2024 LAUSD ELECTIONS

LAUSD Candidate John Brasfield on Student Safety

He responds to questions about the safety of students including one about the risk of having charter schools co-locate on District campuses.

Carl J. Petersen
5 min readDec 31, 2023

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“This perspective challenges the reliance on law enforcement and highlights the importance of holistic measures to address the well-being of students.”

– BD1 candidate John Brasfield

John Brasfield (photo taken from the candidate’s Facebook page)

John Brasfield is one of seven candidates who is running to succeed the retiring George McKenna in the LAUSD’s Board District 1. So far he is the only one of them to answer all of the questions including those about PROP-39 co-locations, Special Education policies, and District Governance.

For the December edition of the series, the questions focus on student safety issues. For background information about the questions, please see the introductory article: LAUSD Candidate Forum: Student Safety.

The following are Brasfield’s responses, published as provided with only minor formatting changes:

  • In non-emergency situations, should uniformed police

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Carl J. Petersen
Carl J. Petersen

Written by Carl J. Petersen

Parent, special education advocate and former LAUSD School Board candidate. Still fighting for the children. www.ChangeTheLAUSD.com

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