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After 10 Years, It’s Time to Return Control of Inglewood Schools to the Community

Joe W. Bowers Jr., California Black MediaOctober 13, 2022

Last week, I wrote a commentary marking 10 years since the Inglewood Unified School District (IUSD) Board of Education lost control of Inglewood schools. I requested that it not be printed when I was informed that Dr. Erika Torres had announced she was stepping down from her position as IUSD County Administrator because she had a recurrence of breast cancer. The commentary was very critical of Torres’ administration so under the circumstances, I decided to rewrite it removing the focus from her. I wish her well as she concentrates on her health and her family’s wellbeing On Oct. 3, 2012,

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Closing Warren Lane Elementary in Inglewood Is a Terrible Decision

Dr. Joe W. Bowers Jr.  California Black Media March 24, 2022

Erika Torres, County Administrator in charge of running Inglewood public schools, recently announced that IUSD is closing Warren Lane (aka Daniel Freeman) Elementary school.

Rebuttal to: Inglewood’s Choice to Quickly Close Elementary School Harms Children and Hurts Our Community

Dr. Dionne FaulkJuly 2, 2020

The state of Inglewood Unified School District (IUSD) has improved significantly since I was elected in 2017. IUSD is on track to start transitioning out of receivership, we achieved a positive budget certification this year for the first time since going into receivership in 2012, our facilities have improved significantly and we are always planning for our future needs, and lastly our entire IUSD leadership team came together to provide a safe quality educational experience during COVID-19. You can see for yourself a vast improvement of our schools from where they were just a few years ago.