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Board Members Ask Deasy To Explain Himself - LA School Report

Board Members Ask Deasy To Explain Himself - LA School Report:

Board Members Ask Deasy To Explain Himself

John Deasy, left, Bennett Kayser, right, at a Jerry Brown-led press conference in May
John Deasy, left, Bennett Kayser, right, at a press conference in May
Some members of the School Board have sent Superintendent John Deasy a letter asking him to clarify comments deriding a Board-passed spending resolution and indicating his plans to include a targeted funding resolution that was not passed by the Board.
“They can’t stop me from doing it,” Deasy said in comments made to LA School Report earlier this week.
Sarah Bradshaw, the chief of staff to Board member Bennett Kayser, told LA School Report she was “surprised” to read the comments, which she called “distressing.”
Kayser and Deasy are on opposite sides of nearly every issue, and animosity has existed between Deasy and