These school board members have given up their responsibility to fix public education

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"These school board members have given up their responsibility to fix public education," said A.J. Duffy, president of United Teachers Los Angeles.

"Because they can't control their own bureaucrats they are giving the shop away ... it makes no sense."

Duffy said the teachers union would be looking at legal action against the district if new schools, under the plan, failed to adhere to existing commitments with union teachers.

Duffy also said the union would be looking at whether it was legal for the school district to allow new schools, which have been paid for by voter-approved bond measures to relieve overcrowding, to be taken over by private operators.

Jackie Goldberg, a former school board member and local politician who helped author three of the four LAUSD construction bonds, echoed the sentiments of the teachers union.

Goldberg also blasted the plan, calling it the latest attempt at ending public education in Los Angeles.