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Vladovic files campaign finance complaint against challenger
LA Unified school board President Richard Vladovic’s campaign today filed an ethics complaint against one of his challengers in the school board race for District 7. Vladovic’s complaint to the City Ethics Commission charges Euna Anderson with failing to report campaign contributions in a timely fashion, in compliance with the California Political Reform Act. A section of the...
By Craig Clough | January 20, 2015
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Charter group endorsing 3 (of 4) incumbents for LAUSD board
The political arm of the California Charter Schools Association, CCSA Advocates, is endorsing three of the four incumbents seeking reelection to the LA Unified school board in March. The exception is Bennett Kayser, a staunch charter opponent who has represented board District 5 since 2011. Kayser is so closely aligned with the teachers union, UTLA,...
By LA School Report | January 9, 2015
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SEIU 99 endorses all incumbents in 2015 LAUSD board races
SEIU Local 99, one of LA Unified’s largest and most powerful labor partners, announced today it is backing all of the incumbents running for a district school board seat in 2015. After a town hall meeting for their members, the union representing nearly 40,000 cafeteria workers, bus drivers and special education assistance, among others, made...
By Vanessa Romo | December 19, 2014
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The first endorsement is in: SEIU 99 backing Vladovic for third term
* UPDATED Now that the list of eligible candidates for the LA Unified School Board’s four open seats in 2015 is finalizing, the district’s powerful unions are starting to choose which ones they’ll back and throw their considerable resources behind. The first endorsement came today: The union representing school cafeteria workers, custodians, special education assistants, and...
By Vanessa Romo | December 5, 2014
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School board races coming into view as filing deadline approaches
With tomorrow’s noon deadline approaching to file for next year’s LA Unified school board elections, the races are coming into view. Seats in four of the board’s seven districts — 1, 3, 5 and 7 — are up for grabs, making the elections hugely influential on future district policies. All four of the incumbents are...
By Craig Clough | November 7, 2014
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LAUSD reports record graduation jump, up by double digits
After the downpour of bad news coming out of the district here’s a ray of sunshine: Graduation rates for all race and ethnic groups in LA Unified were up by double-digit margins last year. Across the board graduation rates for the class of 2013-14 rose by 12 percent over the previous year, the highest increase...
By Vanessa Romo | October 31, 2014
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Commentary: On a momentous day, where was Vladovic?
What a momentous day it was. One superintendent out. Another steps in. The LA Unified community and social media were alive with chatter — people sorry to see John Deasy go, people celebrating his departure, people happy to see Ray Cortines return for a third deployment, people wondering what the school board was smoking in...
By Michael Janofsky | October 17, 2014
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After runnerup finish in state race, Gutierrez taking on Vladovic
The LA Unified school board president, Richard Vladovic, is no longer running uncontested for his seat next year. Lydia Gutierrez, who nearly advanced to the general election in the California Superintendent of Public Instruction race this year, has filed to oppose Vladovic in 2015, when elections are being held for four school board seats — Districts...
By Michael Janofsky | September 3, 2014
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Romero pressing for LAUSD hearing on ‘trigger’ waiver
Gloria Romero, the former state senator who authored the California Parent Trigger law is asking LA Unified board president Richard Vladovic to schedule a public discussion on the district’s legal opinion that the law does not apply this year. District lawyers say the Federal waiver granted LA Unified and seven other California school districts, allowing...
By LA School Report | August 29, 2014
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Johnson holding money lead over McKenna; Vladovic has donors
Notes along the campaign trail: In the money race for the open District 1 board seat, Alex Johnson continues to hold an overall lead over George McKenna, according to the City’s Ethics Commission Through last week, Johnson had raised $47,646 to $6,450 for McKenna, an 8-to-1 ratio that hasn’t budged in weeks. In PAC money spent on...
By Michael Janofsky | July 28, 2014