ABSTRACT
UTLA believes every child has a right to attend a high-quality Sustainable Community School in their neighborhood. Around the country, community schools are having remarkable outcomes, such as: raising enrollment, attendance and graduation rates, increasing the number of students that go on to college, and decreasing the achievement gap, the dropout rate, and chronic absenteeism. Elements and programs of a successful community school are based on a needs assessment process, with all stakeholders involved.