Megan, Peter Chernin celebrate $4 mil grant

June 23, 2008 Megan and Peter Chernin held a celebration dinner Sunday night in Beverly Hills, celebrating the biotech firm Amgen's $4 million dollar grant to Mentor Los Angeles Partner Schools. The evening was hosted by Joachim Splichal at his new restaurant Paperfish where guests were treated to a four-course meal with testimonials and speeches in-between explaining the crucial need for investment in public education, namely Los Angeles public schools. MLA Partner Schools already has had great success with "hybrid" school West Adams Prep in Los Angeles, a clear example of what public schools can achieve as hybrid schools are neither charter or private schools.

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