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Reform Coalition Announces Voter Education Meeting
Last week, the Coalition for School Reform announced a new spokesperson would be taking over for the May 21 runoff between District 6 candidates Monica Ratliff and Antonio Sanchez. The reform-oriented independent expenditure committee has also fired up its Twitter feed (@ReformLAUSD), begun training a new set of campaign organizers (pictured), and announced its first voter...
By Alexander Russo | April 8, 2013
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Union Endorsements Unchanged for District 6
The union political action committee charged with re-interviewing District 6 runoff candidates last night voted narrowly to remove Antonio Sanchez and make Monica Ratliff its sole endorsed candidate for the May 21 runoff — but fell well short of the two-thirds majority required to make the recommendation official. UTLA’s governing body, the House of Representatives,...
By Hillel Aron | March 14, 2013
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Just How Connected Is Antonio Sanchez?
When District 6 runoff candidate Antonio Sanchez showed up to the UTLA endorsement interview last year, he was accompanied by Miguel Santiago, an old friend of Sanchez’s as well as a member of the Los Angeles Community College Board of Trustees and — more importantly — State Assembly Speaker John Perez’s District Director. Santiago’s appearance...
By Hillel Aron | March 13, 2013
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District 6 Candidate Hardens Position on Deasy Leadership
On Wednesday evening, UTLA’s House of Representatives will vote on whether to stick with its endorsements of Antonio Sanchez, a former aide to the Mayor, and classroom teacher Monica Ratliff, or to pick one candidate over the other in the District 6 school board runoff. Sources say that UTLA leadership doesn’t mind Sanchez, a politically connected...
By Hillel Aron | March 11, 2013
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Union Schedules Special Session To Reconsider Endorsements*
UTLA Vice President Gregg Solkovits told LA School Report shortly before Wednesday’s House of Representatives meeting that the topic of the dual endorsed candidates for District 6 — Antonio Sanchez and Monica Ratliff — would likely come up, and apparently it did. The union didn’t decide to strip Sanchez of his endorsement immediately, but rather — according to a Friday morning...
By LA School Report | March 8, 2013
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Union Endorsements Could Affect District 6 Runoff
Two UTLA-endorsed candidates, Antonio Sanchez and Monica Ratliff, won the most votes yesterday and will face each other in the May 21 general election for District 6. Earlier today, UTLA President Warren Fletcher put out a pro forma press release saying that either Sanchez or Ratliff would be strong Board members. However, UTLA’s House of...
By Hillel Aron | March 6, 2013
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Event: District 6 Candidates Talk School Choice
On Wednesday, February 27, Antonio Sanchez, Monica Ratliff, and Maria Cano — the three candidates competing for the District 6 School Board seat representing the East San Fernando Valley — will participate at a charter school parent event hosted by Families That Can, a statewide network of charter school parents that’s part of the California Charter...
By LA School Report | February 26, 2013
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Reform Coalition Attacks Sanchez Opponents in District 6
District 6, which covers the East San Fernando Valley, is the one School Board race where the big special interest groups — the Coalition for School Reform, SEIU and UTLA — have all endorsed the same candidate: Antonio Sanchez. But that hasn’t stopped the Coalition from going negative with a new, double-sided glossy mailer attacking Sanchez’s opponents, Maria Cano and Monica...
By Hillel Aron | February 22, 2013
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Video: East Valley Candidates Forum
Watch East Valley District 6 candidates Antonio Sanchez, Maria Cano, and Monica Ratliff at the United Way candidate forum on Thursday, where they shared their opinions on big election topics, including classroom resources, Superintendent John Deasy, teacher evaluations, and how to handle teachers accused of misconduct:
By Samantha Oltman | February 1, 2013
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East Valley Forum: Differences Over Deasy, Evaluation, & Dismissal
Thursday night’s School Board candidates forum offered three political newcomers a chance to introduce themselves to voters of the East Valley’s District 6. Monica Ratliff introduced herself to the assembled group of community members and reporters as a teacher of a high-performing public school (San Pedro Elementary) in one of the poorest areas in the...
By Hillel Aron | February 1, 2013