I found the District very inefficient and top-heavy. They have a large budget which is spent mostly on supporting the beaurocracy. The inner-city schools suffered from lack of maintenance. The kids were great but lacked the proper role models. Their role models were great athletes and people who did well in their neighborhood. I remember one student looked up to the profession of a pimp, because he dressed well and had a 'big car". The District did little to lift the self- esteem of the inner-city students. After nine years I moved to the Valley and worked with a young activist who was working to teach immigrants to to speek and read English. As part of my course at La.Valley College, I checked at their book depository about aiding him with books. When they found out he was doing it at no cost to his students, they were glad to help. He was able to get reading books at no cost from them and he was thankfull for my help.

From a teacher's point of view this district is a disaster. With an annual budget of literally 8 billion dollars you think they could get the paychecks out correctly and on time, you'd think that the schools would be well stocked with computers, textbooks, and renovations, NOPE. Take my word for it, the schools do suck, the administrators only want to cover their behinds and the distrcit is a mess. Avoid at all costs.

This school district is the most horrible district on the planet. And you would all know that if you had to go to the schools in it.