Roberta weintraub biography
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High Tech Los Angeles
Charter school in the United States
High Tech Los Angeles, or HTLA is an American charter high school located in Lake Balboa, CA, in the San Fernando Valley. It is located on the site of Birmingham High School, but it has its own separate buildings.
History
[edit]High Tech LA was conceived in 2002 by entrepreneur Roberta Weintraub as a school to prepare students for the 21st century. It was modeled after the successful chain of High Tech High schools, being formerly called High Tech High Los Angeles. It opened in 2002 and became the nation's first charter high school operating from the campus of another public school, Birmingham High. By 2004 more permanent buildings had been built. The school was accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges and it 2007 was named a California Distinguished High School.
In 2013, it was named the best charter high school in all of California by the USC School Performance Dashboard.[2] In
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A Dream School Becomes Reality
A quarter of a century after the anti-busing movement launched her political career and 11 years after she left the Los Angeles Board of Education, Roberta Weintraub returned to the public spotlight -- and her San Fernando Valley base -- with the dedication Wednesday of her latest brainchild.
HighTechHigh-LA, which Weintraub calls her dream school, is housed in an ultra-modern building nestled into a spot on the vast campus of Birmingham High School in Van Nuys. The new charter school’s college-prep, math and science-oriented curriculum draws students from across Los Angeles, including many from minority, low-income neighborhoods.
“It’s the most creative and wonderful experience of my life,” said Weintraub, the effervescent but tough woman who won her school board seat in a 1979 recall election at the height of the anti-busing fervor, and stayed around long enough -- 14 years -- to become more moderate, launching campus-based health clinics and inno
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Roberta Weintraub, a time-honored civic leader and former LA school board member with deep roots in the San Fernando Valley, died on Jan. 1, 2019. She was 83.
She first gained notoriety as an activist against school-busing in the 1970s, and went on to champion issues of education and law enforcement across ideological lines. Weintraub represented the east Valley on the Los Angeles Unified School District board before she was elected president four times during her 14-year tenure on the dais. Following an unsuccessful run for City Council in 1995, she undertook an array of ambitious projects that melded her passions for law enforcement and education.
In a partnership between the Los Angeles Police Department and LA Unified, she founded the Police Academy Magnet School Program that exists at nine schools across the city today. The program offers a police-officer-led high school curriculum to students interested in pursuing a career in law enforcement.
In 2007 she started the Poli