2024 LAUSD ELECTIONS

LAUSD Incumbent Scott Schmerelson on Student Safety

He responds to questions about safety in schools including one about eliminating the exposure of students to lead through drinking water.

Carl J. Petersen
Age of Awareness
Published in
3 min readDec 31, 2023

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“School police are still a necessary part of the safety and protection of students, teachers, administrators, staff and parents.”

– BD3 Incumbent Scott Schmerelson

Scott Schmerelson (photo from the candidate’s website)

In March LAUSD Board Member Scott Schmerelson will face the voters for the third time. Should he successfully defend his BD3 seat, it will be his last term in office as term limits would prevent him from running again.

Of the four candidates Schmerelson will face on the ballot, Andreas Farmakalidis and Raquel Villalta have both participated in the ongoing Candidate Forum series. Janie Dam, who is running a write-in campaign, has also answered questions for the voters. Elizabeth Badger and Dan Chang have yet to respond to any of the questions that were sent to them.

In the past months, Schmerelson has answered questions about PROP-39 co-locations and District Governance. For the December edition of the…

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Carl J. Petersen
Carl J. Petersen

Written by Carl J. Petersen

Parent, special education advocate and former LAUSD School Board candidate. Still fighting for the children. www.ChangeTheLAUSD.com