Parents united

A nice editorial supporting Barr:

TEACHERS have a union. So do school administrators. Even school boards have an organization to represent their interests. So it only stands to reason that parents should, too.

Which is why Steve Barr, founder of Green Dot charter schools, is helping to meet a critical need in founding the Parents Union to represent families in the ongoing battle to overhaul the Los Angeles Unified School District.

While Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, the unions and the L.A. school board have duked it out over reform legislation in Sacramento, an authentic voice of moms and dads has been notably absent. If Barr can provide one, more power to him.

So far, the only parental voices that legislators have heard have been from handpicked champions of the status quo that the district has shipped up to Sacramento. If nothing else, the Parents Union, which actively supports Villaraigosa's reform plan, will provide some balance to the discussion.

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Parents united
Union brings important voice to LAUSD debate

http://www.dailynews.com/opinions/ci_4027316