Jose Escarce

Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District

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President of the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District and Professor of Medicine at the University of California at Los Angeles

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The LA Unified School District has banned chocolate milk for its hundreds of thousands of students, on the ground that it contains too much sugar at a time when childhood obesity is…

Santa Monica Schools Stick with Chocolate Milk

The LA Unified School District has banned chocolate milk for its hundreds of thousands of students, on the ground that it contains too much sugar at a time when childhood obesity is…

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In San Marino, La Canada-Flintridge and South Pasadena, two thirds of the voters have approved new taxes for schools.

Raising Taxes to Fund Schools

In San Marino, La Canada-Flintridge and South Pasadena, two thirds of the voters have approved new taxes for schools.

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