2022 LAUSD Elections
María Brenes: Maintaining The Status Quo For Special Education
Monica Garcia’s hand-picked successor refuses to answer questions about special education. Her website shows she won’t bring needed changes.
- LAUSD Board Member Monica Garcia
This is the seventh article in a series on serving students with severe special education needs. Please read the first part for an introduction to the issue.
For parents in Board District 2 who have children with special education needs, the November board election brings a chance to change the way these students are viewed by the district. The current board member, Monica Garcia, has said that those receiving special education services drain funding from “our kids”. Will her replacement share this view?
The two finalists in the November runoff election for this seat were sent…