Why Education Matters
Today is the first day of school for students in the Los Angeles Unified School District. Except at Bell High, the last campus in the district to maintain a year-round schedule. The staggered schedules were created to address overcrowding, but the temporary plans have mainly been phased out. Read more about Bell and other education stories, http://www.latimes.com/local/education/ and see our statistical look at LAUSD. It's part of Education Matters, an initiative by The Times to showcase robust education coverage. http://www.latimes.com/local/education/lausd/la-me-bell-year-round-20150818-story.html