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Looking Back At Scott Schmerelson’s Nine Years On The School Board

How has this LAUSD School Board member delivered on his promises for change during the nine years since winning his first election?

“The political process does not end on Election Day. Young people need to stay involved in the process by continuing to pay attention to the conversation and holding their leaders accountable for the decisions they make.”

– Patrick Murphy

I served on Schmerelson’s Special Education Committee during the 2022–23 school year

I vividly remember sitting in Scott Schmerelson’s living room the night of May 19, 2015. The polls had just closed and I had gathered with others who had volunteered with his campaign and anxiously awaited the results. Excitement grew as the night wore on and it became clearer that Scott had done the Impossible: David had slain Goliath. Despite the advantages of incumbency and the financial backing of the Charter School Industry, Tamar Galatzan was no longer my representative on the Los Angeles School Board.

For me, the path to this victory had started almost two years earlier in a conference…