THE INSULAR CULTURE OF LAUSD IS ANTITHETICAL TO EXCELLENT PUBLIC EDUCATION
(For a national view of public education reform see the end of this blog post)
Today I went to speak before the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) Board of Directors before they were scheduled to go into closed session to deal again with the Scot Graham - ex-Superintendent Ramon Cortines alleged sexual harassment issue that the LAUSD Board voted 4-3 in a previous session several weeks ago to pay Graham a $200,000 settlement and $250,000 worth of lifetime health benefits. This prior clandestine action of the Board unwound because it flew in the face of the public notice requirements of the Brown Act. In addition, the fact that the Board "outed" Mr. Graham caused his attorneys to balk at the proposed settlement offer.
So today the LAUSD Board tried again to get it right by revisiting the Graham-Cortines