Los Angeles County education officials have launched an investigation into fiscal and legal questions surrounding a small public school district that has been enrolling Catholic school students. Also at issue was whether the public school district could properly claim state money for students who were attending Catholic schools full time, and whose parents were paying Catholic school tuition. All of the three Catholic schools that partnered with Lennox last year have severed their relationships with the district. Officials with the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles, which oversees two of the schools, said they withdrew from the program after becoming increasingly concerned about the legality of enrolling Catholic school students in a public school program. Last week, the Lennox school board voted to give Taylor a 2% raise — bringing his salary to $210,120 — and extend his contract to June 2021.

Source: Los Angeles Times September 20, 2017 19:41 UTC