LAUSD has moved the deadline for the Choices brochure applications (Magnet/Permits with Transportation/Public School Choice) to before the holiday break.  This means that the “Meet the Magnet Nights” are earlier, and schools are giving tours throughout the month of  November.  I’d hoped that the e-Choices website would be updated, but it’s not.  Further, there will be no Choices Fair at UCLA or anywhere else.  Some local districts are attempting to put together informational meetings for their schools–so keep asking at your school, your local district, or your school board member.  Feel free to ask questions here, and if it’s an area I’m not familiar with, I’ll try to get help.  And if someone posts a question you feel you can help with–Please share your knowledge!

Meet the Magnets Night at Sepulveda Middle School is Wednesday,  November 4th, from 6-8 pm.  More info is located here: http://www.sepulvedams.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=29526&type=d&termREC_ID=&pREC_ID=31605

And for prospective high school applicants, Monroe’s legendary Magnet Night is Thursday, November 5th, from 6-8 pm.  Their calendar entry is located here: http://monroe.lausd.k12.ca.us/glsys/calendar_event.php?eid=20090930083003643

and keep checking for updates to the http://echoices.lausd.net/ site

Any questions?  Ask them in the comments section.

California public school families!  Join us for the 2nd annual CALIFORNIA CHILDREN’S RALLY on the front steps of the Sacramento Capitol 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. Tuesday, June 23, 2009!  We’ll bring our kids to visit their legislators again and parade the 100-kid kazoo band, what art/music/protest will YOU bring?  (And yes, we’ll be camping again in Cool, although the baby goats have grown.)

What is the California Children’s Rally?  Write us at magnetyentas@cs.com to request a viewing of Bob Niemack’s new documentary “Burning Mom.”  Or read more at: www.californiachildrensrally.com

http://www.laweekly.com/2008-12-11/la-vida/a-bunch-of-smart-funny-women-8212-and-taylor-negron/

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