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LAUSD School Board Elects A New President
The Los Angeles Board unanimously votes for its most senior member, Scott Schmerelson, to be President. Dr. Rocio Rivas is Vice President.
“I want to say how honored I am to be sitting in Jackie’s (Goldberg) seat.”
– LAUSD Board President Scott Schmerelson
Under the Brown Act, all deliberations by public agencies are supposed to be performed in public. These strict rules state that “any gathering of a majority of board members that involves any aspect of the decision-making process triggers…open meeting requirements.” This includes serial meetings where small groups discuss a topic and then continue the discussions separately with other members of the governing body, bringing the total number of members involved to a quorum. Staff members acting on the representatives’ behalf are included in the determination if a quorum has been reached.
Despite these rules, the LAUSD’s Annual Meeting gave the appearance of Kabuki Theater with the Board pretending that the decision-making was being done in public when the outcome was already ordained. Kelly Gonez started the process and…