EARNING OUR PAY: Caprice Young: Don't rule out supporters for superintendent
Among the 43 people identified by the Los Angeles Times this week as potential candidates for LA Unified superintendent were nearly a dozen with a background in charter schools or the reform movement.
One of them wasCaprice Young, a former president of the district school board, as well as a founder of charter schools, the former president of the California Charter Schools Associationand the current CEO ofMagnolia Public Schools.
With at least four of the current seven board members having expressed concerns about the rising tide of charters in the district, including a nearly half billion dollar plan by the Broad Foundation to double their number, was she surprised to see her name as a possible choice?
“I don’t know about surprised or not,” Young told LA School Report. “Overall I was exited about the candidates the LA Times came up with. I think there are a lot of good people on that list. I think everyone who is committed to the students of Los Angeles would be excited to be thought about in that context.”
Young said she had not been contacted by the board’s search committee about the job but didn’t think anyone would before the Nov. 10 board meeting when the results of an online survey and public forums about the search will be discussed.
The Broad plan is unpopular among board members for its potential impact to enroll half of all district students in charter schools, wiping out thousands of union jobs, draining district coffers and causing other extraordinary changes in district operations.
Young characterized the plan as not that big of a deal and said it should not be part of Caprice Young: Don't rule out supporters for superintendent - LA School Report:
