San Pedro is a neighborhood located within the South Bay and Harbor region of the City of Los Angeles,California,United States. Formerly a separate city,it consolidated with Los Angeles in 1909. The Port of Los Angeles,a major international seaport,is partially located within San Pedro. The district has grown from being dominated by the fishing industry,to a working-class community within the city of Los Angeles,to an increasingly dense and diverse community.
James A. Garfield High School is a year-round public high school founded in 1925 in East Los Angeles,an unincorporated section of Los Angeles County,California. At Garfield,38% of students participate in advanced placement programs. Approximately 93% of the student population comes from disadvantaged backgrounds with limited financial or social opportunities. The school maintains a comprehensive minority admission policy with a 100% minority population.
Montebello Unified School District is a school district based in Montebello,California,United States.
Alliance College-Ready Public Schools is one of the largest nonprofit public charter school networks in the nation,operating 26 high-performing,public charter middle and high schools that educate nearly 13,000 scholars from Los Angeles’most underserved communities. The mission of the organization is for 75% or more of the scholars to graduate from a four-year college or university.
Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) is a public school district in Los Angeles,California,United States. It is the largest public school system in California in terms of number of students and the 2nd largest public school district in the United States,with only the New York City Department of Education having a larger student population. During the 2022–2023 school year,LAUSD served 565,479 students,including 11,795 early childhood education students and 27,740 adult students. During the same school year,it had 24,769 teachers and 49,231 other employees. It is the second largest employer in Los Angeles County after the county government. The school district's budget for the 2021–2022 school year was $10.7 billion,increasing to $12.6 billion for the 2022–2023 school year.
The Robert F. Kennedy Community Schools,called the RFK Community Schools,is a complex of public schools in Los Angeles,California. This was formerly the site of the Ambassador Hotel,the site of the June 1968 assassination of presidential candidate United States Senator Robert F. Kennedy.
Judy Burton was an important figure within the educational community within Los Angeles. After graduating college at the University of California,Los Angeles,Burton entered the education sector as a teacher at Hyde Park Elementary School. Burton then went on to lead LEARN as the new assistant superintendent of the program. In addition to her participation in LAUSD as a teacher and as an administrator,Burton helped develop one of the largest networks of charter schools in the Southern California Region,The Alliance College-Ready Public Schools,as its CEO.
More than 30,000 public-school teachers of the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) went on strike from January 14 to 22,2019. Protesting low pay,large class sizes,inadequate support staffs of nurses and librarians,and the proliferation of charter schools,the teachers went on strike for the first time in the district in 30 years. The strike was authorized by United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA).
Michelle King was an American educator. She was the first black woman to serve as superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD),the second-largest school district in the United States. She was appointed in January 2016 by the Los Angeles Board of Education.
The 2020 Los Angeles elections were held on March 3,2020. Voters elected candidates in a nonpartisan primary,with runoff elections scheduled for November 3,2020. Seven of the fifteen seats in the City Council were up for election.
The Superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District is the chief administrative officer of the District selected by the District's Board of Education. Portuguese-American educator and former superintendent of Miami-Dade County Public Schools,Alberto M. Carvalho,has been serving as the District's superintendent since February 14,2022.
John Edward Deasy is an American businessman who served as the superintendent of Stockton Unified School District from June 1,2018,to June 15,2020. Prior to that,Deasy served as the superintendent for Los Angeles Unified School District from 2011 to 2014,Prince George's County Public Schools from 2006 to 2008,Santa Monica–Malibu Unified School District from 2001 to 2006,and Coventry Public Schools from 1996 to 2001.
Nicholas James Melvoin is an American attorney,former teacher,and adjunct professor serving as member of the Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education for District 4 since May 16,2017. A member of the Democratic Party,Melvoin is the second youngest member of the board after Kelly Gonez.
Refugio Rodriguez is adjunct professor and a former member of the Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education representing District 5 and former president of the board. He resigned from both positions on July 23,2018,after an accounting scandal.
Kelly Fitzpatrick-Gonez is a former science teacher and current member and former president of the Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education. She was elected as a board member in 2017 and as president in 2020. Prior to her election,she had previously served as an education policy advisor for the Obama administration.
The 2022 Los Angeles elections were held on June 7,2022. Voters elected candidates in a nonpartisan primary,with runoff elections scheduled for November 8,2022. Eight of the fifteen seats in the City Council were up for election while three of the seven seats in the LAUSD Board of Education were up for election. The seat of Mayor of Los Angeles was up for election due to incumbent Eric Garcetti's term limit. The seats of the Los Angeles City Controller and the Los Angeles City Attorney were also up for election,as their incumbents,Mike Feuer and Ron Galperin,were running for mayor and California State Controller respectively.
The 2019 Los Angeles special elections were held on March 5,2019,and June 4,2019. Voters elected candidates in a nonpartisan primary,with runoff elections scheduled for May 14,2019 and August 13,2019. One of the fifteen seats in the City Council were up for election while one of the seven seats in the Board of Education were up for election.
George J. McKenna III is an American politician and former educator who is a current member of the Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education for District 1 since 2014. A former principal at Washington Preparatory High School,McKenna helped reform the school as the school had issues with gang violence,with his actions being re-enacted in the 1986 biographical film The George McKenna Story where he was portrayed by Denzel Washington.
The 2024 Los Angeles elections was held on March 5,2024. Voters will elect candidates in a nonpartisan primary,with runoff elections scheduled for November 5. Seven of the fifteen seats in the City Council will be up for election.
Imelda G. Padilla is an American politician who is currently a member of the Los Angeles City Council representing the 6th district since 2023. She had previously ran for the Los Angeles Unified School District's Board of Education for the 6th district,losing to Kelly Gonez in the runoff election.
