South Bay : JOINING THE PACK

Nineteen schools from the South Bay were added to the list of campuses participating in the nation’s largest school reform program Monday when the Los Angeles Unified School District approved 103 more schools for the LEARN program.

The school system added the campuses to the list of 299 schools participating in the program, which gives individual schools authority over instructional matters, personnel and budgets. District officials believe that giving more power to the schools will increase educational achievement in the district, LEARN President Mike Roos said.