We call on LAUSD to…

…adopt UTLA’s original bargaining proposals to use empty lots to build affordable housing for the 21,000 unhoused LAUSD students and their families

… adopt UTLA’s original bargaining proposal to create annual immigrant clinics. More specifically, these clinics should include support for I-765 applications for Employment Authorization Documents (EAD).  

…provide a Restorative Justice Coordinator at every school in the district (grades 6-12). 

… provide workshops or an informative video for parents about mental health services before they are asked to consent to those services for their children

… provide an application for minors to bypass parent/ guardian consent for mental health services

…modify the Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Requirements (Bullet Number 1347.5) by including a provision that students be informed about child abuse reporting laws by watching a video similar to that which is required of teachers. 

….improve enforcement of the California Healthy Youth Act by ensuring that all high school students receive a sexual health education class before they graduate.

Ever since students returned to school from the pandemic, we have seen an increase in the need for social services. 

The pandemic has led to a variety of problems, including homelessness, labor exploitation, disruptive classroom behavior, declining mental health, increasing rates of child abuse, and the spread of misinformation about sexual health. 

-   According to the APA, two-thirds of psychologists reported an increase in symptoms' severity among patients in 2022.
-   In California, the number of students experiencing homelessness increased by 9%, about 16,000, to a total of approximately 187,000 kids. (The 74 million.)
-   In LAUSD, there are thousands of homeless students. In fact, there are at least 20,000 according to the 2020 report on the LAUSD website.
-   According to LA County, 10,000 child abuse referrals were made in the past year. 
-  The Word Health Organization reports that “The increased spread of health-related misinformation in a health emergency is accelerated by easy access to online content, especially on smartphones.”

These are just a few of the facts that reflect the urgency of the problems we are tasked to fix. It is our generation that must make a change.  With your support, we can bring this to the attention of the LAUSD Superintendent, Alberto Carvalho. With recent  SEIU and UTLA victories, we have seen a change in our communities. If their unity was able to bring home a win, why can’t the future generations of Los Angeles? With your help, we are one step closer to change. 

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