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Holding County Supervisors Accountable?

Will the public heed a call to action after the LA County Office of Education voted to let a failing charter school continue operating?

“The LAUSD said [KIPP Sol] was a crap school. LACOE staff said it was a crap school. With all of this agreement, how did LACOE vote?”

– Tracy Cook, Public Education Advocate

Unlike most county school districts in California, the Board of Education for the Los Angeles County Office of Education (LACOE) is not elected by its constituents. Instead, its members are selected by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors. They, therefore, face no consequences when they act in opposition to the needs of families.

Los Angeles Public Education advocate, Tracy Cook, saw LACOE’s vote earlier this month to overturn the LAUSD’s denial of the renewal petition for KIPP Sol as a call to action. You can read her thoughts in this edition of the “Voices From The Community” series:

Do you know who your Los Angeles County Supervisor is? Depending on where you live, it is one of these people: Hilda Solis…