Why did the LAUSD vote to create the Alternative Assessment Task Force?
ACP: CEJ students, parents and teacher leaders worked extensively with School Board Members Genethia Hayes and José Huizar to bring forward a motion to create this task force. We brought 350 of our CEJ members to the school board on April 18, 2002, the day that the board voted on this motion. We were also able to galvanize a fair amount of local and state support. We had letters coming to the board from Assemblymember Jackie Goldberg s office and other leaders in support of the motion. And we also had it coordinated with the San Francisco Unified School District s move on the same item. With all this work and coordination, we were able to get the board to pass this motion.
