2024 LAUSD Elections

LAUSD Candidate Janie Dam on PROP-39 Co-Locations

How would Janie Dam protect students who are negatively affected when public schools are forced to share space with charter schools?

“If you seek to perpetuate district-charter divisiveness, I am not the candidate for you.”

– BD3 Candidate Janie Dam

Janie Dam is running against incumbent Scott Schmerelson in LAUSD’s Board District 3, which covers most of the western San Fernando Valley. As part of my ongoing Candidate Forum series, Dam was asked five questions about PROP-39 co-locations. For the introduction to this subject along with answers from other candidates, please see the article LAUSD Candidate Forum: PROP-39 Co-Locations.

The following are the candidate’s responses, printed exactly how she provided them with the exception of some minor formatting edits:

• Question 1: Do you support the “Creating a Charter Schools Co-Location Policy to Mitigate Impacts Caused by Proposition 39” authored by Board President Jackie Goldberg and Dr. Rocio Rivas? Uncommitted