MLA Partner Schools
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LA's Promise is a 501c3 nonprofit organization based in Los Angeles, California. Its focus is on school reform and neighborhood revitalization. It currently operates two large public high schools and one middle school in the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), West Adams Preparatory High School
, Manual Arts High School
and John Muir Middle School, with a total student enrollment of approximately 6000 students. MLA's first school, West Adams Preparatory High School, is applauded as a new model for non-charter public schools because of its unique programs and student culture.
MLA is one of the first nonprofit organizations in Los Angeles to operate a non-charter public school with the opening of West Adams Prep in 2007. The school's model of shared leadership between LAUSD and MLA became a new model teamwork between the private and public sectors for public school operation. In 2008, MLA became one of four nonprofit organizations known as "Network Providers" working within in the LAUSD's newly created iDesign Schools Division to create the speedy turnaround of a select number of LAUSD's lowest performing schools. Among the four Network Partners is the Partnership for Los Angeles Schools (PLAS), a nonprofit created by Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa to drive his school reform agenda.
In 2011, MLA Partner Schools changed its name to LA's Promise. Running two high schools and one middle school, serving a total of 8000 students, it partners with over 50 organizations to provide over 200 wraparound services to the LA Promise Neighborhood. In March of the same year, the LAUSD school board voted to give control of John Muir Middle School to LA's Promise.
LA's Promise received increased noteriety through its association with famed chef and activist, Jamie Oliver. LA's Promise (then called MLA Partner Schools) and its school, West Adams Prep, were featured as a primary plot element in the second season of Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution, on ABC.
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West Adams Preparatory High School
West Adams Preparatory High School is a secondary school in the South Los Angeles community of Los Angeles, California, United States.The school is a part of the Los Angeles Unified School District and is operated by a nonprofit organization working in conjunction with LAUSD. The organization, MLA...
, Manual Arts High School
Manual Arts High School
Manual Arts High School is a secondary school in Los Angeles, California. When founded, Manual Arts was a vocational high school, but later converted to a traditional curriculum.-History:...
and John Muir Middle School, with a total student enrollment of approximately 6000 students. MLA's first school, West Adams Preparatory High School, is applauded as a new model for non-charter public schools because of its unique programs and student culture.
MLA is one of the first nonprofit organizations in Los Angeles to operate a non-charter public school with the opening of West Adams Prep in 2007. The school's model of shared leadership between LAUSD and MLA became a new model teamwork between the private and public sectors for public school operation. In 2008, MLA became one of four nonprofit organizations known as "Network Providers" working within in the LAUSD's newly created iDesign Schools Division to create the speedy turnaround of a select number of LAUSD's lowest performing schools. Among the four Network Partners is the Partnership for Los Angeles Schools (PLAS), a nonprofit created by Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa to drive his school reform agenda.
History
MLA was founded in 2003 by Mike McGalliard and John Holcomb as the Center for Innovative Education. It was founded under the umbrella of Community Partners, a local organization that incubates nonprofits. In 2006, the Center for Innovative Education broke away from Community Partners to incorporate under its own 501c3. In doing this, it merged resources and board members with another local nonprofit organization (which was dissolved in the merger) and changed its name to Mentor LA. After the opening of its first high school in 2007 (West Adams Prep), Mentor LA became known as MLA Partner Schools.In 2011, MLA Partner Schools changed its name to LA's Promise. Running two high schools and one middle school, serving a total of 8000 students, it partners with over 50 organizations to provide over 200 wraparound services to the LA Promise Neighborhood. In March of the same year, the LAUSD school board voted to give control of John Muir Middle School to LA's Promise.
LA's Promise received increased noteriety through its association with famed chef and activist, Jamie Oliver. LA's Promise (then called MLA Partner Schools) and its school, West Adams Prep, were featured as a primary plot element in the second season of Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution, on ABC.
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