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Sanders calls mayoral involvement in schools 'uncomfortable discussion'

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Maureen Magee

9:40 p.m., Dec. 14, 2011

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Starting what he called “an uncomfortable discussion,” Mayor Jerry Sanders helped launch a statewide conversation on mayoral involvement in schools Wednesday during the first in a series of California forums hosted by former Washington, D.C. education Chief Michelle Rhee.

Rhee brought her controversial brand of reform to a packed house at the University of San Diego, where she advocated for parent