These are a few questions taken from last year's community dialogue. Please click on the link "Contact Us" if you have some questions to add to this list for this year.  These questions are used to present during political candidates forums focused on education here in Los Angeles. Community input helps us to keep this forum interesting.  Thanks.

 
 
Question #1

The traditional public school and charter schools are both funded by tax dollars. If you are to be elected board member will you seek to bring these concepts together to erase the distinguishing lines or will you work to keep them separate and competing for the same clientele? Please expound to clarify and validate your vision concerning this matter.
 
 
Question #2

Given your experience and personal knowledge, what label would you apply to the present LAUSD management model? To be clear, there is a voice coming out of the masses suggesting Total Quality Management (TQM), as espoused by it's originator, Dr. Deming, would be the best of all known management models to institute for the purposes of improving public education. Do you agree that TQM is the best model of management for public school administration? Can you suggest a specific model of administration better suited to public education?
 

Question #3

What is the purpose of year-round-calendars for schools? Can an approach to improving the delivery of education to students k-12 in LAUSD include any of the year-round calendars? If so please specify which
year-round calendar model may have positive attributes. Please expound as  a means to clarify and validate your opinion.
 
 
Question #4

Is there a conflict between A-G requirements for all students and the call from some corners of society for a return to technical training courses in high schools? Please first answer this question directly (yes
or no---a general view of how these two concepts work). Afterwards, state how you plan to best serve the needs of students with a focus on these two concepts.
 

Question #5

Do you think earning extra pay for bilingual skills is fair while not offering a bonus to education professionals having specialized skills with English speaking at-risk students coming from cultures devastated by slavery, racism, and hatred over centuries?
 

Question #6

In California prisons there have been riots between African American and Mexican American inmates. This same kind of hatred between the two cultures is being manifested in LAUSD schools and in certain
neighborhoods. Other than "talk", what specific suggestions do you have about resolving social problems between African Americans and people from the Spanish speaking Americas?
 

Question #7

How will you make sure that LAUSD low performing schools are prioritized to get their fair share of SB 1133?
 

Question #8

Does your vision of education include school counselors k-12?  What do you understand school counselors provide to enhance education services? Are counselors on the elementary level needed?