CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
September 24, 2013 | By Howard Blume
It took exactly one week for nearly 300 students at Roosevelt High School to hack through security so they could surf the Web on their new school-issued iPads, raising new concerns about a plan to distribute the devices to all students in the district. Similar problems emerged at two other high schools as well, although the hacking was not as widespread. Officials at the Los Angeles Unified School District have immediately halted home use of the Apple tablets until further notice.
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
September 25, 2013 | By Howard Blume
Following news that students at a Los Angeles high school had hacked district-issued iPads and were using them for personal use, district officials have halted home use of the Apple tablets until further notice. It took exactly one week for nearly 300 students at Theodore Roosevelt High School to hack through security so they could surf the Web on their new school-issued iPads, raising new concerns about a plan to distribute the devices to all students in the district . "Outside of the district's network ... a user is free to download content and applications and browse the Internet without restriction," two senior administrators said in a memo to the Board of education and L.A. schools Supt.
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April 17, 2013 | By Patrick McGreevy
A state legislative committee on Wednesday rejected a proposal to allow school districts to train teachers and administrators to use guns to protect campuses against armed intruders. Only one member of the seven-member Assembly Education Committee voted for the bill introduced by Assemblyman Tim Donnelly (R-Twin Peaks) in response to the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut. “What we're talking about is protecting kids,” Donnelly told the committee regarding AB 202. Assemblywoman Joan Buchanan (D-Alamo)
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March 19, 1999 | JASON KANDEL and SEEMA MEHTA, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Scores of Brea-Olinda High School students walked off campus Thursday and staged a sit-down strike in the middle of a busy street to protest the cancellation of a popular spirit rally. School officials said about 200 students took part, though police said about one-third that number blocked traffic. The demonstration on Wild Cat Way was broken up by about 40 officers and school officials, who described the teens as unruly. No one was injured or arrested.
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February 28, 2014 | By Maura Dolan
SAN FRANCISCO - An attorney is vowing to appeal a federal court ruling that a Northern California high school that asked students to remove American flag shirts on Cinco de Mayo acted reasonably to avoid igniting ethnic tensions. The ruling stemmed from a 2010 incident that provoked angry commentary across the country and a lawsuit by students claiming their constitutional rights had been violated. An attorney for three students who sued said he would ask a larger panel of the 9th Circuit to overturn the ruling.
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March 13, 2011 | By Joanna Clay, Los Angeles Times
Senior citizens and runners are calling on the Laguna Beach Board of Education to reconsider its ban on public use of a high school track during school hours. For as long as many residents can remember, Laguna Beach High has opened its track to the public during and after school. But six months ago the board voted to bar non-students from using the grounds during instructional hours, citing safety concerns. At a board meeting last week, about 10 residents spoke against the closure, citing health and emotional reasons as well as the need for the community to congregate.