Below are important documents/ updates shared with the students and families of The SEED School of Los Angeles County.

SEED LA 2024-25 School Year -

Contact SEED LA at 213-665-8395 with any questions about the schedule.

SEED LA 2024-25 Student & Family Handbook, revised 10/24/2024

SEED LA STUDENT SEED LA SUPPLY LIST (English)

SEED LA STUDENT SEED LA SUPPLY LIST (spanish)

SEED LA Title IX Policy (click here)

Coordinator: Robert Evans, Executive Administrator, 8400 S Vermont Ave, Los Angeles CA 90044, (310) 237-8793 revans@seedschoolla.org

Learn more at CA Department of Education Title IX

Dangers of Synthetic Drugs

The illicit use and abuse of synthetic drugs represents an emerging and ongoing public health threat in California. The fentanyl crisis specifically, has impacted communities across the state, leading to a sharp increase in fentanyl poisonings and deaths in recent years.

This notice aims to address the crisis with a preventative approach ensuring students and families are educated on the deadly consequences of recreational drug use.

A synthetic drug is a drug with properties and effects similar to a known hallucinogen or narcotic but having a slightly altered chemical structure, especially such a drug created in order to evade existing restrictions against illegal substances.

Synthetic drugs include but are not limited to synthetic cannabinoids (“synthetic marijuana,” “Spice,” “K2”), methamphetamines, bath salts, and fentanyl.  

The California Department of Public Health (“CDPH”) has expounded on the extreme danger of drugs laced with fentanyl. Illicit fentanyl can be added to other drugs to make them cheaper, more powerful, and more addictive. Illicit fentanyl has been found in many drugs, including heroin, methamphetamine, counterfeit pills, and cocaine. Fentanyl mixed with any drug increases the likelihood of a fatal overdose. Furthermore, it is nearly impossible to tell if drugs have been laced with fentanyl without additional testing, because fentanyl cannot be seen, smelled, or tasted when used as a lacing agent. 

Additional information regarding fentanyl from the CDPH’s Substance and Addiction Prevention Branch website can be found here.

Homelessness and Foster Youth Resources

Homeless and Foster Youth Liaison | Director of Family & Community Engagement

Cendy Vides, cvides@seedschoolla.org, 213.298.7072

YOUTH EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS

If you are in any of the following situations:

  • Staying in a shelter

  • Sharing housing with others due to loss of housing or economic hardship

  • Living in a car, park, campground, abandoned building, or other inadequate accommodation

  • Temporarily living in a motel or hotel due to loss of housing

  • A student under the age of 18 living apart from parent(s) or guardian

You may qualify for certain rights and protections under the federal McKinney-Veto Act.

Eligible students have the right to:

  • Receive a free, appropriate public education

  • Enroll in school immediately, even if lacking documents normally required for enrollment

  • Enroll in school and attend classes while the school gathers needed documents

  • Enroll in the local school; or continue attending their school of origin (the school they attended when permanently housed or the school in which they were last enrolled), if that is their preference.

  • If the school district believes that the school selected is not in his/her best interest, then the district must provide the student with a written explanation of its position and inform the student of his/her right to appeal its decision.

  • Receive transportation to and from the school of origin, if requested.

  • Receive educational services comparable to those provided to other students, according to the students’ needs.

If you believe you may be eligible, contact your Homeless and Foster Youth Liaison to find out what services and supports may be available:

Parent Hub

Parent Hub is now available for parents to access resources and connect with community-based organizations for yourself and your student. Please visit the following sites to access resources:

English: https://sites.google.com/seedschoolla.org/seedlafamilyhub/family-resources

Spanish: https://sites.google.com/seedschoolla.org/centrofamiliarseedla/recursos-para-familias

SEED LA Homeless Liaison: Cendy Vides

Records Request

For any records request, please contact Ms.Tara Haskins at thaskins@seedschoolla.org

  • Email: THaskins@seedschoolla.org

  • Phone: 213.268.4539