The Los Angeles Unified School District has temporarily banned movie and TV filming on campuses after a report that a few shoots disrupted activities and damaged school equipment.
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According to NBC4, film permits and district records show that 2012 porn film Revenge of the Petites-which likely has little to do with the plight of nerds-paid cash to film on the campus of Hamilton High.
In response, LAUSD told NBC4 that the filmmakers had misled them and that they wouldn’t have knowingly allowed them to shoot a film like that. Jenna Susko reports for the NBC4 News at 6 p.m. on Friday, October 9, 2015.
Contacted by Education Week, L.A. Unified’s communications office indicated that the superintendent was not available for comment, referring only to the statement released Thursday, in which Cortines said that existing procedures around filming could be updated after the review.
The advisory also said the duration of the LAUSD filming hiatus is uncertain. The reporters stated the station has been wanting into “the tens of millions of production-company dollars” collected annually by the state’s largest public faculty district, concluding that the income “might come at the price of schooling”.
L.A. schools Supt. Ramon C. Cortines authorized the district’s inspector general to examine filming activities after it was discovered that the porn shoot took place at the historic Hamilton High back in 2011. “As an organisation responsible for educating students, it is essential that we hold ourselves and our schools to a high standard”.
Lina Sola, director of fiscal services for Burbank schools, said the district raises $100,000 to $120,000 per year in return for providing three or four filming opportunities.
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The money “has enabled our schools to fund programs and much-needed resources to improve the educational experience of their students”, he said. LAUSD spokeswoman Shannon Haber told the station that the production company was banned from the district. “The district has strict policies to ensure money is spent appropriately”. Venice High School was Rydell High in the movie “Grease”.
