In late December 2004 the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) began demolishing approximately one third of the new and never occupied Belmont High School campus which has cost taxpayers $238 million to build with another $110 million for partial demolition and reconstruction.
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LAUSD & D.A. Cooley’s Belmont Cover-up? Secret Report on Toxic Hazards at Belmont? #405-406
District Attorney Steve Cooley and officials of the Los Angeles Unified School District are still covering up criminal behavior and dangerous conditions, according to Ed Scott, a former member of the D.A.’s Belmont Task Force investigation of the ongoing Belmont High School construction project.
Read More...No Bidding on Belmont Contract? IRS Propaganda on Belmont? #401-402
According to Dominic Shambra, former Director of Planning and Development for the Los Angeles Unified School District, there was no competitive bidding for the Belmont Learning Center contract.
Read More...LAUSD $8 Billion Expansion & Accountability #379-380
Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) Chief Executive for Facilities/Operations Jim McConnell explained the scope of the proposed $3.8 billion bond measure proposed for the March 2004 ballot and the $8 billion expansion program for the school district.
Read More...Education Lobby: Relax Foreign Student Visa Reporting #316
In this Part two of the Full Disclosure program covering foreign student visa loopholes, Jim White, Legal Counselor with UCLA’s International Student Services describes the “education lobby” (private and public supported university systems) and groups like NAFSA (http://www.nafsa.org) the National Association of Foreign Student Affairs are actively involved in shaping U. S. immigration policy/regulations.
Read More...Foreign Student Visa Loopholes #315
Loopholes created by the U. S. Congress in 1996 made it possible for foreign students to disappear, unaccounted for, throughout the United States without prior background checks, or verification that they ever showed up for classes.
Read More...Americans No More: Demise of U.S. Citizenship? #182
Nationally syndicated columnist and author Georgie Anne Geyer made predictions of the demise of American Citizenship in a 1996 television interview.
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