Los Angeles — Activist Glynis DeVance, right, voices her opposition to the Los Angeles Unified School District's handling of the sexual-abuse case at Miramonte Elementary School. After a two-day shutdown, the school reopened Thursday with a new slate of teachers and administrators.
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Los Angeles — Miramonte Elementary students who stayed out of school voice their support for teachers that were replaced as parents emerge from a meeting with school and district officials to discuss the sex-abuse scandal that has engulfed the school.
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Los Angeles — Parents emerge from the Miramonte Elementary auditorium after meeting with officials on the sex-abuse scandal at the school.
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Los Angeles — A newly posted teacher leads her students out for recess at Miramonte Elementary school.
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Los Angeles — Delwin Venegas, 9, takes part in a protest in support of the teachers who were removed from Miramonte Elementary School.
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Los Angeles — Miramonte Elementary music students who did not return to class because they want their teacher to return sing in front of the South Los Angeles campus.
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Los Angeles — UTLA President Warren Fletcher holds a news conference in front of Miramonte Elementary.
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Los Angeles — Miramonte students arrive as the staff gets ready to reopen with an all-new slate of teachers and administrators as well as custodians and cafeteria workers.
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Los Angeles — A poster of fired teachers Mark Berndt, left, and Martin Bernard Springer greets students as they arrive at school.
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Los Angeles — After an orientation meeting in the auditorium, teachers new to Miramonte Elementary School head toward their classrooms.
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Los Angeles — A teacher reassigned to Miramonte Elementary walks through the hallway.
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Los Angeles — Miramonte Elementary's Jose Vergara says goodbye to his students, who gathered outside the fence to get a glimpse of their teachers as they packed up to make way for a new staff.
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Los Angeles — A sign in Spanish that reads, "We don't want new teachers," sits in front of Miramonte Elementary.
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Los Angeles — A Los Angeles School police officer Ron Chacon comforts 8-year-old Roberto Alverez, who was weeping in support of teachers who are temporarily being removed from Miramonte Elementary.
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Los Angeles — Lizbeth Uzarraga, whose daughter is a sixth-grade student, signs a petition in favor of keeping teachers that are being removed from Miramonte Elementary.
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Los Angeles — Miramonte students and parents came out in support of teachers being removed by the Los Angeles Unified School District following the arrests of two teachers on allegations of lewd acts against students.
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Los Angeles — School staff carry empty boxes to pack their belongings as a two-day closure went into effect at Miramonte Elementary to enable the Los Angeles Unified School District to temporarily replace the entire staff following the arrests of two teachers on allegations of lewd acts against students.
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Los Angeles — Andrea Shaffer, a sixth-grade teacher, packs her belongings.
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Hundreds of parents turn out to meet with the L.A. Unified Supt. John Deasy in a private meeting at South Region High School on Monday. Angry parents chanted "No media no justice," as the media was denied entrance to the meeting.
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Los Angeles — Parents meet with L.A. Unified Supt. John Deasy.
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Los Angeles — Parents wait to meet with Supt. John Deasy.
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Los Angeles — Supt. John Deasy speaks with the media after a private meeting with parents at South Region High School on Monday night.
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Los Angeles — Parents protest at Miramonte Elementary.
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Los Angeles — LAPD officers stand in front of Miramonte Elementary School on Monday.
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Los Angeles — Angry parents yell at one another in front of Miramonte Elementary School during a protest Monday.
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Los Angeles — Former state Sen. Martha M. Escutia, right, talks with parents outside Miramonte Elementary School on Monday.
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Los Angeles — Parents hold a banner outside Miramonte Elementary School on Monday.
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Los Angeles — Dozens of parents demonstrate in front of Miramonte Elementary School. "My kids are scared," one parent said. "They’re coming to me and saying, ‘Mommy, I’m scared.’ They’re scared to be in school."
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Los Angeles — A woman walks past LAPD officers in front of Miramonte Elementary School on Monday.
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Los Angeles — Attorney Luis A. Carrillo stands next to his client, Dalia Gutierrez, right, as they speak with the media during a news conference at Miramonte Elementary School.
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Los Angeles — A woman and child walk past Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies outside Miramonte Elementary School on Monday.
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Sex abuse scandal at Miramonte Elementary
[UPDATE] Miramonte Elementary School was set to reopen Thursday after a two-day closure to change out the school’s entire staff following a series of allegations of lewd acts by teachers.
Los Angeles schools Supt. John Deasy told parents Monday evening that the district is replacing the entire staff of Miramonte Elementary School in the wake of the arrests last week of two teachers on lewd conduct charges.
Parents of Miramonte Elementary students applauded the Los Angeles Unified School District’s decision to close the school for two days this week as the campus reels from allegations that two teachers engaged in lewd conduct with students.
But Miramonte parent Graciela Garcia said she wasn’t satisfied. “The school should be closed, but not just for two days,” she said, demanding that all the school’s teachers be investigated.
The district said the school would be closed to students Tuesday and Wednesday. It was open as usual Monday, and a number of parents went to the campus to protest the district’s handling of situation.
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3 Comments
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February 7, 2012, 4:39 am
it is about time these clowns in charge be held accountable
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February 7, 2012, 5:44 am
this world is nuts and our authority has gone into insanity mode 24 7
our future generations will be scarred for ever to loose natural resources the trust of adults in authority and have a underdeveloped education what a crying shame crying it should be an hysterical primal scream -
February 9, 2012, 2:40 am
i realy confused while hearing this kind of News from a developed country and it means the subject teachers have Goast-like sex-appeal; otherwise your west contries have plenty chances of sex-saturation. Now its a question for lots of peope here in eastren countries that that what is the motive behind and as well the intention of the accused teachers.
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