Unlike the closely watched Coalition for School Reform and the teachers union, SEIU Local 99 — which represents LAUSD classified employees like cafeteria workers and custodians — came out of Tuesday’s election an unequivocal winner. The union was two for three on election night, having backed both Monica Garcia and Steve Zimmer — and could...

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...

After months of campaigning, thousands of trees chopped down and turned into glossy direct mail, and nearly $6 million spent, last night’s LAUSD Board election left the  ideological makeup of the School Board essentially untouched. Incumbent Monica Garcia won her re-election outright, garnering a very healthy 56% of the vote. In District 6, Antonio Sanchez is heading toward...

Last week, UTLA sent out an “evaluation rights toolkit” to all its chapter chairs to help members “effectively assert their evaluation rights, and to defeat Deasy’s attempted end‐run around the contract.” The “end-run” refers to the guidelines sent out by Superintendent John Deasy, recommending that up to 30 percent of new teacher evaluations be devoted...

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...

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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.