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Teachers union makes no commit for endorsement in Vladovic race
A meeting yesterday of UTLA’s political action committee, PACE, concluded with no decision to endorse LA Unified School Board President Richard Vladovic or his opponent, Lydia Gutierrez. Vladovic was forced into May runoff against Gutierrez, a veteran educator who is anti-Common Core, pro-Vergara and Republican. It was an unusually close race for Vladovic after serving...
By Vanessa Romo | March 12, 2015
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3 LA Unified board incumbents heading into May runoffs
* UPDATED LA Unified’s election season moved into runoffs last night with no candidate in the three contested races winning a majority of votes for a board seat and the 5 1/2 year term that voters approved yesterday. A low turnout of 8.2 percent sent three incumbents — Tamar Galatzan in District 3, Bennett Kayser...
By LA School Report | March 4, 2015
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District 7: LAUSD school board race snapshot
School board District 7, runs up a narrow swath from San Pedro at its southern tip to South LA as its northern boundary (see map here). On the way, it encompasses parts of Wilmington, Harbor City, Carson, Harbor Gateway, Lomita, Gardena, Florence, and Watts, and is home to some of LA Unified’s historically troubled high...
By LA School Report | February 25, 2015
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Vladovic on 4 more years: ‘Now it’s time to dream’
This is the next in a series of profiles on candidates running in the March 3 primary for the LA Unified school board. Today’s focus is board President Richard Vladovic, who is seeking reelection for the District 7 seat. In many ways, LA Unified school board President Richard Vladovic sees himself as captain of a...
By Craig Clough | February 17, 2015
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Candidates play it safe, respectful at first — only? — District 7 debate
The candidates in the first — and what looks like only — LA Unified board District 7 debate played it safe and respectful at the Granada Theater in Wilmington on Friday night. While differences did emerge between incumbent board President Richard Vladovic and his challengers, Lydia Gutierrez and Euna Anderson, the candidates refrained from criticizing the...
By Craig Clough | February 9, 2015
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Taking on Vladovic, Anderson focusing on ‘positive’ path to board
This is the next in a series of profiles on candidates running in the March 3 primary for the LA Unified school board. Today’s focus is Euna Anderson, a candidate for the District 7 seat. The LA Unified school board races this year have already seen a fair amount of negative campaigning, and even though...
By Craig Clough | February 6, 2015
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Teachers union fails again to recommend endorsing Vladovic
The slow pace of progress toward a new contract in the teachers union negotiations with LA Unified is, so far, costing Board President Richard Vladovic any possibility of union support for his reelection. The UTLA political action committee met last night, and a motion to recommend an endorsement to the union’s House of Representatives failed to...
By LA School Report | February 5, 2015
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In forum tonight, Kayser facing board rivals for first time
Bennett Kayser, who represents District 5 on the LA Unified school board, is front and center tonight, facing his two rivals for the first time in a much anticipated candidate forum at Eagle Rock High School. After suddenly pulling out of two forums last week, Kayser is appearing in the wake of a recent attack mailer...
By LA School Report | February 5, 2015
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Teachers union — for now — has no plans to endorse Vladovic
The chairman of the the political action committee for the LA teachers union, UTLA, said today that, for now, the union has no plan to endorse Board President Richard Vladovic for reelection to the LA Unified District 7 board seat. Marco Flores said the committee’s next meeting, tomorrow, does not include a recommendation to endorse...
By Michael Janofsky | February 3, 2015
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Few endorsements? Little money? No problem, says Lydia Gutierrez
This is the next in a series of profiles on candidates running in the March 3 primary for the LA Unified school board. Today’s focus is Lydia Gutierrez, a candidate for the District 7 seat. Although she has no major endorsements and little campaign money, Lydia Gutierrez is expecting to make a big splash in LA...
By Craig Clough | January 27, 2015