2024 LAUSD ELECTIONS

LAUSD Candidate Andreas Farmakalidis on Governance

If elected to the School Board for the country’s second-largest School District how would he approach policy making and implementation?

“the effectiveness of managing a large bureaucracy isn’t solely determined by its size but by the leadership, organizational structures, policies, and practices in place.”

– BD3 Candidate Andreas Farmakalidis

Andreas Farmakalidis is the first of the potential LAUSD candidates to participate in all three editions of my ongoing Candidate Forum series. In past months he has answered questions about PROP-39 Co-Locations and Special Education. This month Farmakalidis was asked five questions about how the District is governed. For the introduction to this subject along with answers from other candidates, please see the article LAUSD Candidate Forum: Governance.

The following are the candidate’s responses, printed exactly how he provided them with the exception of some minor formatting edits:

• Would you agree with the statement: “The elected LAUSD…