Mariana Dale covers early childhood for the LAist and KPCC newsroom.
Kahllid Al-Alim and Shirley Hendy Newbill are vying to replace George McKenna to represent L.A.’s Mid-City, Crenshaw, Arlington Heights, and Westmont neighborhoods in the L.A. Unified board.The seven members of the L.A. Unified’s board oversee the nation’s second-largest school district, with more than 538,000 students enrolled. The district is also the county’s second-largest employer with more than 74,000 educators, administrators, and support staff on its payroll.
Al-Alim’s campaign lost a groundswell of support and the endorsement of the powerful teachers union after social media postsLAist surveyed the candidates about their priorities ahead of the March primary. LAist then conducted in-person interviews with LAUSD's general election candidates in this summer to better understand their platform. The candidates received a list of topics beforehand and were asked the same interview questions, with individual follow-up questions as needed.
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