As a mom, thoughts of school closures in Inglewood have Fre'Drisha Dixon heartbroken. However, as the lead of the Statewide Partnership for Local School Control, it fuels her fire. 'it makes me feel like I have to fight even harder,' she said.Dixon is a legal professional who coordinated a coalition of parents and community leaders advocating for keeping Inglewood schools open.
'With the additions of SoFi Stadium and the Youtube Theater and the soon-to-be-opened Clippers stadium, Inglewood has grown significantly over the last decade. However, parents said schools are feeling the opposite effect, with four schools within the Inglewood Unified School District closing since 2019. The school board president said the decision to close schools did not come easily. It also said they have felt a significant drop in enrollment in the last 20 years.