Elections

LAUSD District 3 Endorsement — Lifetime Educator Scott Schmerelson

The incumbent has a record of improving opportunities for children and is a better choice than the charter profiteer or the inexperienced parent.

“I know this for you is personal.”

- Marilyn Koziatek

For a person asking for votes, LAUSD School Board candidate Marilyn Koziatek does not seem very willing to share information about her views with potential constituents. She was the only person running in Board District 3 to not answer the questionnaire that I sent out so that I could write candidate profiles. She has ducked and weaved when asked questions about sex education and providing students with birth control options at candidate forums. While saying at an event last Saturday that she was opposed to the tone of the anti-Semitic flyers sent out by the California Charter School Association (CCSA), she made no mention that this group has endorsed her campaign. I managed to catch up with her as she left the venue and asked a simple question — would she disavow the CCSA endorsement?