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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.

Carl J. Petersen
Age of Awareness
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4 min readDec 10, 2024

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“I want to say how honored I am to be sitting in Jackie’s (Goldberg) seat.”

– LAUSD Board President Scott Schmerelson

Nick Melvoin congratulates Scott Schmerelson on his election

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…

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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

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