'Parent Trigger' Supporters Face Intimidation Tactics in School Reform Battle in Compton, Antonio Villaraigosa Jumps into Fray - Los Angeles News - The Informer

'Parent Trigger' Supporters Face Intimidation Tactics in School Reform Battle in Compton, Antonio Villaraigosa Jumps into Fray - Los Angeles News - The Informer

Parent Trigger' Supporters Face Intimidation Tactics in School Reform Battle in Compton, Antonio Villaraigosa Jumps into Fray

By Patrick Range McDonald, Fri., Dec. 10 2010 @ 3:04PM

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Ted Soqui

McKinley Elementary School in Compton

​UPDATE: L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa says school reform in Compton "isn't about pointing fingers or dragging our feet." More comments from Villaraigosa after break. First reported at 7 a.m.

As expected, the battle over control of McKinley Elementary at Compton Unified School District, which was ignited this Tuesday when parents made historic use of a new school reform law called the Parent Trigger, has started to get ugly, with Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa jumping into the fray.

Villaraigosa, along with former California State Senator Gloria Romero, Rev. Eric Lee of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference of Greater Los Angeles, and Rev. K.W. Tulloss of the National Action Network Los Angeles, is holding a morning press conference today in front of McKinley Elementary to show his support for the parents