Scott Schmerelson is sworn in by Jefferson Crain, left, a retired school district senior administrator, for his third term on the Los Angeles Board of Education on Tuesday, December 10, 2024. Scott Schmerelson, a retired principal who became an unlikely politician, is the new president of the Los Angeles Board of Education weeks after winning a tight and costly reelection …
Charter school parents, educators and supporters rally outside of Los Angeles Unified School District Headquarters in downtown Los Angeles in Sept. 2023 ahead of a resolution which could make more than 200 district campuses ineligible to share space with charter public schools. The struggle between traditional and charter schools intensified Tuesday when a narrow Los Angeles school board majority passed …
