Student enrollment in the Los Angeles Unified School District, along with many districts throughout California, has been in a steady state of freefall — a trend with potentially dire consequences if it continues.
Jovanna Mendoza Machad, whose two boys recently started the new academic year at Corona Avenue Elementary in Bell, said she’s worried about the state of LAUSD schools.
Last year, her son Asher’s after-school art program was cut after just one week. And at her son Diego’s former school, his kindergarten class was merged with a pre-K program…