Published on Thursday, February 04, 2010
By Daily Breeze Staff Writer
Some have called the vote on competing plans for reforms at LAUSD schools a joke. Others suggest fiasco, or farce.
They're all accurate. At some of the 36 schools open to takeover by outside operators, some teachers managed to vote twice - as both educators and community members - while turnout was low among other community members and parents, and a mailman was dragged in off the street to cast a ballot before continuing his route. There were virtually no residential restrictions or requirements and the entire process has been fraught with charges of electioneering by competing bidders, who have reportedly stretched and completely disregarded truths to win votes.
The one good thing, some say, is that the results are in no way binding. The school board will make the final decision for each campus, choosing on its own whether to heed the advice proffered in these advisory ballots. However, we think there's one other good thing
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