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Yesterday’s primary election attracted millions of dollars in outside spending, but it couldn’t attract Los Angeles voters’ attention. Citywide, only 16 percent of LA voters cast ballots at the polls, according to figures from the LA City Clerk’s office. This was far below initial expectations. According to political consultants LA School Report spoke with before...

2 Incumbent LA Unified School Board Members Keep Seats in Costly Races Los Angeles Unified School Board incumbents Steve Zimmer and Monica Garcia kept their seats in a hotly contested election that attracted nearly $6 million, putting it on track to be the most costly school board election in the district’s history. Zimmer won with 52...

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Much of the media coverage in the runup to today’s School Board primary election has focused on its possible impact on the fate of Superintendent John Deasy, who is appointed by the seven-member Board. The focus isn’t all that surprising — Deasy is as charismatic as he is divisive. He makes for good copy. Indeed, the...

There’s a Wednesday March 6 event at UCLA called “Partnering for Schools.”  Scheduled guests include Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and LAUSD Supt. John Deasy.  Should be pretty interesting, no matter how things turn out tonight.

LA School Report‘s HIllel Aron talked about today’s LAUSD School Board elections on KCRW’s “Which Way, LA?” show last night.  The segment begins at about the 23 minute mark.

About 20 teachers sat down in the back room of a Carrow’s restaurant in Santa Monica last night making phone calls reminding registered voters to vote for UTLA-backed District 4 incumbent Steve Zimmer. Volunteers were given cell phones, a list of phone numbers and were allowed to order a meal for up to $10 plus a...

Still undecided about how to vote in District 4?  One helpful blogger put together some parent-focused questions for District 4 candidates Steve Zimmer and Kate Anderson. The questions – on parent fundraising, curriculum narrowing, teacher evaluation, and charter school co-location and expansion  — are categorized by topic, with answers from each candidate conveniently lined up one next to the...

The teachers union’s entire strategy for defeating District 2 incumbent Monica Garcia is predicated on the race going to a runoff.  They’ve spent much of their money attacking her record, and if — as most insiders are predicting — Garcia fails to reach the 50 percent threshold required to avoid a runoff, UTLA has already endorsed...