For the first time in decades, the LAUSD is operating with a School Board that is not controlled by members financed by the charter school industry. This finally allows supporters of public schools an opportunity to review policies designed by the charter school industry to give its schools a competitive advantage, including the ability to demand space on public school campuses using PROP-39, even if that will leave less room for public school students to receive services in the school their parents have chosen.
Prior to the Board’s consideration of the “Creating a Charter Schools Co-Location Policy to Mitigate Impacts Caused by Proposition 39” resolution at its September 26, 2023, afternoon meeting, I presented the following as part of my comments at the morning session: