1930 January 6-1999 June 3
Scope and Contents
Leave of Absence request forms, correspondence, reports and Board Rules related to sabbatical, illness, acts of violence,
family care, jury duty, maternity and military service.
Box 2,118: (1936-1966).
Box 2,134: (1932-1971).
Box 2,154: (1942-1975).
Box 2,155: (1930-1980).
Box 2,162: (1972-1976).
Box 2,197: (1976-1987).
Box 2,208: (1975-1991).
Box 2,209: (1970-1999).
Box 2,268: Materials pertain to civilian defense leaves, military leave rules, County Counsel opinions on military service,
military service deferment and military advisers in high schools which includes A Brief Summary of Armed Forces - Los Angeles
Senior High School Relations (1936-1978).
box 2209, folder 12
Librarians
1990 June 11-1992 March 9
Scope and Content
Board of Education Report and Committee of the Whole Report regarding Reduction-In-Force of Librarians.
box 2209, folder 13-14
Management
1980 June 16-1996 November 4
Scope and Content
Committee of the Whole Communications concerning Reduction-In-Force of management employees and related Board Rules.
box 2210, folder 1
Master Teacher Program
1984 January 13
Scope and Content
Inter-office correspondence concerning the District's Master Teacher Program.
box 2148, folder 4
Medical
1962 July 12-1962 July 19
Scope and Contents
Excerpts of Board Minutes regarding allocations and reallocations for the certificated classes related to medical care at
school sites.
box 2210, folder 2
Medical Examiner
1983 February 11-1983 March 14
Scope and Content
Job posting for Senior Medical Examiner position and Committee of the Whole Communication concerning its reduction-in-force.
box 2148, folder 5
Needs Requests
1962 May 28-1962 November 19
Scope and Contents
Correspondence from professional associations to the Board concerning teacher and pupil needs.
box 2135
Negotiating Council (Unified)
1965 October 21-1969 June 23
Scope and Contents
The Unified District Negotiating Council adopted as part of its official position on November 9, 1967, that it is the only
representative of employee organizations authorized to meet and negotiate regarding matters such as employment conditions,
employer-employee relations, educational objectives and curriculum.
Materials include Minutes of the Negotiating Council, the Council's Standing Rules of Order and a copy of Eleven Vital Steps
for the 1970s: An Appraisal of the Los Angeles City Unified School District's Preparation Salary Schedule and Related Matters.
box 2216, folder 3, box 2210, folder 3-4
Nepotism
1931 July 3-1971 December 6
Scope and Content
Personnel Division Communications concerning modifications to the Board's nepotism rule, correspondence and Standing Committee
notes regarding individual cases including the so-called "spouse" ruling.
box 2210, folder 5
Nonschool Positions
1990 August 10
Scope and Content
Memorandum concerning a nonschool position freeze.
box 2210, folder 7-8, box 2136, box 2137, box 2158, box 2159
Norms
1935-1997
Scope and Contents
Bulletins, schedules and tables related to enrollment, class sizes and number of teachers and class loads tabulated during
the first months of each school year. These factors among others such as reports on overcrowded sites and over-under teachered
sites assist the Board with establishing norms for school sites.
Box 2,136: (1935-1953).
Box 2,137: (1954-1968).
Box 2,158: Includes "Urgent Needs of Mid-City Secondary Schools" Board presentations (1968-1972).
Box 2,159: Includes parental correspondence concerning bilingual teachers, overcrowding and busing for integration and a 1948-1949
Number of Full-Time Teaching Staff Positions Summarized by District Report (1972-1979).
Box 2,210: (1979-1997).
box 2215, folder 6-7, box 2210, folder 6
Nurses
1954 March 19-1999 May 25
Scope and Content
Copy of Board Resolution to increase the number of credentialed school nurse positions, requests for additional nurses and
petitions for the restoration of school nurse positions.
box 2210, folder 9
Outside Employment
1938 June 20-1963 May 27
Scope and Content
Correspondence concerning teachers holding other jobs after regular school assignments.
box 2128, folder 5
Petitions to the Board
1969 May 8
Scope and Contents
Petitions signed by certificated employees and presented to the Board by Larry Sibelman.
Petitioners ask the Board to take the following action if the tax measure on the April ballot fails to obtain the necessary
vote of the electorate: 1.) No cuts in the educational program; 2.) Implement the AFT proposal for a fully-funded retirement
program; 3.) Obtain money from state surplus for educational programs; and 4.) Lobby for legislative action to change the
method of financing schools to relieve the tax burden of residential property owners.
box 2119, folder 1-2, box 2210, folder 11-13
Physical Examinations
1933 April 3-1985 June 17
Scope and Contents
Authorizations and correspondence with doctors concerning physical examinations of certificated employees who are over 65
years of age.
Materials also include correspondence concerning chest x-rays for tuberculosis examinations.
box 2210, folder 10
Physicians
1990 March 12-1990 October 15
Scope and Content
Personnel and Schools Committee Communication concerning the establishment of the Senior Physician class and an Educational
Development and Student Life Committee Communication concerning the reorganization of physician services and student medical
services.
box 2213, folder 8
Point System
1949 September 8-1983 June 20
Scope and Content
Board Rules, excerpts from Minutes and Standing Committee Communications related to the District's salary point system. A
point as determined in the salary schedule is unit of measurement of preparation, training or special service. Accumulation
of points allows employees to advance on the salary schedule
box 2210, folder 14, box 2189, box 2163, box 2202, folder 2-3, box 2129, box 2194, box 2125, box 2126, box 2160, box 2161
Principal and Vice Principal
1934 September 24-1999 June 22
Scope and Contents
Box 2,125-2,126: Materials include form letters to new principals, bulletins regarding filing applications for evaluation
of of principals and vice principals, The Probationary Teacher: A Handbook of Information for Principals, Annual Report from
the Los Angeles Junior High School Principals' Association, protest correspondence against the transfer of principals, petitions
for the removal, appointment and retention of principals, policies and procedures for the selection of administrators (1934-1971).
Box 2,129: Transcripts of statements in opposition to budget cuts in elementary school principal assignments, community correspondence
concerning the appointment and retention of principals and petitions against part-time principals due to budget cuts (1971-1975).
Box 2,160-2,161: Correspondence concerning the John Adams Junior High School Principal and the Pacoima Elementary School Principal
(1975-1982).
Box 2,163 and 2,189: Standing Committee Reports and Communications concerning the approval of Assistant Principal elections,
petitions for the retention of the Luther Burbank Junior High School Assistant Principal (1974-1988).
Box 2,194 and 2,210: Standing Committee Reports and Communications pertaining to the elections of Principals (1983-1995).
Box 2,202: Standing Committee Reports and Communications pertaining to the elections of Assistant Principals (1988-1999).
box 2216, folder 4, box 2211, folder 1
Professional Development Plan
1988 April 25-1991 February 4
Scope and Content
Copies of District Intern Professional Development Plan proposals.
box 2211, folder 2
Professional Growth Activities
1990 November 5-1990 November 19
Scope and Content
Educational Development and Student Life Committee Communication concerning the proposed use of pupil free days for professional
growth activities.
box 2211, folder 3
Proficiency Test Requirements
1982 March 1-1982 December 6
Scope and Content
Committee of the Whole Reports and Communications concerning personnel proficiency requirements.
box 2211, folder 4
Promotions
1967 December 19-1985 October 21
Scope and Content
Report of a Study of Certificated Promotional Policies and Procedures, A Description of the Elementary School Administrator
Development Program and copies of related Board Rules.
box 2196, folder 3
Rating-In
1934 August 23-1972 June 12
Scope and Content
Committee Reports and Communications concerning employees' rating in on the salary schedule for approved training and experience.
box 2211, folder 5, box 2196, folder 1-2
Ratings
1952 January 7-1992 July 28
Scope and Content
Standing Committee Reports, proposals and correspondence concerning the performance evaluation and assessment of certificated
employees. Individual cases include correspondence from teachers who received unsatisfactory ratings for reasons such as teaching
religion and morality and for paddling students.
box 2195, box 2211, folder 6-9
Recruitment
1945-1993
Scope and Content
Box 2,195: Correspondence, Bulletins and Reports concerning teacher recruitment including a Report on Current Certificated
Salaries in California Cities and in Larger United States Cities. Materials include Board meeting Minutes which document a
presentation on teacher recruitment with attached comparative salary and education graphs. Records also include teacher recruitment
brochures, pamphlets, booklets and articles (1948-1966).
Box 2,211: Copy of "Permanently Injured" by Edmund Bradley, a booklet on the District's educational inequities and the Afro-American
community, District Teacher Recruitment Program publications, an organization survey of the Personnel Division's Recruitment
and Examination Section and a copy of the Board's Annual Report of 1903-1904 regarding the selection of new teachers (1945-1993).
box 2212, folder 1-3
Reduction In Force
1980 February 11-1993 October 4
Scope and Content
Committee of the Whole Reports concerning Reduction In Force notices for employee terminations.
box 2212, folder 4
Reemployment
1991 June 3
Scope and Content
Copy of a Board Resolution concerning the reemployment of District employees who were terminated as a result of a reduction
in force.
box 2196, folder 4
Registrars
1966 June 6-1974 August 15
Scope and Content
Presentation to the Board by the Los Angeles City Schools Registrars' Association, correspondence and petitions urging the
retention of Registrars at various school sites.
box 2212, folder 7-8
Reinstatement
1940 December 26-1966 November 21
Scope and Content
Board Rules, correspondence and eligibility lists concerning the reinstatement of elementary and secondary teachers.
box 2202, folder 1
Reports - Operations
1957-1961
Scope and Content
Memoranda, Reports and Bulletins from the Personnel Division, Operations Branch.
box 2180, box 2213, folder 1-3, box 2198, folder 1-2
Resignations
1951 May 14-1992 June 25
Scope and Contents
Committee of the Whole Reports which recommend approval of resignations, most of which are for retirement.
Box 2,180: (1951-1984).
Box 2,198: (1984-1987).
Box 2,213: (1987-1992).
box 2140, folder 3-4, box 2213, folder 4-7, box 2139
Retirement - State
1936 August 24-2000 April 25
Scope and Contents
Correspondence requesting the Board to fully fund the teachers' retirement system, reports concerning the State Teachers'
Retirement System, proposals for retirement benefit improvements, proposed study of the District Retirement System and Summary
prepared by the Personnel Division of Retirement and Related Benefits for Certificated Employees.
Box 2,139: (1936-1972).
Box 2,140: (1972-1974).
Box 2,213: (1974-2000).
box 2215, folder 1-5, box 2214, box 2142, box 2143, box 2144, box 2145, box 2146, box 2176, box 2177, box 2178, box 2179, box 2181, box 2182, box 2183, box 2184, box 2185, box 2186
Salary
1929-2000
Scope and Contents
Box 2,142: Salary rates, charts, policies, classifications, requests for adjustments, salary proposals from various associations,
Los Angeles Teachers Association Analysis of Certificated Salary Practices in Los Angeles City Schools, Personnel Division
Salary Survey Data for Determination of Certificated Salaries (1935-1959).
Box 2,143: Salaries for Teachers Survey presented to the Board by Affiliated Teacher Organizations of Los Angeles, correspondence
from the Negotiating Council to the Board regarding the continuation of Friday paydays and American Federation of Teachers
(AFT) Bulletins including AFT Local 1021, "Why Teachers Need a Salary Reallocation Upward" (1953-1966).
Box 2,144: Press releases on salary increases, Inter-Office Correspondence from Superintendent Crowther to the Board regarding
teacher walkout, report from the Los Angeles School Counselors' Association, press releases announcing the results of an independent
appraisal of the District's teacher salary structure and letters of protest from community college instructors (1966-1968).
Box 2,145: Salary schedules, rates, in-service training reviews, Board Rules, policies, applications and charts related to
the District's salary point system. A point as determined in the salary schedule is unit of measurement of preparation, training
or special service. Accumulation of points allows employees to advance on the salary schedule (1946-1974).
Box 2,146: Distribution tables of Principals, Vice-Principals and Teachers' Salary Schedules, correspondence concerning fees
for point projects, In-Service Education Catalogues of Projects and Schedules of Point Projects (1938-1963).
Box 2,176-2,178: Board Rules, correspondence, proposals and reports pertaining to salary rates, schedules, and increases and
reductions (1968-1976).
Box 2,179: Personnel Division Communications concerning Allocation Rules to salary schedules and Committee of the Whole Reports
regarding agreements for in-service teacher trainings (1944-1978).
Box 2,181-2,185: Correspondence, Standing Committee Reports and Communications regarding salary schedules, rates and a salary
increase petition and report to the Board from Affiliated Teacher Organizations of Los Angeles (1929-1979).
Box 2,186: Standing Committee Reports and Communications concerning salary schedules, Salary Survey Reports, copy of a teachers'
salary opinion poll and individual legal cases and investigations (1954-1974).
Box 2,214: Board Rule regarding progressive advancement within the class for employees in positions requiring certification
qualifications, Law and Rules Committee Communication concerning salary step advancement and a School-Based Administrator
Compensation Study (1938-2000).
Box 2,215: Salary schedules and rates (1973-1989).
box 2164, folder 1-4
Salary Survey
1946 June 5-1965 January 25
Scope and Contents
Certificated Salary Survey Reports, Certificated Survey Data for Determination of Certificated Salaries and Affiliated Teacher
Organizations of Los Angeles (ATOLA) Salary Requests for Certificated Employees.
box 2164, folder 5
Saturday Classes
1945 August 13-1969 July 7
Scope and Contents
Personnel and Schools Committee Communications concerning Saturday classes.
box 2215, folder 8
Seniority
1981 January 5-1981 February 9
Scope and Content
Committee of the Whole Communications concerning the validation of personnel seniority data.
box 2164, folder 10
Social Worker
1959 April 6-1960 March 14
Scope and Contents
Business Division Communications recommending that the Board enter into an agreement with the University of Southern California
for a program of supervised field experience for University students working toward a Pupil Personnel Services Credential
in Social Work.
box 2215, folder 9
Sojourn Employees
1987 August 24
Scope and Content
Copy of a Board Resolution concerning the employment of sojourn certificated employees for bilingual teaching positions.
box 2216, folder 1-2, box 2197, folder 3-4
Specialist
1980 September 15-1991 August 5
Scope and Content
Personnel Division Communications and Committee of the Whole Reports concerning elections and reduction in force for Specialist
positions.
box 2215, folder 10
Special Reports - Meet and Confer Sessions
1973 April 26-1993 April 5
Scope and Content
LAUSD generated reports focused on the issues and proposals discussed during deliberations between the District and the Certificated
Employee Council.
box 2148, folder 6
Specifications
1962 May 28-1962 June 25
Scope and Contents
Personnel and School Committee Communications concerning specifications for class of Junior College President.
box 2216, folder 5, box 2165
Staff Integration
1975 December 1-1986 August 21
Scope and Contents
Correspondence concerning the District's voluntary Staff Integration program adopted by the Board on January 6, 1975, Staff
Integration Proposal as required by the Office of Civil Rights during a meeting with the District on March 5, 1976 to balance
teaching staff on the basis of ethnicity, petitions and correspondence regarding this mandatory transfer of teachers.
box 2147, box 2216, folder 6-7, box 2127
Strikes
1970 January 12-1993 February 15
Scope and Contents
Box 2,127: Petitions and correspondence concerning a teacher's strike which include a copy of a letter from twenty-four student
body presidents to the Board, Governor Ronald Reagan and the California State Legislature which describes the gradual deterioration
of the schools and supports the teachers on strike. Materials also include a copy of a negotiating package between United
Teachers Los Angeles and the Los Angeles City Schools (1970 Jan.-Apr.).
