Endorsements in the District 1
school board race continued to pile up today as two LA Unified board members jumped on the George McKenna bandwagon, and former Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa weighed in for Alex Johnson.
The fight to improve the education and lives of city
school students continues as a new slate of candidates joins the race for Rochester City School
school students
continues as a new slate of candidates joins the
race for Rochester City
School School Board.
Some of the most closely watched
races were for seats on the
school board in Douglas County, where the winners will decide whether to
continue to defend a
school voucher program set up by the district that has faced legal challenges.
Though Villaraigosa has previously pledged to
continue his involvement in Los Angeles education, it's unlikely he'll be very involved in future
School Board races, and it's unclear if Mayor - elect Eric Garcetti's views will line up with the current school refo
School Board races, and it's unclear if Mayor - elect Eric Garcetti's views will line up with the current
school refo
school reformers.
(2) signed by an individual, or his parent, to the effect that he has been denied admission to or not permitted to
continue in attendance at a public college by reason of
race, color, religion, or national origin, and the Attorney General believes the complaint is meritorious and certifies that the signer or signers of such complaint are unable, in his judgment, to initiate and maintain appropriate legal proceedings for relief and that the institution of an action will materially further the orderly achievement of desegregation in public education, the Attorney General is authorized, after giving notice of such complaint to the appropriate
school board or college authority and after certifying that he is satisfied that such
board or authority has had a reasonable time to adjust the conditions alleged in such complaint, to institute for or in the name of the United States a civil action in any appropriate district court of the United States against such parties and for such relief as may be appropriate, and such court shall have and shall exercise jurisdiction of proceedings instituted pursuant to this section, provided that nothing herein shall empower any official or court of the United States to issue any order seeking to achieve a racial balance in any
school by requiring the transportation of pupils or students from one
school to another or one
school district to another in order to achieve such racial balance, or otherwise enlarge the existing power of the court to insure compliance with constitutional standards.