LAUSD firings mount since Miramonte scandal

The Los Angeles Unified School District has paid out $27 million
in claims over alleged molestation at Miramonte Elementary School.

The Los Angeles Unified school board has voted to fire 127 educators and accepted the resignations of 110 more since February 2012, when the Miramonte sex-abuse scandal triggered a crackdown on misconduct, according to district officials.

In providing updated tallies last week, officials were unable to say how many of the 237 employees had quit or been terminated because of inappropriate behavior involving students.

However, they did say that “most” of the 413 educators pulled from the classroom over the past 20 months had been accused of some sort of misconduct.  (more...)

LAUSD firings mount since Miramonte scandal