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Students and parents urge LAUSD to allow independent graduation for Virtual Academy leadership students
Summary
Several students and parents asked the board during public comment to permit a smaller, school-level graduation for Leadership and Public Service Virtual Academy seniors, alleging central office Virtual Academy leadership has taken decision-making authority away from site principals.
Multiple public commenters — students, parents and families of Leadership and Public Service Virtual Academy seniors — told the committee the central Virtual Academy office has overridden site principals and denied students a smaller, school-level graduation.
"After 12 years of hard work, don't students deserve a graduation that is intimate and meaningful between them, their parents, and their teachers?" asked a student speaker,…
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