Community-School Parks
LAUSD School Board to Discuss CSP Report on Nov. 25
A working group representing the City of Los Angeles, the L.A. Unified School District, People for Parks, parks and recreation employees, and elected officials has submitted its report on how to convert black-topped schoolyards into Community-School Parks (CSPs) open to their neighborhoods on weekends. Click here for a copy of the report.
On Nov. 25, the Working Group will make a formal presentation to the LAUSD Board of Education. The CSP report discusses the importance of selecting schools based on the community’s need for open space.
Los Angeles city officials, meanwhile, are also keeping close tabs on the project. Sutkin recently toured a potential site for one of the first CSPs with Councilman Tom LaBonge’s Education Deputy, Mary Rodriguez, and City Hall Legislative Deputy Lisa Schechter.
If the LAUSD School Board adopts the report, the process of converting asphalt playgrounds will move forward. Private funding will also be needed to green and supervise the CSPs. It will cost each school about $20,000 per year for Beyond the Bell and the City of L.A. to provide after-school supervision and service on weekends and during summers for six hours daily. By law, CSPs cannot be open without adult supervision. |
