From your article: “While the Brown Act allows the LAUSD School Board to evaluate its Superintendent behind closed doors.” Clearly, based upon what we now know, secrecy cannot be allowed when it involves a PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT MUST EDUCATE ALL STUDENTS within the DISTRICT. AS to your trenchant comment about TRUST, it appears THE ENTIRE LAUSD BOARD OF EDUCATION, UTLA, AND SEIU99 amongst others repeatedly have violated, are violating, and with zero accountability, continue to violate THE VOTER’S TRUST. As a registered and voting resident of Los Angeles City and County ( Councilperson Krekorian; Supervisor Horvath), THIS BEHAVIOR IS UNPRODUCTIVE, UNSAFE FOR students and teachers, tragically intentional and therefore all deserve immediate recall for the entire BOE and dismissal for all Beaudry administrators .

WHEN LAUSD/UTLA/SEIU/and other professional staff cannot educate our learners at any age, our streets will become more and more unsafe and chaotic. Carl J. P., your recent map showing that the majority of failed charter schools are 99.99% in predominantly Black/Latino/Immigrant neighborhoods is a cry for helping from parents who know public schools are failing their children. From 1981 to present day 2023, too many have suffered too much for too long. A complete do-over is apparently the only way forward. We