McKenna, Johnson re-launch campaigns for school board seat
Click to view slideshow. With less than a month before the runoff election for LAUSD’s district 1 board seat, the race between candidates George McKenna and Alex Johnson is heating up as both both candidates are re-launching their campaigns. Over the weekend, McKenna, 74, a career school administrator, and Johnson, 33, an education aide to LA County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas, held separate ral
Vote-by-Mail request for District 1 school board starts today
Starting today, residents of LA Unfied’s District 1, which covers much of south LA, stretching north to Hollywood, can apply for a Vote by Mail ballot for the Aug. 12 special election runoff for LA Unified’s open school board seat. (For an application, click here). The election, between George McKenna, a retired school administrator and Alex Johnson, education aide to County Supervisor Mark Ridley
Morning Read: Duncan must improve or resign, says AFT
Another teachers union ding for Arne Duncan The American Federation of Teachers approved a resolution this afternoon calling for Education Secretary Arne Duncan to resign if he does not improve under a plan to be implemented by President Barack Obama. Politico L.A. teachers union leader Caputo-Pearl links activism to strike The new leader of the Los Angeles teachers union signaled a more militant
7-12-14 This Week in LA - School Report - What's Really Going on Inside LAUSD
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