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2022 LAUSD Elections
Candidate Aims To Prove Her Incompetence
In a series of emails, Gentille Barkhordarian claims that she is just as qualified as her opponent but won’t answer clarifying questions.
“I read the article you posted about me on Google [SIC] and what you said about my having a dangerous agenda… I don’t appreciate your misrepresenting my intentions.”
- Gentille Barkhordarian
I do not envy the voters in LAUSD Board District 4. The three choices for the next school board member who will represent them for the upcoming four years are not qualified for the position and each one of them has their own set of baggage. Incumbent Nick Melvoin is ethically challenged, has attacked schools serving students with severe special education needs, and has voted to authorize even the worst-performing charter schools. Tracey Schroeder is a teacher who refused to get the COVID-19 vaccine needed to protect vulnerable families like mine. Parent Gentille Barkhordarian has even more extreme views on COVID-19 prevention methods and did not seem particularly knowledgeable in answering a series of 20 questions about issues facing the district.
