{"id":451519,"date":"2026-09-02T22:54:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T22:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/451519\/"},"modified":"2026-09-02T22:54:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T22:54:08","slug":"inglewood-teachers-push-back-against-396m-bond-measure-to-upgrade-district-properties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/451519\/","title":{"rendered":"Inglewood teachers push back against $396M bond measure to upgrade district properties"},"content":{"rendered":"

This\u00a0story<\/a>\u00a0first appeared on\u00a0The LA Local<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Teachers in Inglewood are not happy with a new bond measure<\/a> that will allocate hundreds of millions of dollars to improve school campuses, if approved.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In November, Inglewood voters<\/a> will decide if they want to approve Measure MM<\/a>, a $396 million bond to modernize and upgrade campus facilities throughout the district.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The bonds would be paid for by a property tax on Inglewood property owners of $60 for every $100,000 of assessed property value. The measure would require 55% of votes to pass.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\u201cThey have to show accountability before asking the voters for another bond,\u201d said John Hughes, president of the Inglewood Teachers Association. \u201cIt\u2019s just responsible stewardship.\u201d<\/p>\n

In an Aug. 12 email to James Morris, Inglewood county administrator, Hughes wrote that he did not support \u201crequesting another $396 million without first providing a full accounting of prior bond expenditures, addressing steep enrollment decline, and resolving ongoing accountability concerns.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hughes pointed out that the district already received $330 million from two bond measures<\/a> \u2014\u00a0 $90 million in 2012 and another $240 million in 2020.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The new bond measure comes as the Inglewood Unified School District moves closer to exiting receivership<\/a> after being under state control for 14 years. Inglewood officials have expressed their desire to rebuild the district\u2019s foundation on academic excellence, financial sustainability and upgraded facilities.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWe know firsthand that students and teachers perform better in safe, modern school facilities,\u201d Morris told The LA Local. \u201cThe fact is we need to maintain and modernize all schools across the district.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Morris added that the new Inglewood High School<\/a> campus currently under construction is an example of what students will need for future success.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The LA Local reached out to all six Inglewood Board of Education candidates<\/a> vying for seats in Trustee Areas 1, 2 and 3. Only Brandon Myers, who is the incumbent running for the Area 3 Trustee seat, responded.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u201cUnfortunately, due to the lack of accountability and expert construction experience, Inglewood taxpayers have had to foot the bill for delayed projects,\u201d Myers said in reference to the previously approved bond measures.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a result of the school board\u2019s continuous status of being in county receivership, I cannot support an additional tax burden on our Inglewood residents,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Hughes also noted that bond funds cannot be used for teacher salaries or operating expenses.<\/p>\n

He said the district has not maintained a strategy for increasing teachers\u2019 pay, he said, adding that Inglewood teachers are currently the lowest paid in the region.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe cannot rely on long-term debt for facilities while leaving teacher pay structurally underfunded,\u201d Hughes said. \u201cA credible reform strategy must address both infrastructure and the workforce that delivers instruction.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

With the bond measure on the ballot, Morris believes it\u2019ll be in the best interest of Inglewood, if approved.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cIUSD teachers and students deserve nothing less than safe, modernized schools that support high quality teaching and learning,\u201d Morris said. \u201cMeasure MM is on the ballot this November to deliver on that promise.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This\u00a0story\u00a0first appeared on\u00a0The LA Local. Teachers in Inglewood are not happy with a new bond measure that will…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":451520,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[25245,3900,48,52,51,47,50,49,16612,14950,3797],"class_list":["post-451519","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-association","tag-inglewood","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-news","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-news","tag-measure","tag-mm","tag-teachers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451519","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=451519"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451519\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/451520"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=451519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=451519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=451519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}