Fwd: School for Super Rich Kids, Granted $40M by L.A City Hall From: Kathleen Hernandez <[email protected]> Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2012 22:14:11 -0700 Subject: [occupyla] School for Super Rich Kids, Granted $40M by L.A City Hall
This is unbelievable while LAUSD class size is out of hand, classrooms can't be cleaned, no money to fund resource specialists, preschool, adult ed. A charity loan for the 1%? This deserves a protest for sure. Kathleen Hernandez From: [email protected] Subject: School for Super Rich Kids, Granted $40M by L.A City Hall Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2012 03:32:35 +0000 Buckley School, Sherman Oaks Campus for Super Rich Kids, Granted $40M Charity Loan by L.A. City Hall By Simone Wilson Fri., Jun. 29 2012 at 7:00 AM [full article:] http://blogs.laweekly.com/informer/2012/06/la_city_hall_approves_40_million_loan_for_buckley_school_kardashian.php Of all disintegrating LAUSD campuses that need a tax-exempt loan to build new facilities, the Buckley School in Sherman Oaks isn't even in the top 700. This place attracts the richest of the rich. It's like Candyland meets Secret Garden meets Enchanted Forest: Buckley describes itself as "a beautiful 18-acre campus, nestled away in a wooded canyon," where "the most serious distraction a student might face on campus is watching the deer descend the hillside in the search of an afternoon snack." (And not the paper-mache kind.) Alumni reportedly include Alyssa Milano, Nicollette Sheridan, Laura Dern, Nicole Richie, Paris Hilton and Kim and Rob Kardashian. [...] [@simone_electra / [email protected] / @LAWeeklyNews] ### ------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAAMN: Los Angeles Alternative Media Network --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Digest: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Help: <mailto:[email protected]?subject=laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive1: <http://www.egroups.com/messages/laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive2: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
