In South Los Angeles, there are seven candidates running to represent District 1 on the LAUSD’s school board.
The seven-member Board of Education oversees policy for Los Angeles Unified School District, the second-largest district in the nation, with about 429,000 students. District 1, currently represented by board member George McKenna, runs from around Beverly Hills southward, around Inglewood and ending at Gardena.
The election is Tuesday, March 5, though vote-by-mail ballots have already gone out.
Here’s a look at the candidates
Khallid Al-Alim
Community activist Al-Alim was born and raised in the South Los Angeles district and is a parent of former LAUSD students.
He states on his website that his priorities are to stop school “privatization, reconstitution and co-locations” in the district, which has wrestled with the advent of charter schools sharing LAUSD campuses. He backs the creation of the Black Student Achievement Plan and is a member of Service Employees International Union 721.
He said he is passionate about are “parent engagement, ending the school-to-prison pipeline, and making sure every single child gets the resources they deserve.”
His other priorities are investing in green technology, addressing the housing crisis, specifically for unhoused youth, supporting immigrant students and communities.
His website states he served 11 years as an Army medic and has been active in the movement for educational and racial justice. He was elected president of his Neighborhood Council, appointed to the LAUSD African American Education Task Force, and LAUSD’s Parent Advisory Committee.
He could not be reached for further comment.
John Aaron Brasfield
Brasfield, born and raised in L.A., attended LAUSD schools — lettering in four sports and graduating with honors — and went on to become an educator and coach. He attended Azusa Pacific University.
He listed a number of goals he’d work to address within the district, if elected:…
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