Your donation will help us produce journalism like this. Please give today.
Not all of the seven candidates vying for the vacant seat on the Los Angeles Unified school board are turning up the heat as the special election on June 3 heads to the finish line.
To reach voters in South LA’s District 1, which as been without a board member since Marguerite LaMotte died in December, four of the candidates report they are campaigning by sending out direct mail pieces, knocking on doors, sending out emails or making phone calls. The other three are doing none of the above.
- Rachel Johnson a teacher and city council member from Gardena with teacher union support, reports distributing one direct mail piece.
- Sherlett Hendy-Newbill, also endorsed by the teachers union has printed and distributed a flyer and sent an email to voters.
- George McKenna, a retired administrator supported by the principals union reports two walk pieces, a mailer and an email blast.
- Alex Johnson, an education aide to County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas reports 19 communications including mailers, emails and phone calls.
The remaining candidates, Genethia Hudley-Hayes a former school board member, Omarosa Manigault, best known as a contestant on “The Apprentice,” and Hattie McFrazier, a retired teacher who is also endorsed by the teacher’s union, have reported no communication activity at all. Despite an absence of a campaign, they showed no sign of dropping out of the race.
Read Next
-
COMMENTARY
How California Can Protect Students from Washington’s Uncertainty
-
Vaping Is ‘Everywhere Now’ in Schools. Can Bathroom Surveillance Tech Solve the Problem...
-
COMMENTARY
Schools Should Take a Cue from the Military and Start Aptitude Screening
-
As ICE Actions Ramp Up, Study Cites 81K Lost School Days After California Raids
-
Thousands of Immigrant Students Flee L.A. Unified Schools After ‘Chilling Effect’ of IC...
-
COMMENTARY
Leadership, Data, Family Engagement: How My California School Turned a Corner
-
In Los Angeles, 45 Elementary Schools Beat the Odds in Teaching Kids to Read
-
His Students Suddenly Started Getting A’s. Did a Google AI Tool Go Too Far?