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Looking At Locke

A LAUSD school board candidate claims he led the turnaround of Locke. Was this the success story he claims? What does it say about his plans?

“Most students expected major changes at the school, but the changes were limited in scale and, on the whole, not great.”

– Taken Over: The Story of the Locke High School Takeover Through a Qualitative Study of Student Voice

Dan Chang boldly states on his campaign’s website that he “led the turnaround of LAUSD’s most troubled high school, Locke High School in Watts.” He makes this claim as the former Vice President of School Development at the Green Dot Public [SIC] Schools. In this position, he says that he “directed the growth of [the] charter school management [organization].” While this suggests he played a part in Green Dot’s controversial takeover of Locke from the LAUSD, It does not explain what part he would have played in any claimed success after privatizing the school.