Box 2,147: Petitions from non-striking teachers and concerned citizens in support of the Board's opposition to the UTLA strike,
correspondence from students asking for their teachers back, copy of Agreement Between the District and the Negotiating Council
and Strike Information Bulletins from Superintendent Kelly (1970 May-July).
Box 2,216: LAUSD Message to All Certificated Employees Regarding Threatened UTLA Boycott of Grading Duties, correspondence
from UTLA and students expressing their feelings about the strike (1970-1993).
box 2128, folder 1-4, box 2138, box 2140, folder 1-2
Substitutes and Probationary
1935 September 12-1975 March 24
Scope and Contents
Policies and Board Rules concerning salary schedules for substitute teachers and probationary employees.
Box 2,128: (1935-1964).
Box 2,138: (1964-1973).
Box 2,140: (1973-1975).
box 2170, folder 1-4, box 2140, folder 5, box 2216, folder 9
Supervisors
1945 September 10-1992 June 25
Scope and Contents
Personnel Division Communications concerning the classification and reclassification of Supervisors, Board Rules, Statements
of Duty and correspondence regarding budget cuts and the elimination of supervisory staff.
Box 2,140: (1945-1964).
Box 2,170: (1964-1980).
Box 2,216: (1980-1992).
box 2171, box 2170, folder 5-6
Survey
1959 October 15-1968 September 5
Scope and Contents
Administrative Survey Report, Progress Report on the Superintendent's Survey of Administration and Supervision Within the
Los Angeles City School System, transcriptions of Board meeting discussions on the aforementioned Superintendent's Survey,
"Decentralizing Administrative Functions in Large School Districts" text of paper, Structure Charts and Organizing For Tomorrow's
Educational Needs: Report Upon Survey of Administration and Supervision Within the Los Angeles City School System.
box 2164, folder 6
Tape Recording
1973 November 28-1973 December 6
Scope and Contents
Correspondence to Board President Bardos from United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA) President Bob Unruhe requesting that administrators
cease and desist from taping classroom teachers and children without proper consent and that eavesdropping on the part of
administrators be subject to immediate dismissal.
box 2187, box 2141, box 2198, folder 3-4, box 2216, folder 8, box 2130, box 2166, box 2167, box 2168, box 2169, box 2217, box 2218, box 2219, box 2220
Teachers
1935 January 21-1999 June 29
Scope and Content
Box 2,130: Correspondence urging guarantees for all teachers such as fully paid sabbatical leave, health and dental plan,
personal and sick leave and class size reduction. Materials also include letters and surveys presented to the Board from faculty
associations regarding teacher contracts. Faculty surveys of services withheld if teachers do not receive a written contract
include the following responses: 1.) Withhold services in September; 2.) Strike; 3.) Take sick leave; 4.) Take personal leave;
and 5.) Accept terms of Board (1937-1969).
Box 2,141: Teachers' Aides materials include petitions from a Community Support Group urging reinstatement of an Aide, salary
tables and correspondence concerning a comprehensive evaluation of the L.A. City Schools Education Aide Program by an educational
research, development and evaluation services consulting firm (1965-1975).
Box 2,166: Correspondence of support for Sal Castro from Lincoln Heights merchants, community members and parents, a copy
of "Los Angeles . . . We Must Rule the Schools!" publication and a Students Talk Against Militant Pressure (STAMP) flyer demanding
that all Brown Berets and outsiders get off campus and leave Lincoln High alone. Materials also include Superintendent Johnston's
Progress Report on the voluntary and mandatory plans for the racial and ethnic balance of certificated staff (1946-1974).
Box 2,167: Adopted Personnel and Schools Committee Report and attached certificated Staff Integration program proposal, copies
of Miramonte School parents and community petition to Judge Paul Egly requesting relief from overcrowding, restoration of
terminated teachers and P.S.A. counselor, correspondence supporting Dr. Nava's statements before Judge Egly regarding District
teachers which includes samples of racist slurs made by Area A certificated personnel and recorded by a Bandini Street School
Chicano teacher and booklet, Teacher Recognition and Morale: A Beginning (1974-1982).
Box 2,168: Correspondence, proposals, reports and Board member statements concerning the Teacher Transfer Policy and the integration
of District teachers. Materials also include a file on reserve teachers, correspondence regarding a march and demonstration
from the Plaza near Olvera Street to the Administrative offices in support of Sal Castro and petitions against the Board's
decision to readmit Castro to his classroom (1951-1969).
Box 2,169: Policies, Board Rules, petitions and statements to the Board concerning salary schedules for substitute teachers
and probationary employees and Personnel Division Communications regarding Specialist positions (1965-1980).
Box 2,187: Standing Committee Reports and Communications concerning Teachers' Aides and Assistants including historical information
on Education and Instructional Aides classifications (1959-1986).
Box 2,198: Report of teacher assignments and credential authorizations, memorandum on Stull evaluations and copies of addresses
to the Board on Lack of Air Conditioning in Classrooms and Positive Motivation and a Better School District (1982-1988).
Box 2,216: Standing Committee Reports and Communications concerning student teacher programs (1966-1975).
Box 2,217-2,220: Materials concerning the following teaching positions: adult education, auxiliary, bilingual, children's
center, conditional, coordinating training, demonstration, displaced, driver training, exchange, educationally handicapped,
trainees, District Interns, mentor, music, physical education, probationary, provisional, replacement, resource, special education,
studio, substitute, summer, temporary, Urban Classroom and year-round (1935-1999).
box 2207, folder 11
Teacher Time
1962 June 18-1968 August 22
Scope and Content
Committee of the Whole Communications and related correspondence concerning teacher time out of the classroom and supplemental
pay for teachers as compensation of extra curricular leadership in secondary schools.
box 2164, folder 9
Terminology
1946-February 25-1961 August 17
Scope and Contents
Personnel Division Communications concerning terminology clarifications such as the definition of a working day for head teachers
in Child Care Centers and modification of status and salary schedule designations for certificated assignments.
box 2221, folder 1
Unpaid Days/Time
1990 June 29-1993 January 21
Scope and Content
Inter-office correspondence and memoranda concerning furlough plans and unpaid time.
box 2221, folder 2
Unsatisfactory Performance
1984 February 21
Scope and Content
Personnel and Schools Committee Communication concerning new Board Rule 1975: Probationary Certificated Dismissal Procedure.
box 2221, folder 3-4
Vacation
1935 January 25-1999 May 25
Scope and Content
Board Rules, correspondence and Standing Committee Communications concerning vacation and payment.
box 2148, folder 7
Visiting Days
1948 January 15-1948 January 27
Scope and Contents
Committee of the Whole Report and Superintendent's Bulletin regarding the reestablishment of visiting days for teachers. Visiting
Days were suspended during the war and the return of this practice allows teachers to visit another school or educational
program for a partial or full day once a year without loss of pay.
box 2164, folder 8
War Emergency Teachers
1939 May 15-1951 August 9
Scope and Contents
Personnel Bulletins and Communications concerning the status and benefits of War Emergency teachers.
box 2164, folder 7
Welfare Teachers
1946 June 27-1956 June 18
Scope and Contents
Correspondence concerning the salary differential granted to some teachers in Welfare Schools and not to others. Welfare Classes
and Welfare Schools were designed by the District to meet the educational needs of emotionally disturbed and/or maladjusted
pupils.
box 2221, folder 5
Workshops
1956 February 6-1985 July 15
Scope and Content
Standing Committee Communications concerning agreements for staff development workshops.
box 2272, folder 1
Accounting Series
1980 September 2-1990 January 16
Scope and Contents
Personnel Commission Communications concerning approvals of classification actions pertaining to the Accounting Series.
box 2272, folder 5
Administrator
1985 November 18-1992 June 25
Scope and Contents
Personnel and Schools Reports and Communications concerning senior management positions.
box 2272, folder 2-4, box 2279, folder 14
Administrative Analysis and Assistance Series
1983 May 9-1990 December 3
Scope and Contents
Personnel Commission Communications concerning approvals of classification actions pertaining to the Administrative Analysis
and Assistance Series.
box 2272, folder 6
Affirmative Action Program
1975 April 21-1977 October 10
Scope and Contents
Copy of the Affirmative Action Program and Equal Opportunity Policy for District personnel.
box 2272, folder 7
Age Limits
1985 April 18-1986 June 23
Scope and Contents
Amendments to Board and Personnel Commission Rules concerning age limits for employment.
box 2272, folder 8-9, box 2275, folder 10
Aides
1973 March 1-1992 June 15
Scope and Contents
Box 2,272: Bulletins, Memoranda and Standing Committee Reports concerning classroom aides (1973-1992).
Box 2,275: Memoranda and correspondence concerning Education Aides (1978-1985).
box 2272, folder 10
Analyst
1988 April 18-1990 June 28
Scope and Contents
Standing Committee Reports concerning the following positions: Senior Planning Analyst, Affirmative Action Analyst and Senior
Energy Conservation Analyst.
box 2272, folder 11-12
Apprentice
1957-1990
Scope and Contents
Standing Committee Reports and Communications concerning apprenticeship training agreements and the District's apprentice
program including NAACP correspondence about the participation of Negroes in this program.
box 2273, folder 1
Architectural and Engineering Series
1983 May 2-1990 November 19
Scope and Contents
Personnel and Schools Committee Reports concerning Architectural and Engineering Series classification actions.
box 2274, folder 4, box 2273, folder 2-5, box 2275, folder 3-8
Assignments
1935 October 3-1992 September 1
Scope and Contents
Box 2,273-2,274: Bulletins, Memoranda and Standing Committee Reports concerning assignment bases and procedures (1935-1991).
Box 2,275: Standing Committee Reports for the following assignments: limited term, long-term substitutes, provisional, multiple,
Civic Center and concurrent (1937-1992).
box 2274, folder 11
Audio Visual Aids Series
1986 November 17-1986 November 24
Scope and Contents
Personnel and Schools Committee Reports and Communications concerning approval of Audio Visual Aids Series classification
actions.
box 2274, folder 12
Auditor
1990 January 8-1990 January 16
Scope and Contents
Personnel and Schools Committee Report concerning establishment of auditor class.
box 2274, folder 13
Broadcasting Series
1989 August 21-1989 August 28
Scope and Contents
Personnel and Schools Committee Reports and Communications concerning approval of Broadcasting Series classification actions.
box 2274, folder 15
Business and Administrative Series
1983 May 9-1993 June 28
Scope and Contents
Personnel and Schools Committee Reports and Communications concerning approval of Business and Administrative Series classification
actions.
box 2282, folder 4-6
Chauffeurs
1935 October 7-1991 August 25
Scope and Contents
Standing Committee Reports regarding chauffeur service for the Superintendent and Board members. Chauffeur (sergeant-at-arms)
class descriptions, transcript of a portion of a Personnel Commission discussion of racial discrimination in the classification
of chauffeurs and a Daily News article, "Private Errands at Public Cost: L.A. School Board Using Drivers on Personal Tasks."
box 2282, folder 1-2, box 2281, folder 14-15, box 2266, box 2270, folder 2-6, box 2274, folder 16, box 2222, box 2223, box 2224, box 2225, box 2226, box 2227, box 2235, box 2236, box 2260, box 2261, box 2262
Classification and Salary
1936-1990
Scope and Content
Box 2,222-2,225: Working Rules and Bylaws of the Classified Employee Relations Council, List of Recognized Classified Organizations,
Organization Charts and Standing Committee Communications concerning the establishment of classifications, salary schedules
and rates (1936-1967).
Box 2,226: Individual employee cases concerning matters such as incompetency investigations, salary disputes and discrimination.
Cases are organized alphabetically by last name of employee (1937-1942).
Box 2,227, 2,235-2,236: Standing Committee Communications concerning salary rates, amendment to Personnel Commission Rules,
classifications and reclassifications of positions (1958-1969).
Box 2,260: Class Title and Salary Schedule Summaries, salary payment corrections and requests for classification and salary
studies (1947-1982).
Box 2,261-2,262: Standing Committee Reports and Communications concerning salary rates, adjustments, classifications and reclassifications
of positions (1969-1980).
Box 2,266: Personnel Commission Communications concerning reclassification of positions and classes, abolishment of classes,
reallocation of classes and Personnel Commission Rule amendments. Materials include a list of class titles and salary rates
(1979-1987).
Box 2,270: Class Title and Salary Schedules and Class Titles and Salary Rates Manuals and Updates (1976-1990).
Box 2,274: Standing Committee Reports (1987-1996).
Box 2,281: Class Titles and Salary Schedules (1965-1971).
Box 2,282: Class Titles and Salary Schedules (1970-19777).
box 2280, folder 16
Class Promotion
1963 January 2-1984 November 19
Scope and Contents
Personnel Commission amendments to promotion rule and District publications concerning lines of promotion for classified service
careers.
box 2229, folder 1-3, box 2249, folder 1-4, box 2275, folder 1-2, box 2248, folder 3-4, box 2274, folder 3
Clerks
1935 August 26-1990 November 19
Scope and Contents
Memoranda and Standing Committee Communications concerning equipment, salaries and duties of clerical positions.
Box 2,229: (1935-1977).
