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Board Still Behind Closed Doors on Deasy’s Future

LA Unified school board members are hammering it out behind closed doors today, looking both at superintendent John Deasy’s performance and his contract. A source close to school board disputed the significance of a news report from Los Angeles Times reporter Howard Blume that provided details of an offer from Deasy last week to resign. The source said the report was...
By LA School Report | October 29, 2013
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Is the Tide Turning? Scorecard Favors Deasy

As supporters gathered at a rally outside of LA Unified headquarters in advance of today’s school board meeting, the scorecard of those who have come out in support of Superintendent John Deasy versus those who have voiced opposition is increasingly lop-sided. In the “Deasy should go” column is one of the most powerful unions in the...
By Leigh Anne Abiouness | October 29, 2013
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LIVE TWEET: LA Unified and John Deasy’s Future

LA School Report today brings you the latest news and information of events at today’s LA Unified school board meeting. On the agenda is Superintendent John Deasy’s performance review and contract discussion, and the introduction of a censure motion against school board president Richard Vladovic for sexual harassment allegations. Go to @laschoolreport.
By LA School Report | October 29, 2013
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Deasy Decision Expected Today: Leaving or Staying?

Big Day today for LA Unified. Here’s the schedule although times are generally estimates: 11 am: A rally begins outside district headquarters. It’s sponsored by a group of community and educational groups that want to see Superintendent John Deasy remain in his job. 12:30 pm: The board meeting opens with a public comment period. This...
By LA School Report | October 29, 2013
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Story of Deasy Media Frenzy in 15 Tweets

No matter what happens later today when LA Unified superintendent John Deasy is set to emerge from a closed-door session with school board members to discuss his future, the events leading up to this moment remain murky. Will we ever know if Deasy is being pushed out, resigning or something in between? One thing is...
By Jamie Alter Lynton | October 29, 2013
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Zimmer: LA Unified Board Wants Deasy to Stay

In anticipation of what’s sure to be a long and dramatic school board meeting tomorrow, LA Unified board member Steve Zimmer says he’s optimistic that the board can convince Superintendent John Deasy not to resign as head of the nation’s second largest school district. “What I know is that I want to continue to work...
By Vanessa Romo | October 28, 2013
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Civic Groups Rallying Support to Keep Deasy at LA Unified*
Whatever happens inside an LA Unified board room tomorrow, support for Superintendent John Deasy is building outside of it. Education advocacy groups unified as Communities for Los Angeles Student Success today announced they are holding a rally tomorrow morning at district headquarters to encourage Deasy not to resign and to call for an end to...
By Chase Niesner | October 28, 2013
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New Item on Board Agenda: ‘Separation’ from Deasy

If John Deasy is, indeed, stepping down as superintendent of the LA Unified School District, the district appears to be moving to protect itself against a lawsuit. When reached by phone, Deasy would only tell LA School Report that he has “not submitted a letter of resignation” and that he can’t talk before he meets...
By LA School Report | October 28, 2013
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Lost in Resignation, Vladovic Faces a Censure Motion
Expectations of John Deasy‘s resignation as superintendent of LA Unified have shoved aside almost every other matter before the school board at its meeting tomorrow, including a detailed review of the iPad program, which has now been postponed. The board is taking up Deasy’s situation in a closed-door session, leaving only one item on the...
By Michael Janofsky | October 28, 2013
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Garcetti: LA Unified Board Has Been Overreaching its Power

Via The Los Angeles Daily News | By Barbara Jones Amid reports Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent John Deasy may be resigning, Mayor Eric Garcetti suggested Friday that the school board — which has clashed with Deasy — has been overreaching its power at the district. Speaking at an event in Hollywood, Garcetti said...
By LA School Report | October 25, 2013