At least two new faces will join the powerful Los Angeles Unified School Board in this election.
LAUSD Board candidates from top left to right are: District 1, Kahllid Al-Alim and Sherlett Hendy Newbill; District 3, Dan Chang and Scott Schmerelson, bottom left; and District 5, Karla Griego and Graciela “Grace” Ortiz. Three seats on the Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education, which is responsible for the education of more than 400,000 students, are up for election on November 5. In addition, voters were asked whether or not to approve a last-minute bond measure.
Two of the races — District 3 in the San Fernando Valley and District 1 in South Los Angeles — have been contentious. In contrast, the third race, in District 5 covering the Eastside and suburbs from Vernon to South Gate, has seen less controversy.Here is the status of the races as of election night, though these results are preliminary. The initial round of results were composed entirely of vote-by-mail ballots that arrived before Election Day. The L.A.
Schmerelson served as assistant principal at Griffith Middle School in East Los Angeles for five years and then as principal at Lawrence Middle School in Chatsworth for another five years.
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