Box 2,248: (1977-1982).
Box 2,249: Reports on reserve clerical positions and clerical norms (1935-1970).
Box 2,274: Bulletins regarding clerical norms for elementary schools and community adult schools (1983-1989).
Box 2,275: Standing Committee Reports concerning the Clerical Series (1982-1990).
box 2274, folder 5
Communications and Records Series
1982 August 23-1984 October 1
Scope and Contents
Personnel and Schools Committee Reports and Communications concerning approval of Communications and Records Series classification
actions.
box 2274, folder 6, box 2278, folder 11
Confidential
1984 January 19-1986 August 25
Scope and Contents
Salary rates for confidential classes and Committee of the Whole Communications concerning investigator positions.
box 2274, folder 8
Construction, Maintenance and Repair Series
1982 October 11-1989 September 11
Scope and Contents
Personnel and Schools Committee Reports and Communications concerning approval of Construction, Maintenance and Repair Series
classification actions.
box 2274, folder 7
Coordinator
1986 July 28-1989 January 23
Scope and Content
Personnel and Schools Committee Reports and Communications concerning coordinator positions.
box 2274, folder 9, 14, box 2239
Custodians
1925 January 26-1992 July 29
Scope and Contents
Custodial and Gardening Standards Report of a Study, Bulletins on custodial duties, Los Angeles Times article on five employees
who signed a recording contract with Capitol Records as "The Custodians," correspondence requesting custodians and protesting
cutbacks, Custodial Standards and Allotments Report, Building and Grounds Worker class description and Personnel and Schools
Committee Reports regarding approval of Custodial and Ground Operations Series classification actions.
box 2273, folder 6
Data Processing Series
1982 August 9-1989 January 23
Scope and Contents
Personnel and Schools Committee Reports and Communications concerning Data Processing Series classification actions.
box 2273, folder 7
Demotions
1978 August 7-1999 October 12
Scope and Contents
Committee of the Whole Reports concerning demotion approvals.
box 2274, folder 1
Differential
1979 October 29-1990 August 13
Scope and Contents
Bulletins, Memoranda and Standing Committee Reports concerning salary differentials.
box 2274, folder 2
Director
1982 May 24-1990 September 17
Scope and Contents
Standing Committee Reports concerning Director positions.
box 2275, folder 9
Disciplinary Action
1980-1991
Scope and Contents
Copies of Business Division booklet, A Positive Approach to Classified Employee Discipline which includes sections such as
"Can Arrested Employees Remain on the Job?," "Refusal to Do Work Not in the Job Description" and "Don't Pass the Buck."
box 2228, folder 1-2, box 2275, folder 11
Eligibility Lists
1934 September 11-1971 June 3
Scope and Contents
Eligibility lists for various assignment areas and copies of related Personnel Commission Rules.
box 2240, box 2249, folder 5-13, box 2276, folder 2-4, box 2278, folder 5
Employment
1934 November 8-1993 January 13
Scope and Content
Box 2,240: Amendments of Board Rules concerning areas such as assignment, promotion, seniority and transfers and Engineers
and Architects Association correspondence in opposition to "rating-in" employees (1935-1977).
Box 2,249: Copies of Board Rules concerning employment applications, fingerprinting, oath of allegiance, loyalty affirmation,
reemployment, disability and retirement. Materials also include new employee information booklets (1934-1976).
Box 2,276: Inter-office correspondence concerning unacceptable employment practices, Bulletins regarding employment of the
handicapped and of student integration helpers, copy of revision to the Affirmative Action Program and Equal Opportunity Policy
for District personnel, procedures pertaining to layoff and reemployment and employment of retired personnel (1980-1993).
Box 2,278: Copy of notes from the Superintendent's Advisory Council concerning credit information requested from the Personnel
Division and a Personnel Division Communication regarding letters of recommendation for personnel (1937-1951).
box 2276, folder 8-9, box 2228, folder 3-4
Examination Procedure
1935 September 16-1991 April 24
Scope and Contents
Amendments to Board Rules concerning examination procedures, informal Board meeting notes, flow charts illustrating exam steps
and sample application and test forms.
box 2276, folder 1
Employee Recognition Day
1983 April 26-1983 April 25
Scope and Contents
Copy of a Board Resolution to establish a Classified Employee Recognition Day.
box 2277, folder 1
Financial Manager
1946 June 27-1983 December 5
Scope and Contents
Classification and Salary Study of Three Financial Manager Classes and Committee of the Whole Communications.
box 2277, folder 2
Food Services Series
1982 October 18-1993 January 22
Scope and Contents
Memoranda and Standing Committee Reports concerning Food Services positions.
box 2277, folder 3
Fringe Benefits
1960 May 2-1997 June 2
Scope and Contents
Budget proposals and reports regarding fringe benefits and salary recommendations for classified employees.
box 2277, folder 4
Gardener
1960 January 14-1987 October 26
Scope and Contents
Bulletins, Standing Committee Reports and correspondence concerning school landscape standards and gardeners.
box 2277, folder 5-6
Grievance Procedures
1947 February 3-1985 August 26
Scope and Contents
Standing Committee Reports and correspondence concerning the District's grievance procedures.
box 2277, folder 7
Health Exams
1939 October 12-1990 May 7
Scope and Contents
District policies concerning health examinations and procedures.
box 2278, folder 1
Health Services
1982 June 20-1990 June 1
Scope and Contents
Policies, guidelines and procedures relating to students and employees with AIDS/HIV infections and Personnel and Schools
Committee Reports concerning Health Series classification approvals.
box 2271, box 2241, box 2242, box 2243, box 2244, box 2245, box 2246, box 2263, box 2264, box 2265
Hearings
1946-1990
Scope and Contents
Personnel Division correspondence and copies of Hearing Officer decisions concerning cases of employee appeals for matters
such as discipline, suspension and dismissal.
Box 2,241-2,246: Files are alphabetically organized by employee's last name and then arranged chronologically.
Box 2,241: A-C (1949-1984).
Box 2,242: D-G (1946-1984).
Box 2,243: H-K (1947-1984).
Box 2,244: L-O Includes a letter from the Mexican-American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF) alleging discrimination
against Mexican-Americans in employment and hiring (1948-1984).
Box 2,245: P-S (1952-1984).
Box 2,246: T-Z (1953-1984).
Box 2,263-2,265 and 2,270: Files are organized chronologically.
Box 2,263: (1985-1987).
Box 2,264: (1987-1988).
Box 2,265: (1988-1990).
Box 2,271: General Investigations file (1953-1984) and Hearings files (1990-1991).
box 2278, folder 2-3
Holidays
1937 August 26-1992 September 11
Scope and Contents
Memoranda and Bulletins concerning work hours and paid holidays.
box 2252, folder 5-6
Institute
1942 December 14-1966 June 24
Scope and Content
Personnel Division Bulletins and Communications concerning classified personnel institutes.
box 2278, folder 4
Identification
1946 May 25-1959 December 17
Scope and Contents
Bulletins regarding Employee Identification Cards.
box 2278, folder 6-8
In-Service Training
1938 June 27-1975 August 28
Scope and Contents
Bulletins and evaluations for in-service trainings and copies of Top Job: A Career Planning Handbook for Classified Employees.
box 2278, folder 9
Instructional Assistance Series
1982 October 11-1992 June 15
Scope and Contents
Personnel and Schools Committee Reports and Communications concerning approval of Instructional Assistance Series classification
actions.
box 2278, folder 10
Instructional Series
1990 August 13-1990 August 20
Scope and Contents
Committee of the Whole Report and Personnel Commission Communication concerning establishment of new Instructional Series
classes.
box 2238
Investigations
1943-1964
Scope and Contents
Box 2,238: Informal Board meeting notes on Warehouse Investigation, black and white photos of warehouse supplies, Report Upon
Special Studies of Warehousing of Supplies and Equipment, individual files for warehouse employees under investigation which
include Personnel Division dismissals, Personnel Commission Guide on Discipline, Board's Report on Police Investigation and
Peremptory Writ of Mandate for Mary T. Ahlstedt v. Board (1943-1964).
box 2278, folder 12
Labor Action
1980 June 11-1980 June 23
Scope and Contents
Copies of Personnel Commission Rules concerning "Concerted Labor Action" which is defined as, "Any strike, picketing, sickout,
slow-down, stoppage or other refusal by employees, individually or collectively, in connection with a labor dispute, to perform
the services for which they are employed."
box 2276, folder 5-7, box 2229, folder 4, box 2248, folder 1-2, box 2267, box 2247, box 2269, folder 1-2
Layoffs, Suspensions and Dismissals
1934 August 22-2000 January 11
Scope and Contents
Procedures for layoff, suspension and dismissal of classified employees, correspondence concerning summer layoffs and amendments
to Personnel Commission Rules.
Box 2,229: (1967-1975).
Box 2,247: (1934-1979).
Box 2,248: (1979-1982).
Box 2,267: (1982-1987).
Box 2,269: (1987-1989).
Box 2,276: (1989-2000).
box 2252, folder 7
Leadman
1957 August 19-1961 August 3
Scope and Content
Personnel Commission Communications concerning leadman designations and assignments.
box 2252, folder 1-4, box 2279, folder 1-12, box 2251, box 2278, folder 13
Leave of Absence
1934 August 22-1990 January 22
Scope and Content
Leave of Absence correspondence, reports and Board Rules related to issues such as illness, bereavement, acts of violence,
maternity and military service.
box 2279, folder 13
Longevity
1954 July 15-1988 April 11
Scope and Contents
Personnel Commission correspondence and Committee of the Whole Reports concerning the District's Longevity-Pay for long-service
employee recognition.
box 2279, folder 15-17
Management Class
1967 July 6-1999 June 29
Scope and Contents
Standing Committee Reports concerning Management Class positions and Personnel Commission correspondence regarding management
development.
box 2279, folder 18
Medical Exam Review Board
1982 August 30-1982 September 13
Scope and Contents
Personnel Commission Communication concerning amendment of Personnel Commission rule pertaining to procedures for employee
appeals to health and medical decisions.
box 2279, folder 19
Merit System
1948 June 1-1982 February 1
Scope and Contents
Merit System and Related Provisions of the Education Code of the State of California report and Report and Recommendation
on the Inquiry into the Examination Procedures and Operation of the Merit System of the Los Angeles City School System.
box 2280, folder 1
Nepotism
1943 April 14-1999 May 25
Scope and Contents
Amendments and Modifications to Personnel Commission Rule concerning nepotism.
box 2280, folder 2
Nonschool Positions
1990 August 10
Scope and Contents
Office of the Superintendent Memorandum regarding the freeze on nonschool positions.
box 2280, folder 3
Norms
1990 August 21-1993 November 1
Scope and Contents
Norm tables based on enrollment.
box 2280, folder 4-5, box 2281, folder 1
Officer
1980 May 2-1987 April 27
Scope and Contents
Class descriptions for Security Agents and Officers. Officer is the former title for Security Agent. Materials also include
Personnel and Schools Committee Reports concerning the Protective Series.
box 2280, folder 6-8
Outplacement Services
1990 April 11-1990 November 21
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and informative reports regarding staff plans to provide outplacement services for laid-off classified employees.
box 2280, folder 9-11, box 2230, box 2231, box 2250
Overtime Reports and Rates
1938 March 30-1992 June 15
Scope and Contents
Overtime Reports and rates prepared by the Controlling Division. Materials also include amended Personnel Commission rules
pertaining to overtime.
Box 2,230: (1942-1969).
Box 2,231: (1943-1976).
Box 2,250: (1938-1978).
Box 2,280: (1969-1992).
box 2280, folder 12
Performance Reports
1944 February 17-1986 April 7
Scope and Contents
Bulletins and Memoranda pertaining to performance reports, ratings and evaluations.
box 2252, folder 8
Perquisites
1953 March 2-1960 March 31
Scope and Content
Personnel Commission Communications regarding amendments to Perquisites rules for items such as meals, uniforms, pins and
certificates.
box 2280, folder 14
Personnel Procedures
1985 May 15
Scope and Contents
Copies of Classified Personnel Procedures such as voluntary reductions in class, status and time.
box 2280, folder 13
Personnel Series
1982 August 25-1996 Novemeber 18
Scope and Contents
Personnel Commission classification actions for its Personnel Series.
box 2280, folder 15
Plant Manager
Scope and Content
Personnel and Schools Committee Reports and Communications concerning approval of Plant Manager classification actions.
box 2281, folder 2
Public Service Employee
1980 September 22-1981 September 14
Scope and Contents
Personnel Commission Communications concerning Public Service Employees.
box 2281, folder 3
Purchasing and Storekeeping Series
1983 May 9-1990 June 25
Scope and Contents
Personnel and Schools Committee Reports concerning Purchasing and Storekeeping Series classification actions.
box 2281, folder 4
Rating-in
1984 March 26-1984 April 2
Scope and Contents
Personnel and Schools Committee Communication concerning the establishment of Personnel Commission Rule, Rating-in of Eligibles
in Specified Classes.
box 2281, folder 5
Reassignments
1991 April 15-1991 May 6
Scope and Contents
Memorandum of Understanding with the California School Employees Association, Chapter 500, Exclusive Representative for Unit
D which includes information pertaining to employee reassignment.
box 2281, folder 6
Recreation Series
1982 November 22-1987 July 6
Scope and Contents
Salary Rates for Recreation Series positions.
box 2281, folder 7
Recruitment
1951 July 25-1964 April 23
Scope and Contents
Bulletins and correspondence concerning the District's recruitment of classified personnel.
box 2281, folder 8
Reduction in Force
1980 June 9-1991 March 4
Scope and Contents
Memoranda and Standing Committee Communications concerning Reduction in Force of classified positions.
box 2281, folder 9
Reinstatement
1982 March 29-1985 December 1
Scope and Contents
Copies of Classified Personnel Procedure for employee reinstatement.
box 2281, folder 11
Retirement/Resignation
1980 June 30-1996 October 21
Scope and Contents
Bulletins, Memoranda and Rules concerning retirement and resignation.
box 2281, folder 10
Restricted Positions
1980 November 17-1982 January 25
Scope and Contents
Personnel Commission Communications concerning classification actions for restricted positions.
box 2281, folder 12
Safety Officer
1987 October 5-1988 April 11
Scope and Contents
Personnel and Schools Committee Communications concerning the Safety Officer classification.
box 2254, box 2259, folder 1-5, box 2257, box 2258, folder 1-4, box 2237, box 2281, folder 13, box 2256, folder 24-27, box 2269, folder 3-5
Salary
1937 November 18-1996 June 3
Scope and Contents
Salary schedules, recommendations, policies rates, adjustments, surveys and correspondence concerning cost of living increases.
