JUST IN: LA Unified board passes anti-charter growth resolution
Steve Zimmer, the LAUSD board president
The LA Unified board today put itself on record as opposing a proposal that originated with the Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation to expand the number of charter schools in the district in the years ahead.
By a 7-0 vote, the board made it clear that it would do what it could to discourage the effort by the Broad-affiliated group, Great Public Schools in what is already the largest charter school population of any school district in the country. The board also vowed to intensify efforts toward improving educational opportunities within traditional district schools as a way to discourage more students from moving into charters.
“We have thrown down the gauntlet to big business to be very careful with how they deal with LAUSD,” said Scott Schmerelson, whose resolution was also supported by all the district’s labor partners as well as many parents. “They will not take over JUST IN: LA Unified board passes anti-charter growth resolution - LA School Report: