This Update column will be my last as AALA President. I am retiring on July 1, 2015, after serving 46 years in LAUSD as a teacher, administrator and AALA President.
Six years ago, in July 2009, when I assumed the presidency of AALA, my first Update column focused on the impact of unprecedented budget cuts caused by the State’s financial crisis. This period became known as the Great Recession, the worst economic disaster since the Great Depression.