2024 LAUSD Elections

LAUSD Candidate Karla Griego on PROP-39 Co-Locations

How would Karla Griego protect students who are negatively affected when public schools are forced to share space with charter schools?

“Students with disabilities, one of our most vulnerable populations, need spaces that accommodate their needs and provide access to a full and equitable learning environment.”

– BD5 Candidate Karla Griego

Karla Griego

Karla Griego is running for the seat currently held by the retiring Jackie Goldberg in LAUSD’s Board District 5. As part of my ongoing Candidate Forum series, Griego was asked five questions about PROP-39 co-locations. For the introduction to this subject along with answers from other candidates, please see the article LAUSD Candidate Forum: PROP-39 Co-Locations.

The following are the candidate’s responses, printed exactly how she provided them with the exception of some minor formatting edits:

• Question 1: Do you support the “Creating a Charter Schools Co-Location Policy to Mitigate Impacts Caused by Proposition 39” authored by Board President Jackie Goldberg and Dr. Rocio Rivas? Yes

Yes I do support the resolution authored by Board President Jackie Goldberg and Dr. Rocìo Rivas. It is important that we keep oversight of how Prop 39 is implemented; that there are accountability processes and procedures in place before an LAUSD school is forced into a co-location and that this is maintained during the co-location, if it happens.

• Question 2: Under The way that PROP-39 is currently implemented, rooms used to provide Special Education Services are considered to be “empty” and must be turned over to a charter school to satisfy its demand for space. As a Board member would you work to end this discriminatory practice? Yes

I will work to ensure that accountability processes and procedures are followed before any co-location. This includes visits to the LAUSD school sites that will be impacted by a co-location and holding listening sessions with…