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Who’s In Charge?

LAUSD Board Member Karla Griego tried to find out why school sites are not seeing more arts programs. District bureaucrats shut her down.

“The door was opened. That’s why I thought I could go certainly into it.”

– LAUSD Board Member Karla Griego

As Dr. Rocio Rivas, Chairperson of the Committee of the Whole, prepared to move on to the next item on the agenda she was interrupted by LAUSD Superintendent Alberto Carvalho. Rocked by the recent scandal of being sued by his predecessor for allegedly misspending PROP-28 funds earmarked for expanding arts programs, Carvalho sought to use the appearance of the District’s auditor to try to repair his image. Most importantly, he wished to challenge the allegation that he had used these funds to pay for programs that existed before voters passed the proposition.

As he often does when his actions are questioned, Carvalho began by blaming the controversy on misinformation and misunderstandings. This included a statement that “there is a lot of confusion, a lot of perspectives and opinions, some of them not necessarily rooted in what was approved by the voters”. This is a strange defense…