2024 LAUSD Elections
Charter Schools, SpEd, Vaccine Mandates, and Other Answers
What did seven of the eight candidates running for the BD3 LAUSD School Board seat have to say about issues facing the School District?
“If a child is not feeling well, then he is not learning well.”
– BD3 Candidate Richard Ramos
On Saturday, November 18, 2023, the candidates for the BD3 LAUSD School Board seat (minus no-show Elizabeth Badger) spent just under three hours answering questions from the community about the direction of the School District. The following is a summary of the questions and their answers, starting with the opening statements:
Raquel Villalta: Running to “protect the kids.”
Andreas Farmakalidis: “Music has a rightful place in education.”
Janie Dam: Wants to bring the lessons of charter schools to public schools.
Richard Ramos: Sees himself in students. The “sense of hope is diminished. We need the courage to fight.” Need to challenge Primary Promise.
Dan Chang: Running to bring change, but did not specify what that change would be.