Box 2,237: (1965-1969).
Box 2,254: (1937-1980).
Box 2,256: (1961-1971).
Box 2,257: (1971-1974).
Box 2,258: (1974-1976).
Box 2,259: (1976-1979).
Box 2,269: (1979-1987).
Box 2,281: (1987-1996).
box 2259, folder 6, box 2232, box 2233, box 2234, box 2256, folder 28, box 2258, folder 5-6
Salary Schedule
1937-1979
Scope and Contents
Salary schedules prepared by the Budget Division which include positions and rates. File clerk note indicates that schedules
for years 1948-1950 and 1951-1952 are missing.
Box 2,232-2,234: (1937-1965).
Box 2,256: (1966-1967).
Box 2,258: (1975-1976).
Box 2,259: (1978-1979).
box 2256, folder 1-23, box 2255, box 2270, folder 1
Salary Survey
1943 November 29-1976 March 15
Scope and Contents
Box 2,255: Correspondence, reports and salary surveys (1943-1964).
Box 2,256: Wage and Salary Survey in Los Angeles County (1946-1973).
Box 2,270: Committee of the Whole Communications concerning agreements for salary surveys (1973-1976).
box 2283, folder 1
Seniority
1980 November 5-1981 April 6
Scope and Content
Correspondence and Standing Committee Communications concerning seniority credit and data.
box 2282, folder 3
Senior Management
1985 October 22-2000 March 14
Scope and Contents
Personnel and Schools Committee Reports concerning Senior Management employees.
box 2252, folder 9-10
Service Ratings
1934 November 26-1950 March 29
Scope and Contents
Rating scales, Service Reports and the following booklets: A Constructive Approach to Performance Reporting for the Classified
Service, Information for New Classified Employes, Performance Evaluation and Employee Productivity.
box 2283, folder 2
Special Assistant
1988 March 21
Scope and Content
Personnel Commission Communication concerning the abolishment of the Management Services Administrator title and its reclassification
to the new class of Special Assistant, Business and Financial Services.
box 2283, folder 4
Special Education Trainee
1981 August 24-1982 April 12
Scope and Content
Personnel and Schools Committee Communication concerning the employment of handicapped persons in Special Education Trainee
positions.
box 2283, folder 5
Specialist
1985 June 25-1990 November 19
Scope and Content
Personnel and Schools Committee Reports concerning the establishment of new Specialist classes.
box 2283, folder 3
Special Report
1978 May 16-1992 September 18
Scope and Content
Copies of the LAUSD Special Report of the Negotiation Sessions prepared by the District's Internal Communications Unit.
box 2274, folder 10
Staff Assistant to Board Members
1988 June 6-1988 June 17
Scope and Contents
Committee of the Whole Report authorizing seven Staff Assistant to Board Member positions.
box 2283, folder 6
Strikes
1970 April 23-1993 February 18
Scope and Content
Standing Committee Communications and correspondence concerning classified strikes. Materials include a California School
Employees Association "Field Report" entitled Classified Employees' Rights During Teachers' Strike and a District pamphlet,
Questions and Answers Related to the Teachers' Work Stoppage.
box 2283, folder 7
Student Integration Helper
1982 September 20
Scope and Content
Personnel Division Bulletin regarding the employment of Student Integration Helpers to provide supervision on school buses
which provide transportation to students in the Capacity Adjustment Program (CAP) and Satellite Zone schools.
box 2283, folder 8
Substitutes
1981 February 10-1992 July 8
Scope and Content
Bulletins concerning requests for classified substitute service and related policy.
box 2283, folder 9
Supervisors
1983 December 14-1996 November 18
Scope and Content
Standing Committee Reports concerning Classified Supervisors.
box 2283, folder 10
Technicians
1986 July 28-1988 October 17
Scope and Content
Personnel Commission Communications concerning the reclassification of technician positions.
box 2283, folder 11
Transfers
1986 February 25
Scope and Content
Copies of personnel procedures concerning transfers and changes of assignment.
box 2283, folder 12
Transportation Series
1982 June 28-1991 June 3
Scope and Content
Personnel and Schools Committee Reports concerning Transportation Series classification actions.
box 2283, folder 13
Tuition Reimbursement
1968 March 6-1988 April 11
Scope and Content
Correspondence and Committee of the Whole Reports concerning Personnel Commission Rule 831, Tuition Reimbursement.
box 2283, folder 14
Unpaid Days/Time
1990 June 29-1993 January 21
Scope and Content
Accounting and Disbursements Division memoranda pertaining to time reporting instructions for work furlough and LAUSD Special
Reports on payroll effects of furlough days
box 2253, folder 5-8, box 2283, folder 15-16
Vacation
1932 March 14-1995 February 21
Scope and Contents
Standing Committee Reports and Communications concerning vacation time and pay rates.
box 2284, folder 1
Voluntary Reductions and Returns
1987 August 10
Scope and Content
Classified personnel procedures concerning voluntary reductions in status, class and time and requests for a return to a former
class, status or time.
box 2284, folder 2-3, box 2253, folder 1-2
Wages
1945 July 30-1983 February 28
Scope and Contents
Standing Committee Reports and Communications concerning wage rates.
box 2284, folder 4
Warehouse Trainee Worker
1980 November 12-1982 May 10
Scope and Content
Personnel and Schools Committee Communications pertaining to the Warehouse Trainee classification.
box 2253, folder 3-4
Watchman
1938 November 16-1968 May 27
Scope and Contents
Standing Committee Reports and Communications concerning Security Watchman services including the May 4, 1950 Superintendent
Communication authorizing the deputization and arming of these employees and others engaged in the protection of school property.
box 2284, folder 5
Work Week
1948 May 13-1990 May 7
Scope and Content
Correspondence, Committee of the Whole and Personnel Commission Reports concerning amendments to the Work Week Rule.
Teacher Integration Unit
1963, 1975-2000
Processing Information
Personnel records that contained personally identifiable information were shredded to protect the privacy of the employees.
Biography/History
The Teacher Integration Unit's (T.I.U.) functions and objectives were directly related to maintaining racial/ethnic balance
at all District schools as part of the Teacher Integration Program required by the Office for Civil Rights. T.I.U. Director
Robert E. Searle was responsible for the development and general implementation of a staff integration plan pursuant to directions
from the Superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District. Searle's responsibilities included assisting in planning
the teacher integration program for the L.A.U.S.D., coordinating the activities of the various divisions which implement portions
of the policy, evaluating results of the program, and monitoring implementation of the program.
Organization and Arrangement
The Teacher Integration Unit (T.I.U.) records are arranged according to the existing order of T.I.U. Director Robert E. Searle's
file cabinets, organized by record type.
box 2674, folder 1-2, box 2672, box 2673
School Profile Reports
1976 February-1981 March 3
Scope and Contents
These reports are accompanied by Staff Integration Profile Reports which list numbers of minorities (Black, Hispanic, Asian,
American Indian) assigned to each school and center.
Box 2,672: Profile reports include those organized by Areas, Children's Centers, and Continuation High Schools.
Box 2,673: Regular K-12 profiles and staff integration compliance reports.
Box 2,674: Regular K-12 profiles divided by Area.
box 2674, folder 3-9, box 2675, box 2676, box 2677, box 2678, box 2679, box 2680, box 2681
OCR Reports
1976-1981
Scope and Content
The following boxes contain reports generated by the Teacher Integration Unit (T.I.U.) as required by the Office for Civil
Rights (OCR).
Box 2,674: Faculty Balance Reports for Special Education, Children's Centers, Elementary, Secondary Schools, and Area 1 Schools.
The Elementary, Secondary, and Area 1 folders also include School Roster Reports as required by the OCR.
Box 2,675: Completed OCR Faculty Balance and School Roster Reports for Area 1, Area 2, and Area 3.
Box 2,676: Completed OCR Faculty Balance and School Roster Reports for Area 4, Area 5, and Area 6.
Box 2,677: Completed OCR Faculty Balance Reports for Area 6, Area 7, Children's Centers, and Continuation Schools. The Children's
Center folder is divided by region and includes School Roster Reports.
Box 2,678: OCR Faculty Balance Reports and School Roster Reports for Area 8, Area 9, and Area 10.
Box 2,679-2,680: OCR Faculty Balance Reports and School Roster Reports for Special Education, Continuation Schools (Opportunity
Schools) and Areas 1-10. Box 2,680 also contains School Profiles for Special Education, Branch Sites, and Branch Site Positions
lists.
Box 2,681: School Profiles for Regular Schools and Special Schools. The "Law Suits - Staff Integration" folder includes historical
background concerning the formation of the T.I.U.
box 2682, box 2683, box 2684, box 2685, box 2686, box 2687, folder 1
Integration Reports
1975-1983
Scope and Content
Box 2,682: Reports include the following: A Statement of Goals, MAXI I Practicum Report, Conference on Elementary School Problems
in Large Cities Report, UTLA Staff Integration, Racial and Ethnic Survey, A History of Integration, Integrated Educational
Excellence Through Choice, and Plans for the Integration of Pupils in the Los Angeles Unified School District (Volumes I and
II).
Box 2,683: Plan for the Integration of Pupils in the Los Angeles Unified School District Volume III, Report of Progress in
Planning and Preparation for the Implementation of Plan for the Integration of Pupils Volumes I-III, Transiency and Stability
in the Los Angeles Unified School District, Lau Year End Report, Integrated Educational Excellence Through Choice Volume I,
and Civil Rights Technical Assistance and Training Programs.
Box 2,684: Integrated Educational Excellence Through Choice Volumes III-VI.
Box 2,685: Integrated Educational Excellence Through Choice Volume VII, Program for Racially Isolated Minority Schools (RIMS)
Implementation Progress, RIMS Volume I, Lau Midyear Report, Education/Legislation 1980, and Lau Year-End Report.
Box 2,686: Plan for Desegregation and Language Census Report Volumes I-II.
Box 2,687: School Handbook for Student Integration.
box 2687, folder 2-4, box 2688
T.I.U. Budget
1978-1984
Scope and Contents
Box 2,687: Budget 1978-1982, Overdraft Appropriation, and Lexitron Lease.
Box 2,688: Budget 1981-1984.
box 2689, box 2690, box 2691, box 2692, box 2693, box 2694, box 2695, box 2696, box 2697, box 2698, box 2699, box 2700, box 2701, box 2702, box 2703, box 2704, folder 1-2
Lau Files
1977-1983
Scope and Contents
2,689: Folders include Lau summaries, Comparison of LEP students by Area, Division of Integration Bulletin, Years of Experience
by Location Summary, Lau Survey forms, and Lau Plan compliance problems.
2,690: Lau survey forms, Bilingual credential printouts, and lists of certificated employees with bilingual credentials.
2,691: Letters of resolution, roster updates, school profile reports, UCTP BCTP Agreement, Census data, surveys, and bilingual
waivers.
2,692: Lau compliance problems, school profile reports, Bilingual Classroom Teacher Program, Comparison of LEP pupils by area,
Lau surveys, Lau summary tables, and letters sent to OCR.
2,693: Bilingual staff printouts.
2,694-2,698: Hopper Bilingual Staff Reports include RIMS and Non-RIMS schools, Bilingual Staff by Area, Bilingual Teacher
Needs reports, Teacher Language Proficiency Reports, Limited English Speaking (LES) Reports, and Lau Report.
2,699-2,704: School profile reports, Non-RIMS and RIMS Pre History Reports, RIMS Bilingual Reports, Non-RIMS Bilingual Reports,
Children's Centers Reports, Special Education Reports, Pair/Cluster enrollment by court area, Racial and Ethnic Survey Data,
and A127s received from Bilingual Office.
box 2704, folder 3-4, box 2705, box 2706, box 2707, box 2708, box 2709, box 2710, folder 1-27
T.I.U. Case Files
1975-1979
Scope and Content
Case files are arranged alphabetically by last name and include requests for ethnicity identification change, Ethnic Review
Committee work sheets, declaration of individual ethnicity, affidavits regarding ethnicity change, family trees, narratives,
marriage certificates, birth certificates, baptism certificates, photographs, United States certificates of naturalization,
letters of support from family, and United States Department of the Interior (DOI) land deeds issued to First Nations peoples.
Box 2,704: Files include the following: History and Background of LAUSD Racial and Ethnic Surveys, Ethnic Designation Change
Requests, Ethnic Review Committee, and Karen Fody transcript of Board presentation.
Box 2,705: Inactive files - No information regarding ethnicity, Teacher initiated requests for change in racial or ethnic
designation - background information, Comparisons of Administrative School Staff Ethnicity with Pupil Ethnicity, and T.I.U.
Ethnicity Case Files A-G.
Box 2,706: T.I.U. Ethnicity Case Files G-W and Ab-Al. Administrative Consultant Dr. Theron Arnett attached notes to secretary
"Mary" (ms) concerning sending yes letters to teachers for their ethnicity change requests. The following are some examples:
Folders 2 and 46 include "Si, Si" notes with graphics of smiley faces with sombreros for Hispanic teachers. For Native American
requests, folder 3 includes a "Send you're an injun!" note next to a smiley face with a feather on top of its head, folder
49 includes a "Me no paleface, me injun!" note with a similar smiley face feather graphic, and folder 41 includes a sad face
graphic with feathers next to Arnett's "Ugh! No live in teepee" note to Mary for a denial letter. Folder 6, an Asian American
teacher case file, includes a "Send yes letter ah so!" note alongside a graphic.
Box 2,707: T.I.U. Ethnicity Case Files An-Cl.
Box 2,708: T.I.U. Ethnicity Case Files Ch-Mi.
Box 2,709: T.I.U. Ethnicity Case Files Mi-St.
Box 2,710: T.I.U. Ethnicity Case Files St-Yo and an Ethnic Review Committee folder.
box 2710, folder 28, box 2711, box 2712, box 2713, box 2714, box 2715, box 2716, box 2717, box 2718, box 2719, box 2720, box 2721, box 2722, box 2723, folder 1-3
Return Rights Files
1978-1984
Scope and Content
Box 2,710: Continuous Service Transfer Program correspondence.
