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Holding My Tongue…
Was it a mistake to hold back criticism of Scott Schmerelson during his reelection race even if Los Angeles students faced harm if he lost?
“I do believe that the public should have a part in the evaluation of the superintendent.”
– Scott Schmerelson
As my Los Angeles Unified School District’s (LAUSD) Board representative, Scott Schmerelson’s timid leadership has increasingly frustrated me. In previous terms he had stepped up to the plate by leading efforts to move students out of harm’s way during the Porter Ranch gas leak and being the only vote to oppose expansion of Granada Hills Charter School, but that courage has been absent in recent years. Too often he had acquiesced to a Superintendent who was failing and increasingly alienating the parents in the District he was supposed to serve. A low point in the term came when he was the sole vote to support the North Valley Military Institute’s (NVMI) efforts to push an LAUSD school off their campus.
