School closures have rocked this LA-area district – are they destroying it, or saving it?

As the US faces challenges to public school funding, activists warn that more people should pay attention to what’s happened in Inglewood, CaliforniaInglewood, California – a few miles east of Los Angeles international airport – is known as the city of champions. The NBA champion Lakers once called Inglewood’s Forum – famously dubbed “the fabulous Forum” by announcer Chick Hearn – home.By the mid-2000s, with the Lak…