Jerry Freedman is pillar at Los Angeles County for the Arts (LACHSA) and has been for 30 years. He has maintained the role of teacher, mentor and friend to many of his current and former students. Now a days, it is very difficult to find a teacher who maintains the passion and tenacity that Jerry continuously holds. He is asking to be allowed to continue doing what he loves to do. Anyone fortunate enough to have had him as a teacher is truly the lucky one. . LACHSA focuses on the arts and most students that attend this school put in many dedicated hours of extra commuting time, added rehearsal time and usually the academics are not their first priority...Jerry Friedman inspires and motivates his students to appreciate their academic classes as well. His passion for what he does is PRICELESS. Many of his former students are fortunate enough to be able to call him a mentor and friend after graduation. Please stop this madness of requiring him to fight every single year to continue to do what he soo loves to do. Please honor Jerry Fridman's request to continue teaching at this extraordinary school
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Kenneth Connolly
10 years ago
I was his student in Flushing High School in 1966 and 7. I was not a good student but he taught me to love American History. Today I visit the Revolutionary battlefields and the Civil War battlefields. I have a love of history that started in his class room. I am 66yrs old and his gift to me goes on and on. It's more than passing a test and getting a mark. It's a life long gift that he gave me and I can never pay him back. He wants to teach. He won the Pulitzer Prize. He can still relate to students. He is a mentor to many. I don't understand why you wouldn't want him .He is the best you have. I don't understand.
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Erik Bishop
10 years ago
Mr. Freedman is one of the rear teachers to truly care about his students, past and present. He truly loves his position, and will be a huge lose to the school if he is forced out of his classroom.
Finding great teachers is one thing, keeping them in another.
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Kirsten Hopkins
10 years ago
It is outrageous that a teacher of Mr. Freedman's caliber is being treated with such disrespect by LACOE. And that he has to put up with the stress and anxiety of not knowing whether or not he can keep teaching at the place he has poured his heart and soul into for decades! Please let him continue to teach at LACHSA as long as he wants to! It is in the students' best interest to have him there!
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Brandi Carter
10 years ago
Mr. Freedman is a rare teacher in this world and an integral part of the fabric of LACHSA that cannot be replaced or recreated. The power of his teaching is maximized when his amazing ability as an educator is used to inspire and develop the minds of the talented students of LACHSA. This is home, and the only place that he she should be.
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Leslie Merle
10 years ago
Best teacher I ever had...and I can say this after a BA, a masters degree and a JD.
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Anonymous
10 years ago
He is an amazing teacher. As a former student, I believe his presence at the school is vital to all current LACHSA students. Mr. Freedman deserves true freedom to teach!
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Raquel Chatfield-Taylor
10 years ago
As one of his current student's, Mr. Freedman inspires me each day with his wisdom and his true passion for the students of LACHSA.
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Dominick Giordano
10 years ago
Please keep Mr. freedman!!!
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Shawn Bryan
10 years ago
Keep Freedman!
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Valerie Alleyne
10 years ago
Freedman Forever @#LACHSA
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Christina Oudshoorn-Hobo
10 years ago
I couldn't agree more with the statement that Mr. Freedman is the rock of LACHSA. Mr. Freedman is a knowledgeable and committed educator passionate about student and alumni success. Why would you thwart his calling whilst simultaneously robbing students of this important mentor in their academic lives? Please clear up the red tape and ensure that Mr. Freedman's job security is safeguarded. Thank you.
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Eric Walker
10 years ago
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This is part of the bureaucracy that Mr. Freedman taught us about. He is one of only a handful of teachers in my life that I quote and still remember what I learned nearly 30 years ago to this day.
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T. Thompson
10 years ago
He was the best history teacher I ever had.
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Amy Lawrence
10 years ago
Why does this keep coming up? There should not be this struggle to keep Mr. Freedman at LACHSA. Let him teach!!
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Rachel warner
10 years ago
He's an incredible teacher.
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Matt Snyder
10 years ago
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Mr. Freedman is more than a teacher. He takes the time to get to know all of his students and keeps up with them after they graduate. He is a legend at LACHSA and under no circumstances should he be forced to return to LAUSD. He should retire (50 years from now) a LACHSA teacher.
