2024 LAUSD Elections

LAUSD Candidate DeWayne Davis on PROP-39 Co-Locations

How would DeWayne Davis protect students who are negatively affected when public schools are forced to share space with charter schools?

“I believe in the importance and necessity of transparency.”

– BD1 Candidate DeWayne Davis

DeWayne Davis is running for the seat currently occupied by the retiring George McKenna in LAUSD’s Board District 1. As part of my ongoing Candidate Forum series, Davis was asked five questions about PROP-39 co-locations. For the introduction to this subject along with answers from other candidates, please see the article LAUSD Candidate Forum: PROP-39 Co-Locations.

It should be noted that these responses were received after the Board meeting on September 26, 2023, where the resolution proposed by Goldberg and Rivas was passed by the LAUSD School Board by a vote of four to two (Kelly Gonez did not record a vote). At this meeting, the Director of the Charter School Division, José Cole-Gutiérrez, revealed that, despite what has been told to public school parents for years, state law does not state that a room without a certificated teacher is…