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Drop out rates in LAUSD Schools. Intro to GIS, Fall 2009. Map by: Jessica Nolan. What I DID NOT do. Get crime rates Successfully teach myself to georeference an image using control points Keep my sanity. Low income areas are concentrated: East LA South LA The Valley
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Drop out rates in LAUSD Schools Intro to GIS, Fall 2009
What I DID NOT do Get crime rates Successfully teach myself to georeference an image using control points Keep my sanity
Low income areas are concentrated: • East LA • South LA • The Valley Aggregated field creation: (public assistance+SSI) / Tot. Pop. Map by: Jessica Nolan Map by: Jessica Nolan
Map by: Jessica Nolan Poverty is centralized in the same areas that people receive the most public assistance. • East LA • South LA • The Valley
FINALPOLICY QUESTION: What district-wide, violence prevention policy can LAUSD middle and high schools utilize to help educate students on the skills needed to prevent violence? FIRST WE MUST KNOW • What are the demographics of LAUSD schools? • Where is violence centralized in LA County? • What are the needs of LAUSD students?
Skills • Inset Map: LAUSD Map • Point graduated Symbol: displayed the number of drop outs in LAUSD high schools • Aggregating attribute fields: adding together public assistance and SSI and then dividing by the total pop. Per census tract. • Attribute Subset Selections: selected LAUSD schools from all LA County Schools, selected major Interstates from an LA County roads shape file • Create Indices: Calculated percent of people that receive public assistance • Attribute sub-set selection: Selected City of LA from LA County Places for all maps. Selected interstates from LA County roads for all maps. • Geocoding: Created address locator for LAUSD High Schools and Middle Schools. • Geoprocessing: Clipping: Clipped LAUSD from County of LA school districts, clipped interstates to LA County, Clipped LA County from CA Counties,