Boxes 2,711-2,712: Return Rights files for the Voluntary Staff Integration Program (VSIP), the Urban Classroom Teacher Program
(UCTP), and the Bilingual Classroom Teacher Program (BCTP). Box 2,711 includes the T.I.U.'s Synopsis of Racial and Ethnic
Surveys (1965-1977).
Box 2,713: T.I.U. grievances, UCTP bilingual student data, and three folders concerning the Crawford lawsuit.
Boxes 2,714-2,717: T.I.U. grievances concerning mandatory assignments.
Boxes 2,717-2,718: Return Rights notifications.
Box 2,719: Return Rights letters, memos, and forms.
Box 2,720: Return Rights list and the following folders: Voluntary, Return to Area, and Return to Former School.
Box 2,721: Box contains the following folders: Return Rights Defer for One Year, No Wish to Return, Defer for Two Years, Wish
to Delay, and Wish to Remain.
Box 2,722: Box contains the following folders: Wish to Return to Home School, Wish to Return to Field Service Center, Volunteer
Transferees, No Wish to Return, Back to School, and Back to Area.
Box 2,723: Return Rights folders include: Lists, Wish to Delay, and Ineligible.
box 2723, folder 4-5, box 2724, box 2725, box 2726, box 2727, box 2728, box 2729, box 2730, box 2731, box 2732, folder 1-2
OCR Correspondence
1963, 1976-1980
Scope and Contents
Box 2,723: Staff integration interim reports, Staff integration development documents, and Children's Centers profiles.
Box 2,724: Report of the Ad Hoc Committee on Equal Educational Opportunity, Education/Legislation reports, Permits With Transportation
(PWT) reports, and Crawford reports.
Boxes 2,725-2,729: OCR correspondence and TIU subject files. Subject files include Board Member Reverend Lewis P. Bohler,
Jr., Bus Stop, collective bargaining, memoranda teacher integration, and overview of staff integration program.
Boxes 2,730-2,732: OCR correspondence, staff integration reports, OCR reports, and Crawford Decision Final Order.
box 2736, folder 1, box 2732, folder 3, box 2733, box 2734, box 2735
E.S.A.A.
1976-1982
Scope and Contents
Emergency School Aid Act (E.S.A.A.) grant proposals, reports, evaluations, school lists, correspondence, and budget files.
box 2736, folder 2-3, box 2737, box 2738, box 2739, box 2740, box 2741, folder 1-3
RIMS Reports
1979-1981
Scope and Content
Reports, stability worksheets, school lists, and school profiles concerning Racially Isolated Minority Schools (RIMS).
box 2741, folder 4-8, box 2742, box 2743, box 2744, box 2745, box 2746, box 2747, box 2748, box 2749, box 2750, box 2751, box 2752, box 2753, box 2754, folder 1-3
Crawford
1977-1982
Scope and Content
Boxes 2,741-2,744: Court area changes, court area summaries, court orders, injunctions, declarations, expert reports, decisions,
partial desegregation plan, and depositions.
Boxes 2,745-2,748: RIMS exhibits, court experts files, RIMS pretrial files, school profiles, budget files, contempt files,
integration charts, testimonies, U.S. Supreme Court denial, Egly replacements, Robert E. Searle declaration, Pineda stipulation,
final desegregation plan, and California Supreme Court file.
Boxes 2,749-2,751: Crawford chronology, writs, RIMS order, Magnets, Implementation order, response to plan, court exhibits,
court decisions, Twenty-two questions, final order, court reports, court orders requirements, objection to final order, and
intended order.
Boxes 2,752-2,754: OC Master Plan, Robert E. Searle testimony, RIMS hearings, referee's reports, Crawford decision, Minute
Order original, Crawford v. Board of Education historical data, Crawford chronology, and Crawford case deposition of Robert
E. Searle.
box 2754, folder 4, box 2755, box 2756, box 2757, box 2758, folder 1-2
Pairs/Clusters Court Exhibits
1979-1981
Language of Material: English.
Scope and Content
Box 2,754: Lists of schools in Pairs/Clusters.
Box 2,755-2,758: Staffing, travel reports, white flight statistics, enrollment, travelers surveys, and Desegregating The Los
Angeles Unified School District: First Simulation Series Volume I.
box 2758, folder 3, box 2759, box 2760, box 2761, box 2762, box 2763
RIMS/EIS Court Exhibits
1977-1981
Language of Material: English.
Scope and Content
Box 2,758: RIMS print-outs.
Boxes 2,759-2,763: Files for the following: EIS, enrollment, BCTP, general, hearings, lists, staffing, certificated personnel
distribution by sex and ethnicity, integration program evaluation, staff profiles, bilingual EIS teachers, reports, and Pairs/Clusters
individual school plans.
box 2764, box 2765, box 2766, box 2767, box 2768, box 2769, box 2770, box 2771, box 2772, folder 1-7
RIMS Court Exhibits
1975-1982
Language of Material: English.
Scope and Content
Boxes 2,764-2,768: File titles include the following: RIMS Minute Order, programs for race relations, youth services, outdoor
education, guidelines for instruction, secondary instructional program, elementary school curriculum, parent participation,
integrated experiences, pupil suspension/expulsion, student body finance, and integration. Publications include the following
titles: Education for the People, A Statement of Goals, and School = Community Participation in Determining School Effectiveness,
and We Tried It We Liked It: Promising Practices.
Boxes 2,769-2,771: RIMS secondary instruction program reports include 1980 enrollments with no flight, bilingual teachers,
and schools listed as having fifty percent or more minority enrollment.
Box 2,772: Reports include the following: School Volunteer and Tutorial Programs, Current Backlog of Major Maintenance Needs,
RIMS Implementation Progress, Parent Participation and Education, Compensatory Education, Parent Involvement and Parent Education
in Secondary Schools, and Title I and the Integration Program.
box 2772, folder 8-9, box 2773, box 2774, box 2775, box 2776, box 2777, folder 1-2
RIMS Volumes
1980 January, April, July
Language of Material: English.
Scope and Content
These Volumes comprise the Los Angeles City Board of Education Initial Response to the Minute Order of August 21, 1979.
Box 2,772: Volume I Background, Methods, Summaries, and Recommendations.
Box 2,773: Volume II Pilot Study and Volume III RIMS Study.
Box 2,774: Volume IV Exhibits to the RIMS Study, Volume V Request for Court Approval of Proposed Programs, and Volume VII
Programs Recommended for Implementation.
Boxes 2,775-2,777: RIMS data files and RIMS Status Report.
box 2787, folder 1-3, box 2777, folder 3, box 2778, box 2779, box 2780, box 2781, box 2782, box 2783, box 2784, box 2785, box 2786
Research and Evaluation Branch Reports
1981-1986, 1989-1995, 1998, 2000
Language of Material: English.
Scope and Content
Box 2,777: Predominantly Hispanic, Black, Asian and Other Non-Anglo (PHBAO) Instruments, 1981-1982.
Box 2,778: Curriculum Alignment Guide, Integration Evaluation Reports, Integration Programs Progress Report, Report on the
District Testing Program, Integration Evaluation Reports Voluntary Integration Programs, Preventing Teacher Dropout, and Three
Surveys of Staff and Parent Opinions About the LAUSD Instructional Program.
Box 2,779: School Readiness Language Development Program: A Pre-Kindergarten Project for RIMS, Historical Evaluation Integration
Programs, Permits With Transportation (PWT) Substudy, Retention Patterns in the LAUSD, Office of Student Integration Services
Appendices Volume II, and Report on LAUSD Integration Programs.
Box 2,780: Nominations of Successful Programs to Alleviate Court-Identified Harms, Transiency and Stability in the Los Angeles
Unified School District, Evaluation of the Accelerating Home Education and Development (Ahead) Program, PHBAO Programs, and
Integration Evaluation Reports: Magnets, Permits With Transportation and Continued Integration, and Year-Round Schools Programs.
Boxes 2,781-2,784: Magnet Schools Assistance Program, Integration Evaluation Reports: Appendices, Evaluation of Selected Schools
in the Program Integrated Educational Excellence Through Choice, and New Magnet Programs and Updating Existing Magnet Specialty
Resources.
Boxes 2,785-2,787: Integration Evaluation Reports: Executive Summaries and Evaluation Designs, Ethnic Survey Reports, Ten
Schools Program Reports, and Evaluation Reports of PHBAO Programs.
box 2787, folder 4, box 2788, box 2789, box 2790, box 2791, box 2792
McKinny Process
1987-1990
Language of Material: English.
Scope and Content
These records relate to the District's implementation of the McKinny process required by McKinny v. Board of Trustees.
Box 2,787: Written Reactions of Advisory Councils Sending and Receiving Schools.
Box 2,788-2,792: Original McKinny binder, McKinny Summary, McKinny Analysis, Summary of Findings Regarding the Integrated
Status of the Proposed 70:30 Schools, Schools to be Studies Through McKinny Process, Ten Schools Program Reading Observation
Case Studies, Priority Housing Program McKinny Analysis, McKinny Progress Report, and Presentations of Findings and Conclusions
of the 1988-1989 McKinny Analysis.
Index Cards
circa 1875-1997
Scope and Content
The bulk of the index cards include information and keywords referenced in the Board Reports. These were used by the District's
File Unit as indices and provide explanations of keywords, resolutions, rules ratified or rescinded. The cards cross-reference
the Board Reports by date and page number and are arranged alphabetically by subject.
Board of Education
Scope and Content
These cards contain short descriptions and dates which reference the Board of Education. Cards are arranged alphabetically
beginning from absences and ending with visitors. Topics include censures, special meetings, liability and integration.
Board Members
Scope and Content
These cards contain short descriptions of individual Board member actions taken during Board meetings. This includes documentation
of votes, speech nominations, motions, absences, elections and appointments. They are organized alphabetically by last name,
then first name of each Board member.
box 2286
A-O
Scope and Content
Includes Board Report references to Board members Adams, Jos. F. through Odell, Robert A.
box 2287
P-Y
Scope and Content
Includes Board Report references to Board members Page, Roger S. through York, Waldo M.
Board Reports
Scope and Content
These cards reference subjects which appear throughout the Board Reports. The subjects are organized alphabetically from absence
through youth week and cross-reference Board Report dates and page numbers.
box 2287
A-F
Scope and Content
Includes subjects from absence through fuses.
box 2288
G-T
Scope and Content
Includes subjects from gang bosses through typewriters.
box 2289
U-Y
Scope and Content
Includes subjects from undefined duties through youth week.
Certificated Personnel
Scope and Content
These cards provide an index to topics regarding certificated personnel that may be found throughout the Board Reports. Cards
provide short descriptions and dates. Topics include adult education, displaced teachers, incompetent teachers, tape recordings
and workshops.
box 2289
A-H
Scope and Content
Includes subjects from absence through holidays.
box 2290
H-S
Scope and Content
Includes subjects from hours through staff development.
box 2291
S-W
Scope and Content
Includes subjects from supervisors through work week.
City, County, State
Scope and Content
These cards reference Board Reports relating to various city, county and state departments, commissions, attorneys, bureaus,
controllers, clerks, councils, agencies, divisions, programs, assessors, supervisors, auditors and engineers. Cards are organized
alphabetically by city, county and state.
box 2291
City
Scope and Content
Includes subjects from airports through Workman's Circle (City and District Committee).
box 2292, box 2291
County
Scope and Content
Box 2,291: Includes subjects from Adult Education Community Training Program through County Counsel.
Box 2,292: Includes subjects from County Counsel through Youth Commission.
box 2292
State
Scope and Content
Includes subjects from Administrative Procedure through Youth Authority.
Classified Personnel
Scope and Content
These cards provide an index to topics regarding classified personnel that can be found throughout the Board Reports. Topics
include dismissals, fringe benefits, leave, salaries, strikes, vacation, and voluntary reductions.
box 2292
A-C
Scope and Content
Includes subjects from accounting series through coordinator.
box 2293
C-W
Scope and Content
Includes subjects from cost of living salary adjustment through workweek.
Names
Scope and Content
These cards include names of people, departments, programs, businesses, councils, outside organizations, charters, committees,
clubs, networks and schools that appear throughout the Board Reports. Cards are organized alphabetically.
box 2294
Aa-An
Scope and Content
Aafedt, R.A. through Antram, W.H.
box 2295
An-Be
Scope and Content
Anterim, Berniece Gordon through Berman, Mrs. J.
box 2296
Be-Br
Scope and Content
Berman, Jack through Bryton, Georgia.
box 2297
Bu-Ca
Scope and Content
Buch, Fred through Carroll, George.
box 2298
Ca-Co
Scope and Content
Carroll, Hazel I. through Community Drug-Free School Zones Project.
box 2299
Co-Da
Scope and Content
Community Education Coalition through Daze, Leo D.
box 2300
De-El
Scope and Content
Deaf Infant Stimulation Project through Elysian Valley Property Owners, Renters and Businessmen's Association.
box 2301
Em-Fr
Scope and Content
Emanuel, Mrs. G. through Freeman, William A.
box 2302
Fr-Gr
Scope and Content
Free Public Theatre Foundation through Greater San Pedro Street Improvement Association.
box 2303
Gr-He
Scope and Content
Greater San Pedro Taxpayers Association through Heuer, Miss M. A.
box 2304
He-In
Scope and Content
Heuff, Werner Dr. through Insurance Company of North America.
box 2305
In-Kh
Scope and Content
Insurance Counselors Inc through KHJ (Radio 93).
box 2306
Ki-Le
Scope and Content
Kiacaw, Ruth Mrs. through Lewthwaite, Rebecca.
box 2307
Li-Lo
Scope and Content
Liaison Committee on Agriculture through Loyola Marymount University.
box 2308
Lu-Mc
Separated Material
Lubin, R. through McKnight, J. Wallace.
box 2309
Mc-Mu
Scope and Content
McLaren, Julia through Municipal League of Los Angeles.
box 2310
Mu-Og
Scope and Content
Municipal Truck Drivers Association through Oglo, Adele.
box 2311
Oh-Pf
Scope and Content
O'Hagan, Josephine E.P. through Pfirrmann, Autumn A.
box 2312
Ph-Re
Scope and Content
Phair, R. through Red Cross Committees, Jr.
box 2313
Re-Sa
Scope and Content
Red Cross Leadership Training, L.A. Junior through San Fernando Telephone and Telegraph Co.
box 2314
Sa-Sh
Scope and Content
San Fernando Valley All-Star Football Game Foundation through Shutz, Alex and Marie.
box 2315
Si-St
Scope and Content
Siberell, Virginia Lee through Stansfield, Robert A.
box 2316
St-Th
Scope and Content
Stansfield, Mrs. Robert through Thurston, F.L.
box 2317
Ti-Ve
Scope and Content
Tiano, Barbara through Venice, City of.
box 2318
Ve-Wh
Scope and Content
Venice City Schools through Whytock, Mrs. Lenora G.
box 2319
Wi-Zw
Scope and Content
Wiatt, Riley Edward through Zwick, Carl S.