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Gillian Efros
10 years ago
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Mr. Freedman has worked at LACHSA for well over two decades. He is being forced out yet again. He is part of the institution and it is angering as to why he is being asked to leave yet again after all these continued years of service. Please keep Mr. Freedman at LACHSA.
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Rebekah Davidson Hathaway
10 years ago
Mr. Freedman is a wonderful and caring teacher! A LACHSA bedrock and a life changer for all the students whose lives he has touched!
Jerry Freedman is pillar at Los Angeles County for the Arts (LACHSA) and has been for 30 years. He has maintained the role of teacher, mentor and friend to many of his current and former students. Now a days, it is very difficult to find a teacher who maintains the passion and tenacity that Jerry continuously holds. He is asking to be allowed to continue doing what he loves to do. Anyone fortunate enough to have had him as a teacher is truly the lucky one. . LACHSA focuses on the arts and most students that attend this school put in many dedicated hours of extra commuting time, added rehearsal time and usually the academics are not their first priority...Jerry Friedman inspires and motivates his students to appreciate their academic classes as well. His passion for what he does is PRICELESS. Many of his former students are fortunate enough to be able to call him a mentor and friend after graduation. Please stop this madness of requiring him to fight every single year to continue to do what he soo loves to do. Please honor Jerry Fridman's request to continue teaching at this extraordinary school
I was his student in Flushing High School in 1966 and 7. I was not a good student but he taught me to love American History. Today I visit the Revolutionary battlefields and the Civil War battlefields. I have a love of history that started in his class room. I am 66yrs old and his gift to me goes on and on. It's more than passing a test and getting a mark. It's a life long gift that he gave me and I can never pay him back. He wants to teach. He won the Pulitzer Prize. He can still relate to students. He is a mentor to many. I don't understand why you wouldn't want him .He is the best you have. I don't understand.
Mr. Freedman is one of the rear teachers to truly care about his students, past and present. He truly loves his position, and will be a huge lose to the school if he is forced out of his classroom. Finding great teachers is one thing, keeping them in another.
It is outrageous that a teacher of Mr. Freedman's caliber is being treated with such disrespect by LACOE. And that he has to put up with the stress and anxiety of not knowing whether or not he can keep teaching at the place he has poured his heart and soul into for decades! Please let him continue to teach at LACHSA as long as he wants to! It is in the students' best interest to have him there!
Mr. Freedman is a rare teacher in this world and an integral part of the fabric of LACHSA that cannot be replaced or recreated. The power of his teaching is maximized when his amazing ability as an educator is used to inspire and develop the minds of the talented students of LACHSA. This is home, and the only place that he she should be.
Best teacher I ever had...and I can say this after a BA, a masters degree and a JD.
He is an amazing teacher. As a former student, I believe his presence at the school is vital to all current LACHSA students. Mr. Freedman deserves true freedom to teach!
As one of his current student's, Mr. Freedman inspires me each day with his wisdom and his true passion for the students of LACHSA.
Please keep Mr. freedman!!!
Keep Freedman!
Freedman Forever @#LACHSA
I couldn't agree more with the statement that Mr. Freedman is the rock of LACHSA. Mr. Freedman is a knowledgeable and committed educator passionate about student and alumni success. Why would you thwart his calling whilst simultaneously robbing students of this important mentor in their academic lives? Please clear up the red tape and ensure that Mr. Freedman's job security is safeguarded. Thank you.
This is part of the bureaucracy that Mr. Freedman taught us about. He is one of only a handful of teachers in my life that I quote and still remember what I learned nearly 30 years ago to this day.
He was the best history teacher I ever had.
Why does this keep coming up? There should not be this struggle to keep Mr. Freedman at LACHSA. Let him teach!!
He's an incredible teacher.
Mr. Freedman is more than a teacher. He takes the time to get to know all of his students and keeps up with them after they graduate. He is a legend at LACHSA and under no circumstances should he be forced to return to LAUSD. He should retire (50 years from now) a LACHSA teacher.
Mr. Freedman has worked at LACHSA for well over two decades. He is being forced out yet again. He is part of the institution and it is angering as to why he is being asked to leave yet again after all these continued years of service. Please keep Mr. Freedman at LACHSA.
Mr. Freedman is a wonderful and caring teacher! A LACHSA bedrock and a life changer for all the students whose lives he has touched!
Erin Hirsh