LA's Promise
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LA's Promise (formerly known as MLA Partner Schools) 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 on a first-of-its-kind performance contract with Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD).[1] These schools are West Adams Preparatory High School, Manual Arts High School and John Muir Middle School, with a total student enrollment of approximately 6,000 students.[2] LA's Promise'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.[3]
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Founded | 2003 |
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Founder | Mike McGalliard and John Holcomb |
Focus | Education |
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Area served | South Los Angeles |
Key people | Mike McGalliard - Cofounder, Veronica Melvin - CEO, Stephen Prough - Co-Chair, Frank Marshall - Co-Chair |
Website | http://www.laspromise.org |
LA's Promise 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.[4] The school's model of shared leadership between LAUSD and LA's Promise became a new model teamwork between the private and public sectors for public school operation.[5] In 2008, LA's Promise became one of four nonprofit organizations known as "Network Providers" working within LAUSD's newly created iDesign Schools Division to create the speedy turnaround of a select number of LAUSD's lowest performing schools.[6] 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.[7]