Acclaimed school fighting for survival
A nationally acclaimed alternative high school that works with second-chance teens will be given no second chance, administrators said Tuesday. Dana Barthololmew in the Daily News.
The West Valley Leadership Academy, nearly closed in June 2008 because of dwindling enrollment, will be shuttered next month by the Los Angeles County Office of Education.
The Canoga Park school has been hailed for its no-nonsense approach to turning around "the worst of the worst" - kids in gangs, kids on drugs, truant kids and kids who get kicked out of school.
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