Group Will Discuss School District Split

Attempting to cleave a cumbersome Los Angeles Unified School District, the L.A. Breakup Campaign will host a community meeting Saturday to get input on a plan to create a San Fernando Valley school district or districts.

“Since it’s going to be a community movement, we think that you have to involve the community in the planning,” said Stephanie Carter, a Tarzana parent who favors a Valley split.

Carter and Diana Dixon-Davis, a Chatsworth resident, are the chairwomen of the breakup campaign. Along with a few dozen other activists, they are preparing a plan to allow Valley schools to split from the 650,000-student school district, which many contend is too big and unresponsive.

By summer’s end, Carter said, the group hopes to submit a breakup plan to county education officials--the first step in a process that could take years.

A recent school district-commissioned poll indicated that two-thirds of respondents have some degree of support for splitting up the Los Angeles school district.

The breakup meeting will take place from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. at the State Office Building, 6150 Van Nuys Blvd. in Van Nuys.

A similar meeting is scheduled July 20 at the Mid-Valley Public Library, 16244 Nordhoff St. in North Hills. For information, call (818) 343-4932.