Organization
Scope and Content
These cards list topics by organization or division name, provide brief descriptions and cross-reference Board Reports by
date and page number. Topics include Research Division, safety education, Security Section, Shop Department, Student Body
Finance Section, Telecommunications Unit, Student Body Audit Division, Student Integration Unit and Student Guidance Services.
box 2320
A-O
Scope and Content
Includes subjects from activities of divisions through Orchestra Division.
box 2321
P-Y
Scope and Content
Includes subjects from parent/community services through Youth Education Clinic.
Retirement
Scope and Content
These cards describe Board decisions, amendments and topics regarding retirement that include age requirements, deductions,
salaries and termination. Cards cross reference Board Report dates and page numbers.
box 2321
A-U
Scope and Content
Includes subjects from actuary through unification.
Schools
Scope and Content
Cards include dates of opening, name changes, annexations, renovations and instances when each school has been mentioned in
the Board Reports.
box 2328
Agricultural Centers
Scope and Content
Agriculture Center, Secondary Schools through San Pedro Agriculture Center.
box 2322
Assessments
Scope and Content
Assessments of school sites organized by school name.
box 2328
Children's Center
Scope and Content
Albion Street Children's Center through Wilton Place Children's Center.
box 2328
Chronologically
Scope and Content
Cards track school changes by date including unused school sites as well as elementary, junior high and senior high schools
with original and altered names.
box 2328
Colleges
Scope and Content
Advisory Board-State College through West Los Angeles College.
box 2328
Community Adult School
Scope and Content
Business Industry School through Westchester Community Adult School.
box 2328
Continuation
Scope and Content
Addams Continuation High School through Watts Adult Skills Center.
box 2322
Dates of Opening
Scope and Content
Lists schools chronologically by date of opening.
box 2323, box 2324, box 2325
Elementary
Scope and Content
Box 2,323: Aldama through Fullbright Avenue.
Box 2,324: Gage Avenue School through Oxnard Street.
Box 2,325: Pacific Blvd. through Zelzah.
box 2326, box 2327
High School
Scope and Content
Box: 2,326: Aggeler, William Tell High School through Fairfax High.
Box 2,327: Fort Hill High School through Wooden, John R. High School.
box 2328
Independent Study
Scope and Content
City of Angels School.
box 2328
Infant Center
Scope and Content
Jordan Infant Center through San Fernando High School Infant Learning Center.
box 2326
Junior High
Scope and Content
Box 2,236: Adams Junior High through Wright Orville Junior High School.
box 2328
Magnet Schools
Scope and Content
Adams Junior High Gifted/High Ability (Foreign Language) Magnet Center through Urban Ecology Magnet School at Wonderland School.
box 2328
Mid-site
Scope and Content
Beverly Glen Mid-Site School through Emerson Mid-Site School.
box 2328
Newcomer School
Scope and Content
Bellagio Road Newcomer School through Crenshaw High Newcomer School.
box 2328
Occupational Centers
Scope and Content
East Los Angeles Occupational Center through West Valley Occupational Center.
box 2328
Opportunity High School
Scope and Content
Aggeler, William Tell High School through West Hollywood Opportunity Center.
box 2328
Primary Center
Scope and Content
Arco Iris Primary Center through White House Place Primary Center.
box 2328
Special Education
Scope and Content
Benjamin Banneker Special Education Center through Widney, Joseph Pomeroy, Dr. High School.
box 2328
Special Schools
Scope and Content
Abbot Kinney through the West Area School for the Physically Handicapped.
box 2329
Ab-Ag
Scope and Content
Absence through agreements.
box 2330
Ag-Aw
Scope and Content
Agreements through awards.
box 2331
Aw-Bu
Scope and Content
A World of Difference through buildings.
box 2332
Bu-Ci
Scope and Content
Buildings through civilian leave of absence.
box 2333
Cl-Co
Scope and Content
Claims through complaints.
box 2334
Com-Con
Scope and Content
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act through convention.
box 2335
Con-Dr
Scope and Content
Conventions through dropouts.
box 2336
Dr-Ev
Scope and Content
Drug Store Revolution through evacuees and evacuation.
box 2337
Ev-Gr
Scope and Content
Evaluation of Curriculum (LEARNING) through grants.
box 2338
Gr-In
Scope and Content
Gravel Pits through Intergenerational Education Act of 1984 (SB 2039) Ed Act.
box 2339
In-Li
Scope and Content
Internal Communication Unit through licenses.
box 2340
Li-Or
Scope and Content
Lighting Christmas Trees through orders of the day.
box 2341
Or-Pe
Scope and Content
Ordinances through pension plans.
box 2342
Pe-Pr
Scope and Content
Per Capita Costs through priority.
box 2343
Pr-Re
Scope and Content
Priority Housing Program through repairs and betterments.
box 2344
Re-Sc
Scope and Content
Report Cards through school day (hours).
box 2345
Sc-Sp
Scope and Content
Schools - Dedication through spastic children.
box 2346
Sp-Su
Scope and Content
Special Education through summons and complaints.
box 2347
Su-Tr
Scope and Content
Summons and Complaints through transfer of pupils.
box 2348
Tr-We
Scope and Content
Transition Partnership Program through weather.
box 2349
We-Zo
Scope and Content
Weeds through zoot suit.
Superintendents
Scope and Content
These cards contain information on superintendents, associate superintendents, assistant superintendents, and deputy superintendents.
Cards are organized alphabetically and in addition to providing biographical information, they also describe topics of superintendence
such as the selection process. This set also includes a list of names and positions.
Budget
circa 1935-2008
Scope and Content
In cooperation with the Board of Education, the Superintendent and staff, the Budget Division assembles a budget based on
proposed expenditures and revenues applicable to the school district. This budget allows the Superintendent and the Board
to set priorities and allocate resources for the upcoming fiscal year. This process begins with the establishment of a Budget
Calendar, continues with the creation of the Provisional Budget, and after a public hearing, culminates with the presentation
and approval of the Final Budget to the Board. During this process, the Superintendent, staff, employees, employee organizations,
members of the public and community groups may present budget recommendations and requests to the Board prior to its final
adoption. Files are arranged chronologically by fiscal year. Materials include proposed expenditures, requests, petitions,
refund allowances, budget policies, reserve amounts, detail budgets, tentative budgets, final budgets, budget calendars, lay-off
petitions, salary ratings, financial data, executive summaries, and information regarding school norms.
box 2350
Budget
1938-1939
Scope and Content
Materials include the controller's monthly financial report from 1935 and budget documents pertaining to the year 1940.
box 2359, box 2360, box 2361
box 2362
Budget
1948-1949
Scope and Content
Materials include a petition for school betterment.
box 2371, box 2372, box 2373, box 2374
box 2377, box 2378, box 2379
box 2382, box 2383, box 2384
box 2385, box 2386, box 2387
box 2388, box 2389, box 2390
box 2399, box 2400
Budget
1955-1959, bulk 1963-1964
box 2407, box 2408, box 2409
box 2427, box 2428, folder 1-2
box 2428, folder 3-5, box 2429, folder 7-10
box 2431, folder 10, box 2430, box 2429, folder 1-6
box 2433, box 2434, folder 7
box 2438, box 2439, box 2440, folder 1-2
box 2441, folder 1-5, box 2440, folder 3-11
box 2442, box 2441, folder 6-11
box 2450
Budget
1990-1998, bulk 1997-1998
box 2455, box 2454, folder 5-10
box 2457, folder 1-5, box 2456
box 2457, folder 6-11, box 2458, box 2459
box 2462, box 2463, folder 1
Committee of the Whole Budget Review
1971-1987
Scope and Content
Informal notes and supporting documents and studies for the Committee of the Whole's special budget review meetings. Materials
include budget calendars, annual statistical reports, annual forecasts, salary schedules, staffing ratio studies, tables showing
bases of allotments of personnel to schools, financial and statistical data booklets, preliminary budgets, budget summaries
and annual financial reports.
box 2472, box 2471, folder 2
box 2474, box 2475, box 2476
box 2477, box 2478, folder 1
Valley District
1946-1957
box 2484
Art Adams Budget
Scope and Content
Arthur Lloyd Adams or Art Adams began his career with LAUSD in 1950 as an elementary school teacher at Lemay Street Elementary
School in Van Nuys. Later he became principal of two Valley elementary schools, Melvin Avenue and Hamlin Street. While a principal
at Melvin Avenue, he was elected to serve a term as president of the Los Angeles Association of Elementary School Administrators.
These are his personal files which include enrollment and housing estimates for the Valley District, an elementary school
master calendar, Valley District classification reports, possible divisions of the Valley Elementary District, salary schedules
and rates for certificated and classified employees, a progress report on elementary education, Valley Elementary District
average daily attendance and enrollment by schools and Valley District salary summary sheets for supervisors and assistant
superintendents.
Rules and Regulations
1898-2010
Scope and Content
The policies of the Board are referred to as rules which may be adopted, amended or rescinded by formal action of the Board.
The term regulation is used to designate administrative procedures and directives formulated by the Superintendent and staff
to implement the Board Rules. The Administrative Guides which contain the Board Rules and Regulations are amended and supplemented
on an ongoing basis to reflect changes. Each rule is assigned a one, two, three or four digit number and each regulation predicated
upon a specific rule bears the number of that rule followed by a hyphen and another number. Later this hyphen was changed
to a decimal point. For example, the 1950 Administrative Guide's Board Rule 1105. Change in Schedule relates to Administrative
Regulation 1105-1. Rainy-day Program.
Administrative Guides
1898-2010
Scope and Content
An Administrative Guide is a bound statement of the policies or rules of the Board and the administrative procedures or regulations
established by the Superintendent to implement Board policies or rules. All policies announced in the Guide are continuous
from year to year and remain in effect until changed. Administrative officers who received this Guide were responsible for
keeping it up date and accurately arranged by code number. When officers received revised or amended sections, they were instructed
to file them in the Guide, remove the old sections, sign these and return them to the Secretarial Division.
box 2485
Administrative Guides
1898-1932, 1950
Scope and Contents
Eighteen bound copies of Rules and Regulations of the Board of Education of the City of Los Angeles which include a 1932 Administrative
Guide for Principals of Elementary Schools and a 1950 Administrative Guide containing that part of the recodification completed
by June 1955.
box 2486
Administrative Guides
1934-1942
Scope and Content
Four copies of the 1934 Administrative Guide which include numbered book plates such as Board Member No. 1 and Board Member
No. 2.
box 2487
Administrative Guides
1936-1938
Scope and Content
Four Administrative Guides which include personalized numbered book plates such as Board Member No. 6, Katherine L. Carey,
Assistant Superintendent Instruction and Curriculum Division No. 13, Secretarial Division No. 24 and L.L. Cunningham, Secretarial
Division No. 27.
box 2488
Administrative Guides
1934-1943
Scope and Content
Four Administrative Guides which include personalized numbered book plates such as R.O. Graham, Rules and Regulations, Secretarial
Division No. 28, J.A. Anderson, Job Accountant, Controlling Division No. 33, Jasmine Britton, Supervising Librarian, Library
and Textbook Act. Sec. No. 37 and Harry M. Howell, Director, Budget Division No. 39.
box 2489
Administrative Guides
1934-1942
Scope and Content
Four Administrative Guides which include personalized numbered book plates such as Secretarial Division No. 41, Miss Howery,
Personnel Division No. 48, Mr. Mc Mahon, Research Division, No. 53 and Mr. Hoyt, Attendance and Employment of Minors Section
No. 54.
box 2490
Administrative Guides
1934-1942
Scope and Content
Three Administrative Guides which include personalized numbered book plates such as Master Copy, Secretarial Division No.
69, No. 444 and Master Copy No. 500.
box 2491
Administrative Guides
1940-1971
Scope and Contents
Seven "1940" editions which were recodified and authorized by the Board on June 26, 1939 and three "1950" editions.
box 2492
Administrative Guides
1950-1971
Scope and Contents
Nine "1950" editions.
box 2493
Administrative Guides
1950-1971
Scope and Contents
Eight "1950" editions. One edition is divided into two binders: Volume I and II.
box 2494
Administrative Guides
1950-1971
Scope and Contents
Six "1950" editions and two Guides from 1966 and 1969 which include rules and regulations pertaining to personnel and retirement.
box 2495
Administrative Guides
1972-1977
Scope and Contents
Five Guides including a 1972 and a 1973 edition which contain the 3,000 and 4,000 personnel series Board Rules.
box 2496
Administrative Guides
1975, 1982-1993
Scope and Contents
Four Guides. The 1975 edition includes some Rules effective through 1977.
box 2497
Administrative Guides
1993, 2004-2007
Scope and Contents
Four Guides including a Board Room copy which is complete and effective through April 12, 1993.
Administrative Guide Files
1947-2010
Scope and Content
These files comprise the Beaudry Administration's active reference files for the Board Rules and Administrative Regulations.
Documents include Minutes, Committee Reports, copies of rules and regulations and correspondence related to changes in Board
policies. File arrangement maintains the District's original order which reflects the divisions and chapters of the Administrative
Guide.
box 2498
Board of Education
1949-2009
Scope and Contents
Division I - Board of Education:
Chapter 1 - Meetings - Rules 1-105.
Chapter 2 - Organization and Procedure - Rules 112-140.
box 2499
Board of Education and Administration
1949-2010
Scope and Contents
Division I - Board of Education:
Chapter 3 - Committees - Rules 141-160.
Chapter 4 - General Provisions - Rules 171-210.
Chapter 9 - Communications - Rule 951.
Division II - Administration:
Chapter 1 - Schools and Classes - Rules 1002-1008.
Chapter 2 - Holidays and Hours - Rules 1100-1108.
box 2500
Administration
1956-2002
Scope and Contents
Division II - Administration:
Chapter 3 - Budget and Finance - Rules 1151-1199.
Chapter 4 - Law Enforcement and Litigation - Rules 1201-1210.
Chapter 5 - Activities on School Premises - Rules 1251-1300.
