The winner will join a board that is split on how to deal with the growing number of privately operated charter schools — which compete with district schools for students — and on how to address low achievement and declining enrollment in the district.
of Supt. Austin Beutner, who was hired last May largely with the support of those helped into office by charter-school enthusiasts. Beutner has insisted that his primary focus is on making public schools more successful for all students. He says his plan will give schools more control over decisions and resources. Critics have expressed concerns that
District 5 includes neighborhoods north of downtown and then cuts a narrow path east of downtown to the cities of southeast L.A. County. The seat opened up when Ref Rodriguezafter pleading guilty to violating campaign finance laws. The winner will serve the remainder of Rodriguez’s term, through 2020. If no candidate claims a majority, the two top finishers will compete in a May 14 runoff.
Until she began her campaign, Bajracharya, a Los Feliz resident, was a senior executive at Camino Nuevo Public Schools, a well-regarded charter school network. Her two children attend Franklin Elementary, a traditional public school campus. It would be an oversimplification to cast her as focused on charters, but she opposes a moratorium on new charters. Separately, she sides with those who believe that the district is in serious financial trouble — which the teachers union disputes.
The transfers were not ultimately needed and Goldberg won anyway. Local voters subsequently sent her to the City Council and state Legislature. Local 99 has emerged as the surprising big spender, kicking in about $850,000 through Sunday — for Repenning and against Goldberg and Ortiz. The teachers union, United Teachers Los Angeles, has spent more than $570,000 on Goldberg., charter-school supporters are not the biggest spenders. They don’t want Goldberg but they don’t have an obvious pro-charter candidate who is likely to win more votes.
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