Los Angeles Unified committee meeting, Nov 20, 2025
2 h 18 min · 7 public speakers
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- Who spoke · first speaks at
- Karla GriegoBoard Member
- Sherlett Hendy NewbillBoard Member
- Tanya Ortiz FranklinBoard Member
What happened
What happened at this meeting
School culture committee reviews safety data showing decreases in reported incidents 2:15
- The committee heard a presentation from school operations and school police on safety data, which a school operations staff member said showed decreases across fighting, substances, threats and weapons incidents this school year. 2:15
- The district's chief medical director and staff from 93rd Elementary and Crenshaw High School then presented on mental health and wellness initiatives and the work of psychiatric social workers. 54:12
- Karla Griego said a community-based safety resolution introduced with Tanya Ortiz Franklin would be voted on in December. 1:36:14
- Several speakers at public comment raised implementation of PBIS and the role of school police. 2:02:11
Item by item (6)
- Opening and introductions 0:03
- Tanya Ortiz Franklin opened the second meeting of the committee of school culture and climate and said Tanya Ortiz Franklin would chair the committee again this year. 0:03
- Tanya Ortiz Franklin said the agenda would open with data from School Operations and school police, followed by a presentation from School Mental Health and two school sites. 2:15
- School safety data presentation 3:08
- A school operations staff member said reported fighting or physical aggression fell from 5.74 to 4.46 per 1,000 students, with illegal or controlled substances down roughly 30%, threats down 21% and weapons down 23.6%, based on I-Star data. 3:08
- The staff member explained that I-Star captures incidents reported by administrators for administrative follow-up, while police data captures crimes, so the figures may differ. 10:01
- A school police deputy chief said 17 handguns were recovered on campus last year compared with 13 the year before, an increase of 31%, and that other weapons were down about 34%. 10:47
- Committee questions on safety data 17:30
- Asked whether incidents were tracked on and off campus, the deputy chief said the current records management system does not separate on-campus and off-campus data. 17:54
- A school operations staff member said principals had been trained this week on steps to take if immigration enforcement occurs at or near a campus, and a school police staff member said officers confirm what is happening and report back to the school without intervening. 24:56
- Asked by Sherlett Hendy Newbill how long an I-Star report takes, a staff member said about 10 to 15 minutes. 53:23
- Mental health and wellness presentation 54:12
- The district's chief medical director said over 60,000 students were connected to mental health across the district last year. 54:50
- The psychiatric social worker at 93rd Street Elementary described a parent group on separation anxiety that averaged 12 parents, and a Crenshaw High School staff member described supports for newcomer students. 1:02:32
- A staff member invited attendees to a student-led Youth Mental Health Symposium on May 1st. 1:29:23
- Committee discussion on mental health staffing 1:30:15
- Karla Griego said several psychiatric social workers were removed from their positions and asked the presenters how many days they work at their schools; both said 5 days. 1:30:29
- Sherlett Hendy Newbill asked what other support staff work alongside psychiatric social workers, and a staff member listed resource navigators, nurses, attendance counselors and others. 1:45:21
- Asked by Karla Griego about fears with potential budget cuts, the Crenshaw principal and psychiatric social workers spoke about losing staff and consistency for students. 1:52:02
- Public comment 1:59:41
- Several speakers at public comment called for full implementation of PBIS and said they did not want school police in schools. 2:02:11
- Other speakers at public comment asked for school police to return to campuses where needed. 2:06:52
- A speaker at public comment said the data presented lacked totals and historical trends before the pandemic. 2:14:01
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