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Schools For Thee, Not For Me

The Charter School Industry spends millions trying to influence LAUSD School Board elections but fails in areas saturated with its schools.

“billionaires…do not have to bother with how bad [charter] schools might be since THEY can send their kids wherever IN THE WORLD they want to send them for their schooling.”

– Barbara Garcia

When LAUSD Board Member Nick Melvoin looked past the educational failures and dire financial situation of Prepa Tec Charter School to vote for its renewal, he subjected children outside of his own Board District to mediocrity. The same could be said when he defended the lax oversight of Community Preparatory Academy as its Executive Director defrauded taxpayers of $3.1 million over five years. When he chose to appear at a press conference in the defense of Citizens of the World’s failure to protect its students from anti-Semitism he was also traveling outside the boundaries of Board District 4.

Unsurprisingly, a politician elected with $8,789,273.72 worth of support from the Charter School Industry is willing to do…