Chapter 6 - Use of School Facilities for Non-School Purposes - Rules 1301-1365.
Chapter 7 - School Community Advisory Councils - Rule 1370.
Chapter 8 - Public Information & Information Concerning Pupils - Rules 1401-1422.
box 2501
Administration
1947-2002
Scope and Contents
Division II - Administration:
Chapter 9 - Communication Facilities - Rules 1451-1481.
Chapter 10 - Travel Expense, Conferences, Conventions - Rules 1501-1520.
Mileage and Carfare - Rules 1531-1546.
Chapter 11 - Food Services - Rules 1551-1553.
Chapter 12 - Energy Management Plan - Rule 1555.
Chapter 13 - Insurance - Rules 1651-1675.
Health and Welfare Program - Rules 1680-1686.
Chapter 14 - Care and Use of Property - Rules 1701-1713.
Gifts to School - Rules 1721-1722.
Chapter 15 - Acquisition & Disposal of Buildings & Real Property - Rules
1724-1749.
box 2502
Administration
1949-2008
Scope and Contents
Division II - Administration:
Chapter 16 - Construction, Alteration and Repair of Plants - Rules 1751-1786.
Chapter 17 - Instructional Materiel - Rules 1801-1850.
Chapter 18 - General Provisions - Rules 1940-1958.
box 2503
Administration and Pupils
1947-2009
Scope and Contents
Division II - Administration:
Chapter 18 - General Provisions - Rules 1960-1975.
Assignment Bases - Rule 1990.
Chapter 19 - Education Commissions - Rule 1995.
Human Relations Commission - Rule 1996.
Chapter 20 - Delegation of Authority - Rule 1997.
Division III - Pupils:
Chapter 1 - Admission of Pupils - Rules 2000-2019.
box 2504
Pupils
1952-2000
Scope and Content
Division III - Pupils:
Chapter 1 - Special Classes for Physically Handicapped Pupils - Rules 2021, 2026.
Admission of Non-Citizens to Schools - Rules 2027-2033.
Eligibility (Children's Centers) - Rules 2041-2044.
Chapter 2 - Transfer of Pupils - Rules 2051-2054.
Chapter 3 - Attendance - Rules 2101-2129.
Residence for School Purposes - Rules 2130-2136.
Chapter 4 - Guidance - Rules 2201-2248.
box 2505
Pupils
1956-2000
Scope and Contents
Division III - Pupils:
Chapter 6 - Conduct and Discipline - Rules 2250-2289.
Chapter 7 - Student Health - Rule 2301-2327.
Chapter 8 - Safety - Rules 2351-2370.
box 2506
Pupils and Certificated Management
1954-2004
Scope and Contents
Division III - Pupils:
Chapter 9 - Transportation of Pupils - Rules 2375-2392.
Chapter 10 - Interscholastic Athletic Activities - Rule 2401-2409.
Chapter 11 - Student Body Activities - Rules 2501-2554.
Chapter 12 - Entertainments, Contests, Scholarships - Rules 2561-2564.
Chapter 13 - Work Permits - Rule 2600.
Chapter 16 - Curriculum and Instruction - Rules 2700-2753.
Division V - Certificated Supervisory, Management and Others:
Chapter 1 - General Provisions - Rules 4000-4011.
Chapter 3 - Employee Organizations - Rules 4020-4021.
Chapter 4 - Due Process - Rules 4100-4190.
box 2507
Certificated Management
1951-2004
Scope and Contents
Division V - Certificated Supervisory, Management and Others:
Chapter 5 - Selection and Assignment - Rules 4200-4234.
Chapter 8 - Duties and Responsibilities - Rules 4300-4309.
Chapter 9 - Performance Evaluations - Rules 4310-4315.
Chapter 10 - Adjustment Procedure - Rules 4400-4419.
Chapter 11 - Dismissal, Compulsory Leaves and Termination - Rules 4500-4512.
Chapter 13 - Leaves - Rules 4600-4635.
box 2508
Certificated Management and Annuity Reserve Fund Board
1972-2004
Scope and Contents
Division V - Certificated Supervisory, Management and Others:
Chapter 14 - Holidays and Vacations (obsolete) - Rules 4640-4653.
Chapter 15 - Salaries - Rules 4700-4730.
Chapter 16 - Holidays and Vacation - Rules 4800-4816.
Annuity Reserve Fund Board 6000 Series (Formerly District Retirement System).
Certificated Board Rules and Policies
1945-1977
Scope and Content
The Certificated Personnel 3000 Series was rescinded on October 9, 1978 and replaced by the Collective Bargaining District/UTLA
Contract.
box 2509
3,000 Series
1971-1977
Scope and Contents
Chapter 1: General Provisions 3000-3008.
Chapter 2: Calendar, School 3010-3011.
Chapter 3: Employee Organizations 3020-3022.
Chapter 4: Certificated Employee Council 3100-3123.
Chapter 5: Selection and Assignment 3200-3219.
Chapter 6: Change From Classified to Certificated Service 3220-3226.
box 2510
3,000 Series
1949-1976
Scope and Contents
Chapter 7: Transfers 3230-3235.
Chapter 8: Duties -- Responsibilities 3300-3309.
Chapter 9: Performance Evaluation 3310-3315.
Chapter 10: Adjustment Procedure 3400-3419.
Chapter 11: Dismissal, Compulsory Leaves and Terminations 3500-3507.
Chapter 12: Derogatory Communications 3510-3511.
Chapter 13: Leaves 3600-3635.
box 2511
3,000 Series
1949-1977
Scope and Contents
Chapter 14: Holiday and Vacation 3640-3653.
Chapter 15: Salaries 3700-3787.
Chapter 16: Salary Point Credit 3800-3828.
box 2512
3,000 Series
1945-1972
Scope and Contents
Standing Committee Reports concerning the approval of modifications to various Board Rules.
box 2513
Revisions
1949-1971
Scope and Content
Committee Reports which document modifications to certain series and related Board Rules. Materials also include files on
the recodification of the 1940 Administrative Guide, revisions to certificated personnel policies based on the meet and confer
procedures of the Winton Act and Communication Facilities drafts.
Board Rules Index Cards
Scope and Content
Four boxes of unprocessed Board Rule index cards were picked up on Wednesday, November 21, 2012 by James Perry and Sandra
Torigoe from the Board Secretariat Jefferson Crain's office. Electronic mail records document request of return by the morning
of December 10, 2012.
Administrative Guide Development
1934-1993
Scope and Content
Committee Reports, correspondence and attached exhibits of Board Rules and Administrative Regulations. Materials concern the
reproduction and distribution of the Administrative Guide and procedures related to its creation and codification. Materials
also include files on indices and the Civic Center Act.
box 2514
Supplemental Materials
1934-1978
Scope and Contents
Committee Reports, correspondence and attached exhibits of Board Rules and Administrative Regulations. Materials concern the
reproduction and distribution of the Administrative Guide and procedures related to its creation and codification.
box 2515
Supplemental Materials
1943-1993
box 2516
Supplemental Materials
1936-1978
box 2517
Charters, Constitutions and Manuals
1910-1949
Scope and Content
Materials include a United States Government Printing Office Style Manual, Constitution of the State of California and of
the United States and Other Documents, Parliamentary Law Manuals and an Annotated Charter of the City of Los Angeles.
Bulletins
1923-2010
Scope and Content
The bulk of these materials includes bound copies of bulletins issued by the Superintendent that contain indices by type such
as general, special, high school and elementary. These are arranged chronologically and are also indexed by subject. Additionally,
from December 1941 through July 1945, the Superintendent generated War Emergency Bulletins, War Emergency Special Bulletins
and War Emergency Curriculum Supplements. In 1945, the indices reflect the inclusion of bulletins generated by various divisions
such as Budget, Business, Controlling, Curriculum, Personnel and Secretarial. The content of these bulletins includes statements
of District policies and procedures that were retained for permanent file until revised or rescinded. The August 9, 1962 Division
of Instructional Services Memorandum states, "Bulletins are bound at the end of each school year, and become official records
of the Board of Education."
box 2534
Bulletins
1974-1997
Scope and Contents
Two binders of bulletins arranged chronologically by administrative division.
box 2535
Bulletins
1989-1992
Scope and Contents
Two bound copies of LAUSD bulletins arranged chronologically.
box 2536, box 2537
Bulletins
2003-2004
Scope and Contents
Four binders of policy bulletins.
box 2538, box 2539
Bulletins
1994-2005
Scope and Content
Seven binders of bulletins organized chronologically by LAUSD office and a bulletins list which serves as an index for the
binders.
Superintendent's Annual Reports
1903-1955
Scope and Content
These bound copies of the Superintendent's Annual Reports were compiled by the Los Angeles City School District Clerk, submitted
to the County Superintendent and then to the State Superintendent of Public Instruction in Sacramento. Most reports list names
of District clerks, Board members and include signatures of the District and County Superintendents. These are statistical
reports which capture census data on race of pupils until 1909, enrollment by sex, average daily attendance and absences.
Reports also record financial statistics such as teacher, principal and superintendent salaries, average cost per pupil estimates,
expenditures and valuation of property. Additional statistics include number of school houses, type of material used for construction,
names of schools, locations, years of establishment and names of principals.
box 2592
Superintendent's Statistical Reports
1945-1946
Scope and Content
Bound reports for elementary schools, junior high schools, high schools, schools for the handicapped, adult education classes
and junior colleges. These reports record monthly attendance by school.
Classification Reports
1926-1984
Scope and Content
These statistical reports from elementary and secondary principals capture student and teacher enrollment and attendance data
at the second and sixth months of each year. Principals recorded the number of pupils in classes by grade and by teacher.
The original and duplicate were to be sent to the Superintendent's office at the end of each month and the triplicate was
to be retained by the principal. These records are organized chronologically by year and alphabetically by school name. Reports
include original signatures from principals including Bessie Bruington Burke of Holmes Avenue School who served as the school's
first Black teacher and principal.
box 2570
Classification Reports
1926-1928
box 2571
Classification Reports
1928-1930
box 2572
Classification Reports
1930-1932
box 2573
Classification Reports
1932-1934
box 2574
Classification Reports
1934-1936
box 2575
Classification Reports
1936-1938
box 2576
Classification Reports
1938-1940
box 2577
Classification Reports
1940-1942
box 2578
Classification Reports
1942-1944
box 2579
Classification Reports
1944-1946
box 2580
Classification Reports
1946-1948
box 2581
Classification Reports
1948-1950
box 2582
Classification Reports
1950-1952
box 2583
Classification Reports
1952-1954
box 2584
Classification Reports
1954-1956
box 2585
Classification Reports
1956-1957
box 2586
Classification Reports
1957-1958
box 2587
Classification Reports
1958-1959
box 2588
Classification Reports
1959-1960
box 2589
Classification Reports
1939-1984
Scope and Content
One binder compilation of classification reports prepared by the Budget Division. Materials include statistical reports concerning
pupils who withdrew from the District during the 1941-1942 school year due to evacuation orders by military authorities. Additional
documentation found under the "Japanese Evacuation" tab includes attendance loss tables and a sample evacuee record form.
Over 7,000 of these forms were filed with the District.
box 2590
Classification Reports
circa 1961-1966
Scope and Content
Binder includes Area D reports for the following zip codes: 90024 and 90049. These reports track elementary and secondary
attendance by school and name of student.
Publications
1884-2009
Scope and Content
These materials, considered a compilation of District history, were maintained by the File Unit. These records were stored
together in cabinets along the file room's back wall, also referred to as the "history wall."
Annual Reports of the Board of Education
1884-1914
Scope and Content
Annual Reports include members of the Board and standing committee membership, reports from the Board President, City Superintendent
and Secretary, school directories, synopses of Minutes, course of study, alumni lists, census marshal's reports, rules and
regulations.
box 2598
Annual Reports
1906-1908, 1913-1914
Superintendents' Conference Notes
1928-1937
Scope and Content
Three bound volumes of typewritten conference notes. Notes from 1928-1934 include alphabetical subject indexes which include
item numbers and dates. Subjects discussed include annexation, assignments, colored teachers, complaints, corporal punishment,
course of study, loyalty, manual education, police department, policies, regulations, rules and tents.
Superintendent's Advisory Council Notes
1934-1945
Scope and Content
On July 10, 1933, the Board carried a motion for the creation of the Superintendent's Advisory Council to conduct a study
of the organization of the school system. The Advisory Council was composed of the Division Heads under the chairmanship of
the Superintendent and it was the duty of this council to advise the Superintendent on all reports proposed by Division Heads
before presentation to the Board. Materials include seven bound volumes of notes from the Council. Related documents may be
found in the Advisory Council subject file which includes informal and formal notes from Council meetings and correspondence
concerning dead line adherence, procedures and meeting schedules.
On July 30, 1945, the Board adopted the Committee of the Whole Report, No. 1 which authorized that the Superintendent's Advisory
Council be superseded by The Division Heads' Council with its charge to make recommendations to the Superintendent on all
proposals from administrative divisions effecting policies, regulations and procedures.
Agendas, meeting schedules and informal Division Heads' Council Minutes may be found in the Council - Division Heads' subject
file.
Maps of School Sites
1929-1990
Scope and Content
Four books which contain maps of school sites. Each book is titled according to the District unit, branch, Board or position
that used it. Maps include land tract numbers and measurements, zoning measurements and boundaries, vicinity maps, school
additions and school acreage. Books also contain updates for schools that acquired additions which often include a description
of the additional acreage and the initials of the employee who inserted the update.
box 2604
Plot Plan and Allotment Unit
1951-1990
box 2605
Maintenance and Operations Branch
1959-1975
box 2606
Board of Education
1950-1980
box 2607
Superintendent of Schools
1929-1968
Valuation Record
1915-1917
Scope and Content
This book contains insurance data related to assets maintained by the District. Asset values by school are determined by the
amount and monetary value of equipment and facilities at each site. Data sheets are organized alphabetically by school name
and serve as records for insurance purposes.
box 2608
Valuation Record
1915-1917
Scrapbooks
1897-1935
Scope and Content
Three books of magazine and newspaper clippings on the Board and the District. One book is the personal scrapbook of former
Superintendent James A. Foshay. Foshay's scrapbook was donated to the District by his daughter on January 19, 1955 and includes
articles on topics such as course of study, Board actions and overcrowded schools. The District scrapbooks include articles
on subjects such as Board member recall elections, the loyalty oath of allegiance to the Constitution of the United States,
liquor control reform, the Four Horsemen, lawsuits against the Board and the banning of anti-war demonstrations on public
school grounds.
box 2609
District
1934 May-1934 August
Reports and Plans
1937-1981
Scope and Content
Two copies of Your Children and Their Schools: An Informal Report to the Patrons of the Los Angeles City School District.
