High School Organizing

Kassie Walters Speaks Out at Westchester High Rally

Publication Date:

Apr 2 2009

Kassie Walters, Westchester High Schoolstudent, member of Taking Action and the Bus Riders Union gives a speech describing how the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority's lack of efficient

Cathia Barrow performs her poem, Who am I, at Westchester Rally

by Gabriel Strachota

Publication Date:

Apr 2 2009

Cathia Barrow, Westecherster High school Student, Taking Action and Bus Riders Union Member gives a spoken word piece at Transportation not tickets Rally and press Conference.

Westchester High Taking Action Rally 03.31.09

by Bethel Hamel

Slideshow Date:

Apr 2 2009

LAUSD Students Demand Transportation Not Tickets

by Bethel Hamel

Westchester High School students speak out against inadequate bus service and urge MTA to improve educational access by improving countywide service

Students Organize Protest

by Bethel Hamel

, Los Angeles Sentinel, April 1, 2009

LAUSD Students Demand Transportation, Not Tickets

Errica Dotson (Sentinel News Writer)

Exigen ampliación de una ruta de autobús

by Bethel Hamel

, La Opinion, April 1, 2009

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document.write (window.opener.document.getElementById('textArticle').innerHTML); Para llegar puntual a la preparatoria Westchester, Laura Gutiérrez sale muy temprano de casa. El recorrido le toma unos 90 minutos. El reto es llegar antes de las 8:00 a.m. con pocos autobuses.

Isaías Alvarado | 2009-04-01 | La Opinión

Ticketing towards prisons: LAUSD’s truancy tickets and the pre-prisoning of our youth

by Lisa Adler

Did you ever come late to school? Of course, we all did. You'd get a look from the teacher, a warning about your grades, or even detention. Well, times have changed. Being 15 minutes late can now get you handcuffed by school police and issued a ticket for $250 with a mandatory day in court. Black and Latino students have been telling us about their experiences with these "zero tolerance" policies.