This report was prepared under the direction of Superintendent Vierling Kersey and includes black and white photos of school
sites, employees and pupils and a color pictorial map of the District.
One copy of the District's Master Plan for Integration in response to its judicially imposed mandate to implement a desegregation
plan. This plan includes the following components: Voluntary Integration, Magnet, Permits With Transportation, Overcrowded
Schools, Racially Isolated Minority Schools, Naturally Desegregated Schools, Class Size Reduction, Integration Support Services,
Evaluation and Budget.
box 2611
Your Children and Their Schools
1937 September
box 2611
LAUSD Plan for Desegregation
1981 June 30
Courses of Study
1914-1923
Scope and Content
These four books contain descriptive courses of study which include vocational subjects taught in junior and senior high schools.
box 2612
Courses of Study: High and Intermediate Schools
1916-1917
box 2612
School Publications
1914-1919
Scope and Content
Numbers 1-19.
box 2612
School Publications
1919-1921
Scope and Content
Numbers 20-40.
box 2612
School Publications
1922-1923
Scope and Content
Numbers 41-64.
Journals
1917-1959
Scope and Content
The Educational Journal, the "official organ" of the Los Angeles Principals' Club was published semimonthly with the intention
to publish Los Angeles City School news of interest to every principal. The Education Journal includes Principals' Club notes
and news, superintendents' notices to Principals, proceedings of and actions taken by the Board of Education, school news,
articles by prominent educators, articles by superintendents and book reviews. In September 1919, the Principals' Club joined
with the Elementary and High School Teachers Associations to publish this journal on a weekly basis under a new name, Los
Angeles School Journal.
box 2613
Educational Journal
1917-1919
Scope and Contents
Volume I: Numbers 1-14.
Volume II: Numbers 1-40.
box 2613
Los Angeles School Journal
1919-1921
Scope and Contents
Volume 3: Numbers 1-21.
Volume 3: Numbers 22-40.
Volume 4: Numbers 23-40.
box 2614
Los Angeles School Journal
1921-1924
Scope and Contents
Volume 5: Numbers 1-20.
Volume 5: Numbers 21-40.
Volume 6: Numbers 1-20.
Volume 7: Numbers 1-20.
Volume 7: Numbers 21-40.
box 2615
Los Angeles School Journal
1924-1927
Scope and Contents
Volume 8: Numbers 1-20.
Volume 8: Numbers 21-40.
Volume 9: Numbers 1-20.
Volume 10: Numbers 1-20.
box 2616
Los Angeles School Journal
1927-1928
Scope and Contents
Volume 10: Numbers 21-40.
Volume 11: Numbers 1-20.
box 2617
Los Angeles School Journal
1928-1929
Scope and Contents
Volume 11: Numbers 21-40.
Volume 12: Numbers 1-20.
Volume 12: Numbers 21-40.
box 2618
Los Angeles School Journal
1929-1930
Scope and Contents
Volume 12: Numbers 21-40.
Volume 13: Numbers 1-20.
Volume 13: Numbers 21-40.
box 2619
Educational Journal
Scope and Content
This box contains the start of a second set of Los Angeles Journals beginning with the Educational Journal from 1918. After
this volume the journals are referred to as Los Angeles School Journal until 1948.
box 2619
Los Angeles School Journal
1918-1922
box 2620
Los Angeles School Journal
1922-1924
box 2621
Los Angeles School Journal
1924-1926
box 2622
Los Angeles School Journal
1926-1927
box 2623
Los Angeles School Journal
1927-1928
box 2624
Los Angeles School Journal
1928-1930
box 2625
Los Angeles School Journal
1930-1932
box 2626
Los Angeles School Journal
1932-1934
box 2627
Los Angeles School Journal
1934-1936
box 2628
Los Angeles School Journal
1936-1938
box 2629
Los Angeles School Journal
1938-1941
box 2630
Los Angeles School Journal
1941-1945
box 2631
Los Angeles School Journal
1945-1948
box 2632
New Los Angeles School Journal
1948
Scope and Contents
In 1948 the Los Angeles School Journal was published in a larger format and referred to as The New Los Angeles Journal. In
1949 the journal title returned to The Los Angeles School Journal but the large format was retained.
box 2632
Los Angeles School Journal
1949-1952
box 2633
Los Angeles School Journal
1952-1957
box 2634
Los Angeles School Journal
1955-1958
Scope and Content
The following materials represent a small number of journals ranging from dates 1955 through 1958. They are volumes 39 through
41.
box 2635
Los Angeles School Journal
1957-1959
Scope and Content
Contains volumes 41 through 42.
box 2635
Our Schools
1939-1941
Scope and Content
This journal of the Los Angeles City Schools was prepared at the direction of Superintendent Vierling Kersey as a professional
publication delivered to the schools four times each year. Journals from March 1939 through June 1941 are bound together into
a single book format. According to Kersey, its purpose is to serve "the educational needs of children and their better satisfaction
through the exchange of ideas, reports of activities, analysis of conditions and inspiration." The June 1941 issue includes
features on Americanism, the R.O.T.C. and the impact of the District's national defense training program.
Who's Who Registers
1972-1980
Scope and Content
Bound lists of notable alumni organized alphabetically by area and school name. Materials also include captions, graduation
years, achievements, photos and criteria for selection. Alumni areas of professional activity include sports, drama, government,
business, military, education, medicine, law, science and clergy. Notable alumni include Frank Capra, Edith Head, Derrell
Thomas, Augustus F. Hawkins, Makoto Sakamoto, Johnnie L. Cochran Jr., Norman Chandler, Yvonne Braithwaite Burke, Carol Burnett,
Warren Christopher, Richard Alatorre, Edward R. Roybal, Benjamin Earl Davidson, Clarence Charles Merriman, Oscar L. Gallego,
Daryl Gates, Tom Bradley, the Smothers Brothers, Gin Wong, Sally Field, Robert Redford, Don Drysdale, Samuel Cernuto, Willie
Crawford, Maralin Miska and Sammy Lee.
box 2636
Alumni Who's Who
1972-1980
School Registers
1968-1993
Scope and Content
The School Registry 1855-1968 is the second edition of the Chronology first published in 1963. This book contains alphabetical
lists of schools organized by the following section divisions: Elementary Schools, Junior High Schools, Senior High Schools,
Special Education Schools, Adult Schools and Junior Colleges. Records include date named, former name and date named, date
opened, comments and date closed. Materials also include the third and fourth editions of the Chronology entitled, History
of Schools Chronology, a list of currently operating schools which includes opening or annexation dates and three Names of
Schools binders which are organized alphabetically by school name and include opening dates, name and name change dates, closure
dates, principal names and dates of standing committee reports authorizing names, openings, annexations and name changes.
Additional copies of History of Schools Chronology may be found in either the Schools or Schools - History subject files.
box 2637, folder 1
School Registry 1855-1968
1968 September
box 2637, folder 2
History of Schools Chronology 1855-1972
1973 January
box 2637, folder 3
History of Schools (Chronology) 1855-1993
1993 October
box 2637, folder 4
Los Angeles Bicentennial Origins of School Names
1981
box 2637, folder 5
Currently Operating Schools - Opening or Annexation - By Year
1975 February 25
Directories
1888-1982
Scope and Content
Booklets contain school names, addresses, lists of board members and employee phone numbers, addresses and positions.
box 2638
Handbooks of Los Angeles City Schools
1895-1897
box 2638
Directories of Los Angeles City Schools
1898-1908
box 2638
Directories of the Los Angeles City Elementary and High School Districts
1910-1924
box 2639
Directories of the Los Angeles City Elementary and High School Districts
1924-1929
box 2640
Directories of the Los Angeles City Elementary and High School Districts
1888-1925, 1929-1931
Scope and Contents
Materials include individual and bound directories.
box 2641
Directories of the Los Angeles City Elementary and High School Districts
1928-1947
Scope and Contents
Bound directories.
box 2642
Directories of the Los Angeles City Elementary, High School and Junior College Districts
1931-1937
box 2642
Teachers' Directories
1902-1918
Scope and Contents
Bound directories.
box 2643
Teachers' Directories
1918-1927
box 2644
Teachers' Directories
1926-1933
box 2645
Teachers' Directories
1909-1935
Scope and Contents
Materials include red bound directories.
box 2646
Teachers' Directories
1920-1936
Scope and Contents
Copies belonging to Superintendent Susan M. Dorsey and Superintendent Frank A. Bouelle.
box 2647
Directories of the Personnel
1936-1941
box 2648
Directories of the Personnel
1946-1950
box 2648
Personnel Directories
1936-1940
Scope and Contents
Copies compiled and bound.
box 2649
Personnel Directories
1936-1950
Scope and Contents
Copies are compiled and bound.
box 2650
Personnel Directories
1946-1950
box 2650
Telephone Directories
1972-1982
box 2651
Los Angeles County Public Schools Directories
1912-1974
Guides
1918-2005
Scope and Content
Booklets contain alphabetical lists of schools, addresses, maps, phone numbers and principals. The earliest version of these
guides was called Alphabetical List of Schools but its name changed to Guide to Schools and Offices in 1949.
box 2652
Alphabetical Lists of Schools
1918-1948
box 2652
Guides to Schools and Offices
1949-1959
box 2653
Guides to Schools and Offices
1959-1983
box 2654
Guides to Schools and Offices
1985-1997
box 2655
Guides to Schools and Offices
1996-2000
box 2656
Guides to Schools and Offices
1999-2001
box 2657
Guides to Schools and Offices
2002-2005
Financial Booklets
1947-1979
Scope and Content
Booklets contain financial and statistical data concerning personnel such as salary schedules, salary ratings, proposed expenditures
and actual expenditures.
box 2658
Financial and Statistical Data
1947-1972
box 2658
Statistical Financial Personnel Data
1972-1979
Reports, Surveys and Studies
1916-1971
Scope and Content
These research reports, surveys and studies were authorized by the Board and executed by independent agencies.
box 2658
Report on Organization and Administration of the Public School System
1916 April 17-1916 May 22
box 2658
Survey of the Los Angeles City Schools
1934
Scope and Contents
Two copies.
box 2659
Reports Upon Examinations of the Los Angeles City School Districts
1951 June 30
box 2659
Report to the Board of Education
1962 December 17
box 2659
Los Angeles City Unified School District Study of the Maintenance Branch Phase I
1971 June 17
Yearbooks
1915-1976
Scope and Content
Junior and senior high school yearbooks.
box 2660, folder 1-3
The Poinsettia
1915-1917, 1919-1920
Scope and Contents
Hollywood High School.
box 2661, folder 1, box 2660, folder 4-6
The Artisan
1926-1930
Scope and Contents
Manual Arts High School.
box 2661, folder 2
The A9 Idea
1933-1934
Scope and Contents
Central Junior High School.
box 2662, folder 1, box 2661, folder 3-4
The Year
1972, 1974
Scope and Contents
John F. Kennedy High School.
Box 2,661: Two copies of the 1972 yearbook.
Box 2,662: One copy of the 1974 yearbook.
box 2661, folder 5
The Scroll
1973-1974
Scope and Contents
James Madison Junior High School.
box 2662, folder 2, box 2661, folder 6
The Torch
1974-1975
Scope and Contents
Joaquin Miller High School
box 2662, folder 3, box 2661, folder 7
Las Palmas
1974-1975
Scope and Contents
Palms Junior High School.
box 2661, folder 8, box 2662, folder 6
Gompers Artisan
1974-1975
Scope and Contents
Samuel Gompers Junior High.
box 2662, folder 4 and 7
The El Arador
1975-1976
Scope and Contents
Gardena High School.
box 2662, folder 5
Area F Alternative School
1975
Theses and Books
1928-2007
Scope and Content
The bulk of these materials consist of theses created by academics who utilized the subject files and Board Reports that were
maintained by the Board Secretariat's File Unit.
box 2663, folder 1
Genesis of the Los Angeles Board of Education and City Superintendent of Schools
undated
Scope and Contents
By Sherman H. Freeman.
box 2663, folder 2
A Study of the Development of Elementary Education in Los Angeles City
1928 March 24
Scope and Contents
By Elizabeth Bates.
box 2663, folder 3
The History of Secondary Education in the City of Los Angeles
1940 February
Scope and Contents
By Harry Sargent.
box 2663, folder 4
The Rise and Expansion of Public Secondary Education in the Los Angeles City High School District
1940
Scope and Contents
By Mary Grace Jensen.
box 2663, folder 5
Industrial Arts in the Los Angeles City Schools Prior to 1900
1955 August
Scope and Contents
By Marion Avakian.
box 2664, folder 1
An Historical Analysis of the Black Administrator in the Los Angeles Unified School District
1972
Scope and Contents
By Don J. Wilson.
box 2664, folder 2
From Discipline to Punishment: Race, Bureaucracy, and School Discipline Policy in Los Angeles, 1954-1975
2004 June 1
Scope and Contents
By Judith Rachel Kafka.
box 2664, folder 3
Fighting Fire with Fire: The Los Angeles School Desegregation Battle
2004 April 6
Scope and Contents
By Rachel Deborah Bernard.
box 2664, folder 4
The Red Lacquer Bridge
2007
Scope and Contents
By Maggie Shelton
box 2665
The Bulletin of the Los Angeles City Teachers Club
1917-1924
Scope and Content
Nine bulletins published monthly as a means of communication between the Board of Directors and the Members.
box 2665
California Teachers' Association
1914-1934
Scope and Content
Convention programs for the Institute of the City of Los Angeles and the Institute of the County of Los Angeles.
State Reports
1904-1960
Scope and Content
Materials published by the California Department of Education.
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Biennial Report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction
1904
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California Biennial School Report
1913
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California State Board of Education Life Diploma
1920
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School Law of California
1921
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Report of the California Commission for the Study of Educational Problems
1930
Scope and Contents
This copy was Superintendent Susan M. Dorsey's who served as the chairman of this commission.
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Directory of California Superintendents of Schools
1944 October
Scope and Contents
This directory was published as a bulletin of the California State Department of Education.
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Enrollment in California Public Schools Reports
1947 October 31-1960 March 31